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The Weekly of Business Aviation, November 4, 2019

VOL. 104 NO. 44 November 04, 2019
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OEMs/Suppliers

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Spirit AeroSystems Buying Bombardier Aerostructures For $1.1B

Oct 31, 2019
Spirit AeroSystems will buy Bombardier’s aerostructures businesses in Northern Ireland and Morocco, as well as an MRO business in Dallas
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Trans States Cancels SpaceJet Aircraft Order

Oct 31, 2019
Trans States Holdings has canceled an order for up to 100 Mitsubishi SpaceJet aircraft, the latest setback facing the Japanese manufacturer’s long-delayed regional jet program.

Suppliers

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Garmin Unveils Autoland To Land Aircraft Automatically

Oct 30, 2019
Garmin has unveiled an emergency Autoland system for general aviation that is designed to control and land an aircraft when a pilot cannot.
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Honeywell Unwraps Micro Power Unit

Oct 21, 2019
An electric power unit compact enough to fit inside turboprops and light business jets, yet sufficiently powerful to start engines and provide extended ground power, is in development by Honeywell for entry-into-service in 2021.
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Gulfstream G700 Mockup Almost As Complex As Real Thing

Oct 23, 2019
It was three years ago that Gulfstream approached JBRND with a commission to construct a traveling demonstration fuselage.
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Catalyst Performing Well But Slowed By Test Hurdles

Oct 21, 2019
General Electric’s Catalyst turboprop is doing well and exceeding performance predictions, but due mainly to the challenges of testing for more stringent certification requirements, development for its first application – the Cessna Denali ­– is behind schedule, says the company.
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Lee Aerospace Grows Backlog Of Beechjet Windshields

Oct 22, 2019
Lee Aerospace earned a Supplemental Type Certificate in June for its side cockpit windows on the Beechjet 400, 400A and 400XP.

Editor’s Note

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Editor’s Note

Nov 05, 2019
The Weekly of Business Aviation debuts a new design today.

Programs

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Bombardier Global 7500 Deliveries Rising As Production Ramps Up

Oct 31, 2019
Bombardier is accelerating production and deliveries of its Global 7500 business jet, with plans to deliver 10 to 15 of the long-range jets during this year’s fourth quarter, the company said.
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Dassault 6X Takes Shape; ‘9X’ Nears Preliminary Design

Oct 23, 2019
Dassault has completed the critical design review of its next new business aircraft, the long-range, widebody Falcon 6X twinjet, and is closing in on the preliminary design of the advanced low-noise follow-on project, which is widely dubbed the 9X.
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New Design Revealed For Uber Eats Drone

Oct 28, 2019
Uber Elevate on Oct. 28 revealed a multirotor, tiltwing design for its planned Uber Eats delivery drone.

Services

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Textron Aviation Unveils 3D Interactive Tech Manuals

Oct 22, 2019
Textron Aviation has introduced 3D full-color interactive technical manuals for its Citation Longitude, following its entry-into-service.

Regulatory/Legislative

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U.S. Senate Advances $17.7 Billion FAA Funding Bill

Nov 01, 2019
The U.S. Senate has passed a transportation funding bill for fiscal 2020.
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A220 Flight Restrictions Ordered As NTSB Probes Engine Failures

Oct 28, 2019
Regulators have mandated temporary operational limitations for Airbus A220 operators in the wake of three Pratt & Whitney PW1500G engine failures in the last three months.
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Lightweight DJI Drone Below Registration Threshold

Oct 30, 2019
Leading small drone manufacturer DJI has unveiled a highly capable quadcopter weighing 249 grams (0.5 lb.), which exempts it by 1 gram from registration requirements in the U.S. and other countries.

Associations

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NATA Seeks Support For Hangar Suppression Equipment Changes

Oct 29, 2019
The National Air Transportation Association is leading a movement to remove requirements for foam fire suppression equipment for most general and business aviation hangars.

Safety

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Scottish Helo Crash Probe Finds Pilot Ignored Warnings

Oct 30, 2019
The inquiry found that the pilot, Iain Traill, had “took a chance” that the low fuel warnings he received were erroneous, Sheriff Principal Craig Turnball concluded in his report into the Clutha Vaults accident, published Oct. 30.
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Approaching Pilots Saw Drone 30% Of Time, Study Says

Oct 30, 2019
Pilots approaching a runway were able to see a drone encroaching in their airspace 30% of the time, according to a study by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Oklahoma State University (OSU).

