The Weekly of Business Aviation

Heading into the final weekend of EAA AirVenture, organizers were expecting attendance to exceed 590,000, beating last year’s figures.

AvMax has purchased one Bombardier Challenger 350 and two Embraer Legacy 450s.

AMAC Aerospace in Switzerland has secured a heavy maintenance contract for an Airbus A320-200 for an unidentified head of state.

Turkish Technic has been selected by ACM Air Charter Market in Turkey to maintain its Gulfstream G450.

Sun Air Jets has extended its lease with Aeroplex/Aerolease Group for two 21,000-sq.-ft. hangars and office and shop space at Van Nuys, California.

Gulfstream Aerospace has designed and delivered a Gulfstream G550 medevac aircraft to the Beijing Red Cross Emergency Medical Center.

Dynon unveiled the D3, the latest edition of its Pocket Panel EFIS, and the DRX, a portable, dual-band ADS-B traffic and weather receiver.

Meridian has opened a new 40,000-sq.-ft. hangar, Hangar 12, and a two-story support building at its Teterboro Airport headquarters in New Jersey.

​Dynastream Innovations is now operating as Garmin Canada.

Eagle Flight Center in Ypsilanti, Michigan, has ordered a second Ascend 172 from Yingling Aviation.

Aloong Aircraft has signed an agreement to install Bendix King’s AeroVue Touch primary flight display and its AeroCruze autopilot in Aloong’s Model 44 Angel aircraft.

Flying Colours Corp. is installing Gogo Avance L3 connectivity systems in two Bombardier Challenger aircraft, a CL604 and CL605.

STC Group has received an STC for the installation kit for the non-TSO’d Trio Pro Pilot digital autopilot into Grumman AA5 aircraft.

Duncan Aviation has installed the first Rosen Aviation Media Input Panel in a Falcon 2000, the company said.

Air Partner has joined the Air Charter Safety Foundation, which includes Baines Simmons, its consultancy division.

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Mike Graham has been appointed chairman of the Air Charter Safety Foundation.

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The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has continued its fight to preserve Santa Monica Municipal Airport across two separate but related fronts.

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has continued its fight to preserve Santa Monica Municipal Airport across two separate but related fronts.

Sens. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) are co-sponsoring legislation that will help sustain and support the general aviation community.

XOJet noted a record first quarter with a 15% increase in overall business, the company reports.

General Dynamics expects some impact on initial deliveries of the Gulfstream G500 business jet after nacelle supplier Nordam Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but says the issue is “manageable and solvable.”

Flight hours per business aircraft averaged more than 30 during the second quarter of 2018, up 4.6% year-to-date.