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The Weekly of Business Aviation, August 17, 2020

VOL. 105 NO. 33 August 17, 2020

Programs

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First GE Catalyst Engine For Cessna Denali To Be Delivered This Year

Aug 11, 2020
GE Aviation is progressing with engineering and certification testing on its Catalyst engine designed for Textron Aviation’s Cessna Denali single-engine turboprop.
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Second Cessna SkyCourier Makes First Flight

Aug 11, 2020
Textron Aviation’s second Cessna 408 SkyCourier flight test twin turboprop has made its first flight in Wichita, the company announced Aug. 11.
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Deployed Artemis Adds Jet To U.S. Army's ISR-collecting Fleet

Aug 11, 2020
The U.S. Army's first intelligence-collecting jet has been deployed to the Pacific region as part of a demonstration of sensor technologies that will inform requirements for a new fleet of fixed-wing aircraft.
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Wireless Charging System For Drones Wins Approval

Aug 10, 2020
Wireless charging system developer WiBotic on Aug. 6 announced Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorization of its line of transmitters and receivers for charging drones, mobile robots and industrial automation devices.
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VerdeGo Runs Diesel-Hybrid Power Train At Production Power

Aug 14, 2020
Electric power train developer VerdeGo Aero is running what the startup describes as “the most powerful piston hybrid system in the world.”

Regulatory/Legislative

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Daily Memo: COVID-19 Slows The Progress Of FAA’s NextGen Program

Aug 07, 2020
COVID-19 has slowed the FAA’s 17-year march toward airspace modernization. 

Intelligence

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Chicago Executive Airport Sets Five-Year Traffic Record In July

Aug 14, 2020
Items of interest to professionals in the business aviation industry.

Forecasts/Industry Data

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Small Jet, Turboprop Utilization Return To Pre-COVID-19 Levels, Data Shows

Aug 14, 2020
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. 
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Business, General Aviation Avionics Sales Fall In 2020

Aug 12, 2020
During the first six months of 2020, business and general aviation avionics sales declined 23.6% from the same time a year ago due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, reversing three consecutive years of growth, the Aircraft Electronics Association says. 

Charters/Brokers

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Wheels Up Forms Wheels Up Aircraft Sales

Aug 13, 2020
Wheels Up has formed a new business division called Wheels Up Aircraft Sales, offering aircraft brokerage, acquisition, trade and advisory services.

Airports

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Lehigh Valley Airport Opens New Corporate Aircraft Hangar

Aug 14, 2020
Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority in Pennsylvania joined state and local officials to celebrate the completion of Hangar 11 at Lehigh Valley International Airport.

Suppliers

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Engineered Propulsion Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Aug 12, 2020
Engineered Propulsion Systems (EPS) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Wisconsin, while Chinese and “other foreign interests” are poised to buy the company’s assets and intellectual property.
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FAA Awards $3.3 Million In Drone Research Grants

Aug 12, 2020
The FAA has awarded $3.29 million in grants to its unmanned aircraft systems center of excellence, a coalition led by Mississippi State University.
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Gogo Looking To Sell Commercial Aviation Division; Workforce Cuts Set

Aug 11, 2020
Inflight entertainment provider Gogo has begun talks to sell its commercial aviation (CA) business, president and CEO Oakleigh Thorne revealed on an Aug. 10 earnings call. 
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Honeywell, Vertical Aerospace Sign Supplier Agreement

Aug 11, 2020
Honeywell and urban air mobility vehicle developer Vertical Aerospace have signed a letter of intent naming Honeywell as the avionics supplier for Vertical’s passenger-carrying demonstrator aircraft.

Services

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Daher Chooses Elliott Aviation For TBM 940 HomeSafe Installations

Aug 10, 2020
Daher has selected Elliott Aviation in Moline, Illinois, to install Garmin’s emergency autoland system on TBM 940 turboprops delivered in the U.S. in 2019 and the first half of 2020. 

Business Aviation Briefs

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ATI Engineering Orders Special Mission Grand Caravans For Rwanda Defense Force

Aug 14, 2020
Brief news items of interest to business aviation professionals.
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Bombardier Delivers Donated Face Shields To HCA Healthcare Using Global 7500

Aug 14, 2020
Bombardier has donated 2,800 face shields to HCA Healthcare East Florida Division in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and delivered them using its Global 7500 aircraft.
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Jet Linx Launches Enterprise Jet Card Membership

Aug 14, 2020
Omaha-based Jet Linx has launched a new corporate jet card service, Enterprise Jet Card Membership, to provide businesses with a suite of services and products for a “flexible and reliable corporate travel solution,” the private jet management and jet card membership company says.
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Bell Founds New Fort Worth Facility To Support Future Vertical Lift

Aug 14, 2020
Bell Unveiled a new 140,000-sq.-ft. Manufacturing Technology Center Aug. 10 to support the U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift (FVL) effort.
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Robinson Delivers R66 Serial Number 1000

Aug 14, 2020
Robinson Helicopter Co. has delivered R66 Turbine Serial Number 1000 to a dealer, Les Gillespie of Gardner Aviation in Peachtree City, Georgia.
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Gulfstream Enhances Air Purification Systems

Aug 14, 2020
Gulfstream Aerospace has enhanced its Gulfstream Cabin Experience with an investment in customer health through plasma ionization.
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Continental CD-170 Engine Earns EASA Type Certification

Aug 14, 2020
Continental, based in Mobile, Alabama, has received European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) type certificate validation for its Jet-A CD-170 engine, which has been integrated into Tecnam’s P2010 TDI aircraft.
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Bye Selects Aviation Safety Resources For Parachute Recovery System

Aug 14, 2020
Bye Aerospace has selected Aviation Safety Resources (ASR), to supply its Soteria line of whole aircraft recovery parachutes systems for its eFlyer 2 electric trainer.
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Acropolis Chooses Satcom Direct For VVIP Airbus ACj320neo

Aug 14, 2020
Acropolis Aviation, a UK-based VVIP charter operator, has selected Satcom Direct (SD) to provide high-speed connectivity to the first VVIP Airbus ACJ320neo.

Airworthiness Directives

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Airworthiness Directives

Aug 14, 2020
Regulations recently issued by the FAA for business aircraft.

Business Aviation Appointments

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Business Aviation Appointments

Aug 14, 2020
Appointments and promotions in the business aviation industry.

Calendar of Events

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Upcoming Events

Aug 14, 2020
Conferences and events for professionals in the business aviation community.

Industry Data

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COVID-19 and Business Aviation Metrics

Aug 14, 2020
Business Aviation Metrics

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Aug 14, 2020
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