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Stevens Aerospace has been approved by the U.S. Department of Transportation to perform hydrostatic cylinder testing at its Nashville, Tennessee facility.

Jet East has opened a new full-service MRO facility at Statesville Regional Airport in North Carolina.

General Atomics AeroTec Systems has earned approvals for Embraer Praetor 500/600 inspections.

Jet Aviation has received FOCA approval for LMR in Zurich.

Jet East is expanding its avionics services into Trenton, New Jersey, and Dallas.

Vision Aircraft Records and ARC Document Solutions are partnering to deliver end-to-end service for operators moving to digital maintenance logbooks.

ExecuJet MRO Services Belgium has received approvals for its mobile repair unit to provide line maintenance services in several European countries.

YouTube personality Jimmy Webb has always wanted a “really cool” private jet but never dreamed he would achieve this goal by buying Elvis’s JetStar.

VIP Completions recently delivered a Bombardier Global Express after completing its highly-personalized interior and exterior.

California-based aircraft maintenance company ACI Jet has completed its first Collins Pro Line Fusion avionics upgrade on a Bombardier Challenger 604.

Greely, Colorado aircraft parts and salvage company BAS Part Sales has acquired the assets of its longtime competitor White Industries.

Universal Avionics is now an approved North American service provider for Dassault FalconEye Enhanced Flight Vision System.

C&L Aviation Group has been approved as an exclusive factory authorized repair facility for Héroux-Devtek Hawker-series products.

Component manufacturer Ontic has signed license agreements with Honeywell to deliver legacy radar systems and navigation and communication product lines.

Jung Sky has added Part 145 line maintenance services for Cessna Citation 525, 525A, and 525B-series aircraft at its Zagreb Airport Base.

MySky has introduced an auto-quoting feature developed specifically for business aircraft charter customers based in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Southeast Aerospace has purchased several Texas Aerospace Technologies tri-axial accelerometers for flight data recorder installs.

ST Engineering and Pensacola State College are laying plans to co-develop an aircraft maintenance technician academy in Pensacola, Florida.

Walt Disney used various aircraft to support his numerous projects, but the one most associated with him was his beloved Gulfstream I.

In addition to their normal targets of opportunity, cyber hackers are also finding that an aircraft's unprotected network can be ripe for data piracy.

The reasons for a corporate executive to use the company jet—including safety, security, and privacy—haven’t changed.

Area FBO’s had been preparing for Super Bowl LII for over a year and it paid off with a big win for visiting B&GA crews and passengers.

Pre-game planning was in the form of safely coordinating the arrival and departure of nearly 1,000 business/general aviation aircraft in just two days.

FBOs in the San Francisco bay area and beyond saw an influx of private aviation traffic, all heading towards this year's NFL championship game.

Pratt & Whitney Canada announces new, higher-power PT6A-140A for utility aircraft.

Pratt & Whitney Canada updates engine programs and introduces a new ESP support plan.

Piper introduces the option of the Continental diesel on its popular Archer,.

Phoenix-area FBOs handled nearly 1,100 business and general aviation operations over Super Bowl weekend.