Jerry Siebenmark
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ATC

ASECNA Expands Reach with Aireon's Space-based ADS-B

A third service delivery point has been added for the Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar’s (ASECNA) Dakar, Senegal ops center.
Aircraft

Cessna SkyCourier Begins Final Phase of Flight Testing

Production final assembly of the Cessna SkyCourier is set to begin this month.
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Charter & Fractional

GrandView Aviation To Open Van Nuys Charter Base

GrandView Aviation will open the Van Nuys airport charter base in May.
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Charter & Fractional

Data Breach Affects Solarius Aviation, Jet Aviation

Some employee and client personal information such as Social Security numbers were exposed in the data breach of Solairus Aviation's vendor, Avianis.
Avionics

Duncan, Elliott Latest To Offer CL604 Fusion Upgrade

Duncan Aviation and Elliott Aviation join other MRO providers in offering the Collins Aerospace Pro Line Fusion avionics upgrade for the Challenger 604.
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Rotorcraft

StandardAero Continues Expansion in Helo MRO, STCs

One of StandardAero's newest STCs is an autopilot for light single helicopters.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Sage-Popovich Plans MRO Acquisition

Sage-Popovich expects to close its acquisition of Togs Aircraft in the first half of the year.
Maintenance and Modifications

West Star Equips Techs with iPads To Improve Efficiency

The MRO provider will issue iPads to more than 600 technicians.
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Wheels Up, Waldorf Astoria Enter Partnership

The Wheels Up partnership extends to 10 Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts properties in North America.

Textron Aviation Plans Hybrid Appearance at Sun 'n Fun

The Wichita airframer will use augmented reality and other technology to staff its booth at the Lakeland, Florida event.
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Textron Aviation Revives Special Olympics Airlift

The last airlift organized by Textron Aviation's predecessor was in 2014.
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Training and Workforce

FlightSafety Adds First 8X Sim for North America

FlightSafety's Dassault Falcon 8X simulator will be based at its Teterboro learning center.
Rotorcraft

Bell Finds Additional Opportunities with Wichita Office

Bell opened the Wichita site in August 2020 to support its efforts to win contracts on two substantial future vertical lift programs for the U.S. Army.
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Charter & Fractional

Air Charter Scotland Establishes Home Airport Base

Following a 13-year absence, Air Charter Scotland positions a Cessna Citation II at its Glasgow Airport home.
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Rotorcraft

Bell Nears Milestones With 525, 505 Helos

Bell looks to wrap up certification flight testing of the 525 Relentless in the first half of 2021.
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Avionics

Mid-Continent Standby Unit STC'd for Falcon 900s

Mid-Continent Instruments’ Standby Attitude Module replaces the Falcon 900 series attitude horizon standby, altimeter, and standby Mach airspeed indicator.
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Aircraft

Broker Aerocor Unveils Annual Premier I/IA Fleet Update

Aerocor's Premier I/IA fleet update will be based in part on an annual survey of owners and operators of the out-of-production light twinjet.
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Maintenance and Modifications

MRO Insider, Portside Announce Partnership

The partnership allows Portside customers to quickly hail AOG services and scheduled maintenance requests for quotes through MRO Insider’s platform.
Aircraft

XOJet Aviation Enrolls CL300s in JSSI Engine Program

JSSI's hourly engine maintenance program will cover XOJet Aviation's fleet of 15 Challenger 300s.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan Gives Global XRS an 'Arctic Camo' Makeover

The Global Express XRS's livery features a digital camouflage pattern of black and gray shades.
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Airports

New SkyNet System Aims To Prevent Wrong Landings

SkyNet’s Reach LASAW (landing, approach, surveillance, warning) is aimed at heliport and airport operators.

Analyst Aboulafia Sees Quick Recovery for Bizav

Teal Group v-p of analysis Richard Aboulafia was the keynote speaker during a Wichita Aero Club virtual presentation on Monday.
Charter & Fractional

Waltzing Matilda Aviation Plans Part 121 Service

The Massachusetts-based Part 135 operator plans to begin scheduled air service to Toronto in October.
Aircraft

Textron Aviation Unveils King Air Ground Cooling STC

Textron Aviation's STC and ground cooling system is available for Beechcraft King Air 200 and 300 series twin turboprops.
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Aircraft

Embraer Delivers 16th Legacy 450-Praetor 500 Conversion

AirSprint is the recipient of the Embraer Praetor 500 conversion and has another scheduled for later this year.
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Charter & Fractional

Jet It Founders Launch European Sister Jet Club

The European launch of fractional ownership program Jet Club comes after its U.S. sister brand recorded 400 percent year-over-year growth.
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Aircraft

FAA Awards Type Certification for King Air 260

With FAA type certification in hand, Textron Aviation says it looks to begin customer deliveries of the King Air 260 in the coming weeks.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Stevens Aerospace Named Authorized Prizm LED Installer

The Prizm LED Cabin Lighting System provides business jet owners and operators a lower cost of ownership, Stevens Aerospace says.
Maintenance and Modifications

C&L Launches Aircraft Maintenance Apprenticeships

C&L Aviation Services' first class of six apprentice maintenance technicians will start in April.
Aircraft

Air Force Awards Gulfstream $696M in Support Contracts

The contracts will support the fleet of C-20G, C-37A, and C-37B Gulfstream aircraft used by the U.S. military.
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