Flying Colours Corp. has signed a multimillion-dollar joint venture agreement with China’s Sparkle Roll Technik Co., Ltd. (SRT). With a hangar facility set up at Linyi City in Shangdong Province, it will focus on private jet cabin modification and aircraft maintenance. The first project, beginning this month, will see eight B- Bombardier CRJ-200s converted to VIP configuration.

Every time I belt into the left seat of an Eclipse 500, I’m reminded that it’s the only jet I’ve yet flown with active sidesticks. That’s because the left and right cockpit controls are mechanically linked to each other as well as to the flight control surfaces.

Honda Aircraft, which already has built a campus encompassing 605,000 sq ft on 133 acres in Greensboro, North Carolina, is expanding its facilities again as the company approaches certification and first delivery next year.

Should your Falcon find itself ground-bound by a flaw of whatever nature, Dassault Falcon Jet has an elegant solution – two more Falcons packed full of technicians, spares and, if need be, a ticket to ride.

Lufthansa Technik has expanded its portfolio of VIP cabin designs in order to appeal to a price-sensitive clientele, and is now offering an Executive Shuttle concept for the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 families with airline interiors.

Miami-based Permagard is at NBAA promoting its environmentally friendly Permagard Aviation Coating process that protects and improves the appearance of an aircraft’s external painted surfaces and composite materials.

Ontic, provider of extended life solutions for OEM legacy products and systems, has enjoyed the most active licensing period in its 40-year history in the past two years. Although most of these agreements were from the commercial airline and military aircraft sectors the company is hoping to announce new business aviation-related agreements at NBAA.

Embraer says the long-awaited FAA certification of the Legacy 500 midsize business aircraft is “imminent” and following completion of flight tests and initial approval from Brazilian authorities in August.