Content Archive: December 2016

Aerospace Icon Senator John Glenn Flies West

On Feb. 20, 1962, strapped into a cramped Mercury capsule, 40-year-old Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth.
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Aircraft

Piper M600 Turboprop Single Gets Aussie Nod

This paves the way for the launch of flights by M600 owner-operators in the region.
Accidents

Unstabilized Approach Led to Bin Laden Family-owned Phenom Crash

The company's crew did not often make visual circuit arrivals other than at Blackbushe.
FBOs

Epic Fuels, Signature To Issue Co-branded Aviation Card

The aviation services credit card will be accepted at 8,000 locations.
FBOs

Atlantic Aviation Expands at New York Airport

The company acquired the former GE Aviation hangar at Stewart International Airport.
Charter & Fractional

SPA Boosts Fleet To Capitalize on Saudi Bizav Reform

Saudia Private Aviation is set to take two BBJs in 2017.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Zenith Jet Completes Milestone Global Oversight Project

Since its founding in 2008, the Montreal company has performed 100 oversight projects on the Bombardier Global familiy of aircraft.
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Aircraft

Boeing Details Latest 777 Production Rate Cut

Announces plans to lower production rate to five per month in August
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UBS Bizjet Index Sees Post-election Surge

the index came in at 45, a 32-percent jump from UBS’s prior survey and “representing one of the largest sequential increases in its 13 year history.”
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Aircraft

Canada Chooses Airbus C295W for Search and Rescue

Major win for best-selling twin turboprop over rival C-27J, and the new Embraer KC-390 jet, after a long evaluation.
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