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The Weekly of Business Aviation, August 12, 2019

VOL. 104 NO. 32 August 12, 2019
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Associations

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Organizers Considering New Venue For LABACE 2020

Aug 07, 2019
The Latin American Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (LABACE) may move from Congonhas Airport in São Paulo next year, possibly to another city airport.

Services

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Amazon Petitions For Part 135 Drone Delivery Authorization

Aug 08, 2019
Online retailer Amazon is seeking exemptions from the FAA to operate its Prime Air drone delivery service as an air carrier under the agency’s Part 135 regulation.
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Blackhawk Wins STC For ‘World’s Fastest’ King Air

Aug 09, 2019
Blackhawk Aerospace has earned a Supplemental Type Certificate from the FAA that it says will transform the Beechcraft King Air 300 into “the fastest King Air in the world.”
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Alaska Team Uses Drone For Pipeline Inspection

Aug 06, 2019
Using a Skyfront multi-rotor drone, the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program team completed a 3.87-mi. inspection of Trans-Alaska Pipeline infrastructure without relying on a visual observer to monitor the aircraft.

Intelligence

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Latin American Bizav Fleet Projected To Decline Over Next Decade

Aug 12, 2019
Over the next 10 years, customers in the Latin American region are expected to take delivery of nearly 790 new business aircraft, with turboprops dominating the market,

Programs

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China’s Privately Owned Guanyi GA20 Secures 100 Orders

Aug 08, 2019
The four-seat, single-engine general aviation aircraft, under development by Shanghai-based Guanyi General Aviation, flew for the first time at a height of 3,000 m during its 50th test flight on Aug. 7.
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Gulfstream Delivers First G600 To Customer

Aug 08, 2019
Delivery comes a month after the aircraft earned FAA type and production certification. The unnamed U.S. customer took delivery at the company’s headquarters in Savannah, Georgia.
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XTI To Close Crowdfunding, Citing Progress Raising Money

Aug 06, 2019
Citing progress with its $25 million Series B private placement, XTI Aircraft is to wind down an unusual crowdfunding campaign that has so far helped support development of its TriFan 600 hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) business aircraft.

Suppliers

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Icon Aircraft Cuts Jobs Amid Lower Demand, Trade War

Aug 06, 2019
Icon Aircraft is cutting jobs and Icon A5 production because of reduced demand and the loss of funding from its Chinese investors—a byproduct of the U.S.-China trade turmoil, Icon’s top executive says.

Research/Development

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Japan Reports Progress On Quiet Supersonic Demonstrator

Aug 07, 2019
The demonstrator is being considered under JAXA’s proposed S4 program (for System integration of Silent SuperSonic airplane technologies). If funded, the S4TD technology demonstrator could fly by around 2026.
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Inventor Crosses Channel On Jet-Powered Hoverboard

Aug 12, 2019
The French inventor of a jet-powered personal vertical takeoff and landing system has successfully flown across the English Channel.
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Swiss Startup Develops AI-Enabled Autopilot For eVTOL

Aug 05, 2019
Using computer vision and machine learning, the Zurich-based company is developing an autopilot for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles, helicopters, heavy drones and other aircraft.
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Flying Car Brings To Reality Age Of Jetsons

Aug 07, 2019
The patent-pending digital dashboard allows users to customize the Eyes Forward Display, which changes from flight to driving instrumentation and back again.

Business Aviation

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NEXA Report IDs Cities Ripe For UAM

Aug 08, 2019
Working from the ground up to identify early opportunities and project demand for urban air mobility in 74 cities worldwide, a new report forecasts a 20-year market value of $318 billion across operators, vehicle manufacturers and infrastructure providers.
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Drone Manufacturer Schiebel Announces U.S. Subsidiary

Aug 05, 2019
Austria’s Schiebel Group has formed a new subsidiary to market its Camcopter S-100 unmanned helicopter in the U.S. and named industry veteran Gretchen West to lead the company.

Safety

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UPS Operations Unaffected By Switzerland Drone Crash

Aug 05, 2019
UPS said last month that it had applied to the FAA for a Part 135 air carrier certificate to operate the WakeMed delivery service, which uses the M2 quadcopter supplied by Matternet, of Mountain View, California.
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RUAG Offers ‘Solution’ For Controller/Pilot Data Link Comms

Aug 07, 2019
RUAG MRO International has developed what it calls a “straightforward and economical solution for Controller/Pilot Data Link Communications over the Aeronautical Telecommunications Network.”

Business Aviation Briefs

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Honda Receives Chinese Certification For HondaJet Elite

Aug 12, 2019
Honda Aircraft Co. has received type certification for the HondaJet Elite from the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
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Textron Considering Options For Kautex Unit

Aug 12, 2019
Textron Inc. is reviewing its strategic alternatives for its Kautex business unit, which produces fuel systems and other functional components.
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Signature Flight Support To Acquire IAM Jet Center

Aug 12, 2019
Signature Flight Support has agreed to purchase IAM Jet Center and its affiliated companies.
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Bestfly Takes Delivery Of Two ATR-72-600 Aircraft

Aug 12, 2019
Nuno Pereira signed for the company’s first two ATR-72-600 regional aircraft at a ceremony at Toulouse-Francazal Airport, France, at ATL headquarters on Aug. 2.
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Sky Trek Aviation Becomes Modesto Jet Center Under New Owner

Aug 12, 2019
Sky Trek Aviation at Modesto City County Airport has new ownership and a new name. Its new name, Modesto Jet Center, became effective Aug. 1.
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Demand For Nextant 604XT Upgrades Grows, Company Says

Aug 12, 2019
Nextant Aerospace reports that it has seven Nextant 604XT Pro Line Fusion cockpit upgrades in progress simultaneously.
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Airbus Helicopters Opens Malaysia Completion, Delivery Center

Aug 12, 2019
Airbus Helicopters has opened a new regional helicopter completion and delivery center at its Subang facility in Malaysia.
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Tecnam, XtraPower, Form Leasing Program

Aug 12, 2019
Tecnam Aircraft has partnered with XtraPower to form a Tecnam EU Leasing Program, a dry leasing program.

Airworthiness Directives

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Airworthiness Directives

Aug 12, 2019
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH Model DA 42 NG and Model DA 42 M-NG airplanes.

Appointments

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Appointments

Aug 12, 2019
Grischa Schmidt has been appointed Jet Aviation senior director of its Design Studio, based in Basel, Switzerland.

Calendar

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Upcoming Events

Aug 12, 2019
Sept. 21-24—Aviation Week World Routes 2019, Adelaide, Australia, https://events.aviationweek.com/en/home.html

Business Aviation Forecasts

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Business Aviation Forecasts For Latin America 2019-2028

Aug 12, 2019
View the Business Aviation Forecasts For Latin America 2019-2028 chart in PDF format.