Services/FBOs

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FBO Expansion At Jet Aviation In New Jersey

Oct 23, 2019
The facility officially reopened in early October, complete with a new, state-of-the-art, 40,000-sq.-ft. hangar, equipped with 30-ft. doors to accommodate aircraft as large as the Gulfstream 650.

Business Aviation Briefs

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Embraer Business Jet Deliveries Rise In 3Q

Nov 05, 2019
Embraer delivered 27 executive jets during the third quarter of 2019, including 15 light and 12 large-cabin aircraft.
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Istanbul Airport Serves More Than 40M Passengers In First Year

Nov 05, 2019
The new Istanbul Airport has now passed its first year mark since its opening on Oct. 29, 2018, and served more than 41 million passengers.
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Helvetic Takes First Embraer 190-E2

Nov 05, 2019
Swiss regional carrier Helvetic has taken delivery of its first Embraer 190-E2, starting a period of significant growth for the niche airline
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Chairman Aviation Places Citation Order

Nov 05, 2019
Chairman Aviation placed an order for a new Cessna Citation CJ3+ business jet during the 2019 NBAA Convention (NBA-BACE) in Las Vegas in October.
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FlyRight Expands King Air 350/200 Level-D Simulator Training

Nov 05, 2019
FlyRight, a supplier of simulation-based pilot training services, is increasing its King Air training programs to include G1000 avionics.
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Gulfstream Selects Thales For G700 Flight Control Computers

Nov 05, 2019
Thales will design and build the flight control computers for Gulfstream’s new G700 business jet.
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Strato Jet Introduces Stratos Air Charter Marketplace

Nov 05, 2019
Stratos Jet Charters in Orlando, Florida has developed the Stratos Air Charter Marketplace.
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Jet Aviation Staffing, FlightSafety Partner On Training Program

Nov 05, 2019
Jet Aviation Staffing and FlightSafety International have formed a global pilot training partnership program powered by the hullo Aircrew platform.
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Gulfstream G700 Simulator Design Underway

Nov 05, 2019
FlightSafety International and Gulfstream have partnered to provide training for Gulfstream’s new G700 business jet.
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Duncan Earns STCs From Mexico

Nov 05, 2019
Duncan Aviation has received validation from the Directorate General for Civil Aviation in Mexico for more than a dozen of Duncan Aviation’s Supplemental Type Certificates.
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Midwest AeroCare Adds Bell 407 To Fleet

Nov 05, 2019
Midwest AeroCare, based in Pittsburg, Kansas, has taken delivery of a Bell 407 helicopter with a medical configuration.
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Huntingburg Airport In Indiana To Extend Runway

Nov 05, 2019
Woolpert has won a contract to provide engineering, design support and construction management services for a $12 million runway extension at Huntingburg Regional Airport.
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Embraer Selects Inflite And London Stansted Airport For Demo Fleet Base

Nov 05, 2019
Embaer has selected Inflite, The Jet Center’s London Stansted Airport fixed base operation, for the new European home of its business jet demo fleet.
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Textron Aviation Earns STC For Gogo Avance Upgrade On Citations

Nov 05, 2019
Textron Aviation has received a supplemental type certificate for the Gogo Avance 15 connectivity system upgrade for the Cessna Citation X, Citation Sovereign and Citation Latitude business jets.

Airworthiness Directives

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Airworthiness Directives

Nov 05, 2019
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all ATR-GIE Avions de Transport Régional Model ATR72 airplanes.

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Nov 05, 2019
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Business Aviation Appointments

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Appointments

Nov 05, 2019
W. Ian Cheyne has been elected president of the board of directors of the Aeronautical Repair Station Association.

Calendar

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Upcoming Events

Nov 05, 2019
Nov. 13-14—Aviation MRO Indonesia (AMROI) 2019 Conference & Exhibition, Grand Mercure Hotel, Harmoni, Jakarta, Indonesia, www.amroi2019.com

Monthly Program Profile

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Monthly Program Profile: Bombardier Global 6500

Nov 05, 2019
View the Monthly Program Profile: Bombardier Global 6500 in PDF format.