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The Weekly of Business Aviation, September 26, 2022

VOL. 107 NO. 39 September 26, 2022
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Regulatory/Legislative

Republic Airways E170
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FAA Denies Republic Airways Pilot Training Exemption Request

Sep 19, 2022
The FAA denied Republic Airways’ petition to establish an airline training program with a 750 flight-hour minimum and suggested that similar efforts will face the same fate.
Volocopter over Paris
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Europe Gears Up For Urban Air Mobility Kickoff

Sep 21, 2022
European regulators are showing support and using a new approach to rulemaking as they prepare for the emergence of urban air mobility.

Forecasts/Industry Data

Bombardier Global 6000
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Jetcraft Projects 10,921 Used Business Jet Sales From 2022-2026

Sep 22, 2022
Jetcraft predicts demand for pre-owned business jets to lead to 10,921 transactions representing $66.6 billion in revenue from 2022-2026, according to its just-released business jet market forecast. 

Intelligence

Suppliers

Pearl 700
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Rolls-Royce Earns EASA Certification For Pearl 700

Sep 20, 2022
Rolls-Royce has received European certification for the Pearl 700—the second member of the new business jet powerplant family.

Programs

Bombardier Challenger 3500
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Bombardier’s First Challenger 3500 Enters Service

Sep 21, 2022
Bombardier’s first Challenger 3500 super mid-size business jet has entered service, the company says.
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Regent Seaglider Demonstrator Completes First Flights

Sep 21, 2022
Regent’s seaglider technology demonstrator completed its first successful series of flights in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, on Sept. 19, utilizing all three modes of maritime operation—floating, foiling and flying.

Sounding Board

Curt Castagna
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Sounding Board: Five Minutes With Curt Castagna, National Air Transportation Association President & CEO

Sep 23, 2022
Curt Castagna became president and CEO of the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) on Sept. 1, succeeding Timothy Obitts.

Airframers

AAM panel
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AAM Developers Undeterred By FAA Certification Shift

Sep 22, 2022
Aspiring advanced air mobility (AAM) vehicle developers gathered for an event near the U.S. Capitol described their progress toward entering commercial service on a day that saw the AAM ranks thinned by one company.

OEMs/Suppliers

Cirrus Aircraft
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Cirrus To Develop Duluth Innovation Center As It Grows

Sep 19, 2022
Cirrus Aircraft plans to develop a $15 million Innovation Center to house more than 300 engineers, scientists and technicians in former Northwest Airlines Corp. facility at Duluth International Airport, Minnesota.
PC-12 NGX
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Pilatus Acquires Skytech As It Grows U.S. Market

Sep 27, 2022
Swiss-based Pilatus Aircraft has acquired Skytech, a U.S. service provider, aircraft vendor and long-term Pilatus business partner in the sales and service of Pilatus aircraft. 

Services

NREL
article

Directional Aviation Backs Greencrude Fuel Developer

Sep 19, 2022
Directional Aviation announced a financial investment in biomass fuel developer Alder Fuels that includes a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) offtake agreement by fractional ownership provider Flexjet.

Safety

Screenshot from FlightAware
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Cirrus SF50 Jet Pilot Does ‘Right Thing’ And Deploys Chute

Sep 22, 2022
The pilot of a Cirrus Vision Jet SF-50 Vision Jet became the first pilot in the aircraft’s history to deploy the jet’s parachute during an accident on Sept. 9 in Orlando.

Business Aviation Briefs

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Heart Aerospace Selects MSB For Interior Development Of ES-30 Aircraft

Sep 23, 2022
Brief news items of interest to business aviation professionals.
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Daher Inaugurates Log’In Innovation Center

Sep 23, 2022
Daher, a French manufacturer of general aviation aircraft, inaugurated the Log’In technical center at its Cornebarrieu site near Toulouse, France.
article

CAE Expands Support Services In Asia-Pacific Region

Sep 23, 2022
CAE, a global flight training company, announced the expansion of its Aircraft Technical Support Services facilities in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.
article

Skyservice Expands Montreal Facilities With Acquisition

Sep 23, 2022
Skyservice Business Aviation, a business aviation provider, has acquired a heavy-body aircraft hangar and office facility from Bombardier.
article

FAA Launches Interactive Fact Book

Sep 23, 2022
The FAA has launched a new online-interactive “FAA Fact Book.”
article

Embraer Announces Investment In XMobots

Sep 23, 2022
Embraer, the Brazilian aerospace manufacturer, has signed an investment agreement to acquire a minority shareholding in XMobots, a large drone company in Latin America.
article

Amelia Earhart Bronze Statue On Display In Hometown Museum

Sep 23, 2022
The Atchison Amelia Earhart Foundation has unveiled a bronze statue of Amelia Earhart at the Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum located in Atchison, Kansas, the hometown of Amelia Earhart.
article

Avcon Earns FAA Approval Of 400Amp Starter/Generator For King Air B300

Sep 23, 2022
Avcon Industries, a subsidiary of Butler National Corp. and a provider of Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR) and special mission products for aircraft, has received FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for the installation of the Avcon Dual 400 Amp Starter Generators on the Textron Aviation King Air Model B300 with Pratt & Whitney PT6A-60 engines.
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Col. Eileen Collins Selected As 2022 Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy Recipient

Sep 23, 2022
The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) has announced that Col. Eileen Collins, USAF (Ret.), was selected as the recipient of the 2022 Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy for “her perseverance in the advancement of aviation and aerospace as a teacher, astronaut, and leader, and for serving as an inspiration for all those seeking to break barriers in their field.”

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