Function and reliability testing with FAA pilots aboard is slated to be complete by Nov. 21, 2015, paving the way for type certification by December, with initial entry into service coming shortly thereafter.
UK-based Gama Aviation (Booth N2416) continues to increase its U.S. presence, disclosing here that it’s signed a management contract for a Falcon 2000 based at Chicago Midway, where Gama has a new maintenance facility.
The new center will focus on Citation CJ models using a Level D simulator and advanced training devices, but plans call for expanding into additional Cessna and Beech models.
Georgia-based Flight Display Systems is promoting its “do Capsule” suite of in-flight entertainment options, with movies and music and business functions and, for the first quarter of 2016, a 3-D moving map said to be the best in the business.
Jet Aviation St. Louis comes to NBAA 2015 with an agreement to certify and install the SmartSky 4G LTE-based Internet system on a Global Express platform.
Evaluating the completion and refurbishment industry, Greenpoint Technologies sees "positive signs" with outfitted BBJ747-8s already being delivered to customers, and deliveries of completed BBJ787s expected to begin as early as next year.
BendixKing, a division of Honeywell Aerospace, and Sabreliner Aviation (Booth C14041) have announced their joint development of the AeroVue integrated fight deck for selected Cessna Citation and Beechcraft King Air models.
Powered by a single, avgas-burning Continental IO-550N engine, rated at 310 hp, the Cirrus SR22 can cruise at 180 kt. and has a seats-full range of 1,100 nm.
Atlanta-based Ascension Air is launching a new personally flown jet timeshare program featuring the new six passenger Eclipse 550 twinjet from ONE Aviation.
Had it not been for the maiden flight on Monday of the second prototype Pilatus PC-24, Williams International would have been announcing 4,998 FJ44 engines flying and 9,999,999 airborne hours generated by them.
PPG Industries’ aerospace transparencies group is in Vegas in the light of its recent receipt of Parts Manufacturer Approval for its new-design, glass-faced acrylic windshields for Hawker-related business jets.
GKN Aerospace’s showcase at the convention has had to squeeze a bit more in lately, following the company’s acquisition of Fokker Technologies on Oct. 29.
JetFuelX’s free information technology fuel management tool for turbine aircraft owners and corporate flight departments is gaining widespread acceptance, having signed up its 2,000 th aircraft this fall.
Million Air has joined forces with Capital Jet Company and Epic Aviation in Beijing to operate CJET/Million Air, “the first and only premium FBO facility at Beijing Capital International Airport.”
Rockwell Collins has received an FAA STC for its Future Airspace Navigation Systems (FANS) 1/A upgrade for Bombardier Challenger 604s equipped with Pro Line 4 avionics.
Germany’s Hahn Air is taking delivery this week of a new Cessna Citation Sovereign twinjet, supplementing two CJ4s approved by IATA for scheduled airline service earlier this year.
