Content Archive: April 2016

Scheme Designers Holds Workshops, Scavenger Hunt at SNF

Workshops will offer guidelines and best design practices for aircraft that owners and companies to use when designing aircraft livery.
Aircraft

Bombardier's Bizjet Backlog Gets Boost with Fleet Order

Bombardier is not disclosing the customer for the order for 20 Challenger 350s, but says the deal is valued at about $534 million U.S.
Avionics

MyGoFlight Adapts Sun Shade Rails for iPad Mounting

The MyGoFlight iPad Rail Mount kit fits nearly any type of sun shade rail system used in turboprops and jets.
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Accidents

AAIB: GIII Pilots Mistook Edge Lights for Centerline

Reduced visibility in nighttime foggy conditions led the flight crew to line up along right edge of runway.
Airports

Brazil Airports Prepare for Bizjet Rush During Olympics

Space at Rio de Janeiro’s airports will be tighter than during the World Cup, with no plans yet announced for high-density bizjet parking.
Avionics

Garmin Unveils New Standby Instrument and Audio Panels

Garmin's new G5 standby instrument can also service as a standalone autopilot solution, while the GMA 245/245R audio panels offer "superior" sound.
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Town Halls, 'Reimagined' 152 Highlight AOPA SNF Agenda

AOPA President Mark Baker will host two Pilot Town Halls, part of nearly three-dozen activities the association is hosting at Sun 'n Fun.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Darpa Awards First-Phase Contracts for 'Gremlins' UAS Project

The program envisions launching "volleys" of small unmanned aircraft systems from a host aircraft, then retrieving them in mid-air.
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Avionics

Synthetic Vision Coming to Avidyne Navigators

Avidyne's new synthetic vision features can be displayed on IFD navigators and via Wi-Fi on iPads using its new IFD100 app.
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Charter & Fractional

Falcon Aviation Expands Bizjet Charter

Company is upgrading offshore fleet and has leased aircraft to startup airlines in Ghana and Kazakhstan.