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The Weekly of Business Aviation, October 13, 2014

VOL. 99 NO. 15 October 13, 2014
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Regulatory/Legislative

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FAA Forming Equip 2020 Group To Steer ADS-B Compliance

Oct 13, 2014
FAA, stressing that the 2020 ADS-B equipage deadline will not change, is forming an Equip 2020 working group to guide implementation of ADS-B across…
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CBP Outlines Improvements To GA Searches

Oct 13, 2014
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Air and Marine (OAM) is reallocating resources, taking a more direct role and improving…
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Trine Develops Hushkit To Keep Older Learjets Flying

Oct 13, 2014
Colorado Springs-based Trine Aerospace & Defense has developed a Stage 3-compliant hushkit to help save Learjet 20 series aircraft from extinction…

Intelligence

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Embraer Delivers Legacy 500 To Brazilian Customer

Oct 13, 2014
Embraer’s Executive Jets unit on Oct. 10 officially entered the midsized jet market with the delivery of its Legacy 500 business jet to a Brazilian…

Airframers/Suppliers

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Embraer Breaks Ground On Major Florida Expansion

Oct 13, 2014
Embraer broke ground Oct. 9 on a 236,000-sq.-ft. expansion of its Melbourne, Florida, campus to house activities from assembly through delivery of its Legacy 500 and 450 models.

Programs

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Longer-Range 650 Receives FAA Approval

Oct 13, 2014
Gulfstream was awarded U.S. FAA approval for the 7,500-nm extended-range variant of its flagship G650. The approval comes less than five months after…
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Williams Secures Military Application For FJ44

Oct 13, 2014
Alenia Aermacchi has selected the Williams International FJ44-4M turbofan to power its updated M345 military trainer aircraft. The 4M model of the…

Safety/Training

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Flight Tests Mark Next Step To Chicago Center Restoration

Oct 13, 2014
FAA Thursday began flight tests to confirm that the agency is on track to transfer air traffic back to controllers at the Chicago En Route Center…

Services/FBOs

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Houston Hobby Poised For Sixth FBO

Oct 13, 2014
Houston-based Galaxy Aviation is planning to add another facility at William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) after the Houston City Council approved a lease…

Operations

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Surf Air Expanding Services With New PC-12s

Oct 13, 2014
Surf Air is prepping to receive the first of up to 65 Pilatus PC-12NG single-turboprop aircraft in November, including laying the groundwork to…
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Offshore Passengers To Be Measured By Shoulder Width

Oct 13, 2014
Oil and gas workers traveling to and from offshore platforms in the North Sea will have their shoulder widths measured to test their suitability to…

Business Aviation Briefs

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Business Aviation Brief: NTSB To Spotlight GA Safety In Nov. 8 Seminar

Oct 13, 2014
The National Transportation Safety Board is planning to spotlight safety issues surrounding technically advanced general aviation aircraft during a…
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Business Aviation Brief: IRMA Surpasses 500,000 Registrations

Oct 13, 2014
The International Registry of Mobile Assets (International Registry), an online business that was founded in 2006 under the Cape Town Convention and…
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Business Aviation Brief: Maverick Helicopters Expanding Into Hawaii

Oct 13, 2014
Maverick Helicopters, an air tour operator that flies routes in Nevada and Arizona, is expanding into Hawaii beginning in spring 2015. Maverick will…
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Business Aviation Brief: UND Aerospace School Breaks Ground On Research Center

Oct 13, 2014
The University of North Dakota John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Foundation last week held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new 66,000-sq.-ft…
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Business Aviation Brief: Rockwell Collins Signs 1,500th Business Aircraft For CASP

Oct 13, 2014
Rockwell Collins has signed on the 1,500th business aircraft to participate in its Corporate Aircraft Service Program (CASP). The milestone…
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Business Aviation Brief: Baldwin Aviation Develops New Emergency Transport Service Operations Program

Oct 13, 2014
Baldwin Aviation, the South Carolina-based business aviation consultant that has a specialty in safety management systems (SMS), has developed a new…
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Business Aviation Brief: Daher-Socata Names Air Service Vamdrup ApS Approved TBM Service Center

Oct 13, 2014
Daher-Socata named Air Service Vamdrup ApS (ASV) of Denmark as an approved TBM Service Center. A European Aviation Safety Agency-certified Part 145…
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Business Aviation Brief: Cirrus Aircraft Offering Performance Braking System From Cirrus Direct

Oct 13, 2014
Cirrus Aircraft has begun offering its Performance Braking System for operators of Generation 3 and newer aircraft from Cirrus Direct, the company…

Airworthiness Directives

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Airworthiness Directives

Oct 13, 2014
BOMBARDIER Model BD-700-1A10 and BD-700-1A11 airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2014-0424; Directorate Identifier 2014-NM-003-AD; Amendment 39-17976; AD 2014…

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Appointments

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Appointments

Oct 13, 2014
CHARLIE JOHNSON, former Cessna Aircraft president and current president and COO of Aero Electric Aircraft Corp., was inducted into the Colorado…

Calendar

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Upcoming Events

Oct 13, 2014
Oct. 15-17—World Passenger Symposium 2014, The Hilton Bayfront, San Diego, Calif., http://www.iata.org/events/passenger-symposium/Pages/index.aspx…