Content Archive: May 2023

Training and Workforce

FlightSimExpo Celebrating At-home Simulation

FlightSimExpo expects more than 70 exhibitors at this year's event, to be held in Houston at the Lone Star Flight Museum.
FlightSimExpo airliner simulator flight deck
Maintenance and Modifications

True Blue Power Adds Lithium Batteries for Light Aircraft

True Blue Power Adds Lithium Batteries for Light Aircraft
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Avionics

Fargo Jet Center Completes Garmin Upgrade on PC-12

Fargo Jet Center delivered three Pilatus PC-12s upgraded with Garmin TXi touchscreens to Northeast Montana STAT Air Ambulance Cooperative.
flight deck of Pilatus PC-12 equipped with Garmin TXi touchscreen upgrade
Aircraft

Qatar Sends Two Head-of-state Aircraft to Coronation

An Airbus A340-300 and a Boeing BBJ 747-8 ferried Qatari delegation to the UK for the coronation of King Charles III, taking place on Saturday.
An Airbus A340-500 of the Qatar Amiri Flight on takeoff (Credit Qatar Airways)
Regulations and Government

Oral Fluid Testing Added to DOT Drug-monitoring Program

The drug-testing program required by the FAA and other U.S. transportation agencies has been amended to include oral fluid testing.
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Aircraft

First Flight for Mission-equipped Compass Call Gulfstream

The Gulfstream G550-based EC-37B is taking over the electronic attack role from the long-serving EC-130H Hercules.
EC-37B Compass Call
Aircraft

Delayed Denali Adding Garmin Autoland Capability

Textron Aviation has revealed that the Denali turboprop will be certified in early 2025 and that the Denali will include Garmin Autoland capability.
Textron Aviation Denali single-engine turboprop aircraft
Safety

NTSB Roundtable To Delve into Runway Incursions

The NTSB is taking a deeper dive into the state of runway excursions and the next steps to curb them during an in-person roundtable meeting.
NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy
Environment

SAF Producer Neste Sees Growth Ahead in 2023

Neste expects its renewable fuel production capacity to increase in the second quarter as new facilities continue to ramp up output.
Neste's Rotterdam Renewable Fuels Facility
Maintenance and Modifications

Parts Supplier Mid-Continent To Move Its West Coast Facility

Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics plans to move to Chatworth, California, some 10 miles from its current location in Van Nuys, on May 15.
Mid-Continent aircraft component repair