Business Aviation

HELI-TRADING NETWORK (Salus Aviation Group), NV was selected by Air Methods to provide feet management services, including assessment, refurbishment

HONEYWELL received FAA certification for its first flight-critical engine component produced via 3D printing; part (#4/5 bearing) is installed on ATF3

FAA receives more than 100 reports of drone sightings by pilots, citizens and police each month—it lists more than 400 in its latest report, for the April-June period.

AVENTURE AVIATION, GA and CRUCIAL MRO, MO formed alliance to market/supply CRJ components (initially) harvested from three CRJ200s recently dismantled

In widespread service and production, the Skyhawk has stood the test of time since its rollout in 1955.

AERY AVIATION, VA completed ground/flight testing of modified GIV with special mission equipment, and now plans series of secondary flights for USAF

The FAA says it will continue the work of a soon-to-end pilot effort with local and state governments and industry to introduce drones more regularly into the airspace system.

GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE has FAA approval to install VIASAT high-speed, dual internet system on G650/G650ER.

The appointment of Mitja Schulz as CEO completes an executive search announced in April.

CONSTANT AVIATION has Transport Canada approval to upgrade Challenger 604s with COLLINS Pro Line Fusion avionics.

PRO STAR AVIATION was selected by Elliott Technologies as distributor for Prizm cabin lighting system for large business jets.

D. Darwin Stout to Vice President of Sales of Bluetail, Phoenix, AZ.

Planned flight trials at FAA-designated UAS test sites in New York and Virginia will evaluate remote-identification technologies to track drones from the ground in increasingly complex traffic environments.

A robust low-boom design method developed by Japanese researchers should make it easier to certify future quiet supersonic transports, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) says.

China’s EHang is to launch an urban air mobility trial in Linz, Austria, the first operation of its kind in Europe.

Worldwide turboprop utilization in July reached its highest levels so far in 2020, with 85,574 multi-engine flight hours and 61,510 single-engine flight hours, according to Aviation Week Intelligence Network flight tracking data.

Electric power train developer VerdeGo Aero is running what the startup describes as “the most powerful piston hybrid system in the world.”

General aviation operations at Chicago Executive Airport reached a five-year record for traffic in July, following a drop in the spring from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority in Pennsylvania joined state and local officials to celebrate the completion of Hangar 11 at Lehigh Valley International Airport.

Congress passed the PRIA following airline accidents in which the NTSB found error by pilots with a history of poor performance.

The Atlas investigation included a deep look into the aviation industry’s handling of training background checks and maintenance of training records.

Members of the NTSB’s Operational and Human Factors investigation team spent hundreds of hours looking into the backgrounds of the accident pilots.

The economic downturn of 2020 has been tough on the light-jet market, flooding the field with used aircraft. But you might not know that if you are looking for a Nextant 400XT/400XT

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