The Weekly of Business Aviation

Fieldtech Avionics & Instruments, based in Fort Worth, Texas, has become an authorized installation center for PWI LED lighting products.

Following the acquisition of training simulator specialist Esterline Simulation Visual Systems by Transdigm Group in March, Esterline is rebranding the company as TREALITY SVS (Simulation Visual Systems).

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Gulfstream Aerospace has set a new city-pair speed record with its Gulfstream G550, in a flight from Shanghai to Seattle in 10 hr., 29 min.

David Davenport has been named president and CEO of FlightSafety International.

Euramec, based in Hamme, Belgium, has announced a new line of flight simulators for business aircraft.

Dassault set a speed record in the Falcon 8X from Santa Monica, California, known for its short 3,500 ft. runway, to Teterboro, New Jersey.

Tulip City Air Service in Holland, Michigan, has joined Phillips 66 Aviation’s network of more than 800 fixed base operators.

British engineering firm, Marshall Aerospace and Defense, has outlined plans to move from its current base in Cambridge, England, by 2030.

Bombardier’s Global 7500 has flown from London City, notable for its steep approach requirements, to Van Nuys, California, in its first non-stop mission between the two cities.

Carst Lindeboom will act as the chief representative of TrueNoord’s new office in Centennial Tower in Singapore.

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Magellan Jets president and co-founder Anthony Tivnan’s name was misspelled in the May 13 edition of The Weekly.

The National Business Aviation Association has lauded the launch of the U.S. House of Representatives General Aviation Caucus.

GCH Aviation is acquiring Kaikoura Helicopters, a tourism aviation provider in New Zealand.

The U.S. Transportation Department has reconstituted the FAA’s Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) and scheduled a June 6 meeting of the high-level advisory group.

Embraer is working to expand its business jet lineup even before the ink is dry on the certification of its brand new super midsize Praetor 600.

Bombardier Business Aircraft is updating its Challenger 350 super midsize jet.

The Bombardier first production Global 6500 business jet has moved into the company’s completion center in Montreal.

Bombardier Aerospace has unveiled the new Nuage chaise lounge at its exhibit at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition in Geneva.

Deliveries of general aviation aircraft rose an average of 14.5% in the first quarter of 2019 with the largest increase coming in the piston market.

First flight of the Airbus E-Fan X hybrid-electric hybrid-regional aircraft demonstrator has slipped into 2021, from 2020.

RATP Group, the company running Paris’ public transport system, has signed agreements with Airbus to study the use of urban air mobility systems in the city.

The FAA on May 16 announced changes to operating rules for recreational drones.

Aircraft manufacturer Pilatus posted 2018 sales revenue of 1.092 billion Swiss francs ($1.08 billion).