Jerry Siebenmark
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Aircraft

Ruag Unveils Europe CPDLC Kit for Legacy 600/650

Installation of the upgrade kit takes five days, Ruag MRO International said.
Aircraft

How Spirit Is Dealing with Max Grounding

Spirit AeroSystems has been storing completed 737 Max fuselages for 10-20 days before shipping them off to Boeing.
Charter & Fractional

ACS Expands Brazil Charter Ops

Air Charter Services has nearly doubled staff and moved to bigger office space in Sao Paulo.
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Aircraft

Austrian Firm Selected For Challenger, Global Radomes

FACC already supplies wing-to-body fairings, rudders, and bypass ducts to Bombardier Business Aircraft's Challenger 350 and Global 7500.
Aircraft

SkyWest To Lease ACI Jet Hangar for New Mx Base

ACI Jet is also working with community colleges in the San Luis Obispo area to develop an aviation maintenance program.
Aircraft

BBA To Sell Ontic To Private Equity Firm

CVC Capital Partners to pay $1.37 billion for the BBA unit that manufactures OEM-licensed parts for legacy aircraft.
Aircraft

Arrow Aviation Obtains China CAAC Mx Approval

Louisiana-based Arrow Aviation is a service center for helo OEMs Leonardo, Bell, Airbus and Sikorsky.
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Aircraft

Wichita Bank Expands Into Business Aircraft Financing

Equity Bank's new division will finance new and pre-owned piston, turboprop and jet aircraft purchases.
Aircraft

Tamarack Returns To Installing Active Winglets

Tamarack says it has taken three deposits and scheduled two installations in as many weeks for its Atlas active winglets.
Maintenance and Modifications

Mid-Continent Adds Dealer to Trig Avionics' Bona Fides

Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics has been Trig's exclusive service center for North America since 2013.
Aircraft

Embry-Riddle Looks to Restock Cessna Skyhawk Fleet

Embry-Riddle's memorandum of understanding calls for the purchase of at least 60 Cessna Skyhawks between 2019 and 2022.
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Aircraft

StandardAero Completes Learjet 45 Cockpit Upgrade

The upgrade involved the installation of a Honeywell Primus Elite cockpit.
Aircraft

Bombardier Marks Milestone at Singapore Service Center

Crews at the Bombardier center in Seletar Aerospace Park install a cabin management system in a Global Express XRS.
Aircraft

BendixKing's xVue Finds Way On New Pipistrel Trainer

Pipistrel trainers equipped with BendixKing's xVue Touch will be known as Alpha King.
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Embraer Joins FlightAware's Premium Flight Tracking

Textron Aviation was the launch OEM for the program that was rolled out in June.
Aircraft

Wing Spirit Expands HondaJet Order to 15

The Hawaii-based company plans to use the HondaJet Elites for inter-island charters and air ambulance operations.
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Aircraft

ATP Looks To Add Up To 100 New Cessna Skyhawks

Textron Aviation's piston single will supplement and replace ATP Flight School's fleet of more than 375 airplanes.
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Aircraft

XTI Selects GE Catalyst for TriFan's Hybrid Core

GE Aviation's Catalyst turboprop engine gives TriFan 600 the power it will need at altitude, XTI Aircraft says.
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Aircraft

Bose Introduces Improved ProFlight Headset

The Bose ProFlight Series 2 headset's on-head weight is 0.4 ounces less than its predecessor.
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Aircraft

SkyCourier Cabin Mockup Makes Debut at Oshkosh

Textron Aviation also plans to bring its full complement of Beechcraft and Cessna pistons and turboprops to EAA AirVenture.
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Aircraft

Ampaire To Open Order Book for Hybrid-electric Airplane

The California-based manufacturer of the Electric EEL, which is a retrofit of a Cessna 337 Skymaster, will begin accepting letters of intent at AirVenture.
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Rotorcraft

After Q2 Declines, Bell Looks To Improve In Q3

The helicopter manufacturer saw lower revenue and profit in second quarter 2019, mainly from a decline in its military business.

AirMedCare Network Donates $100K to Veterans Nonprofit

Homes For Our Troops builds and donates specially adapted houses for severely injured post-9/11 veterans.
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Aircraft

Textron Aviation Q2 Deliveries, Revenue Drop

Parent company chief attributes fewer Beechcraft and Cessna deliveries to threat of tariffs, economic concerns.
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Aircraft

Textron Aviation Puts Large-cabin Hemisphere 'On Hold'

Safran's progress on fixing Hemisphere's Silvercrest engine doesn't satisfy the Cessna Citation airframer.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Aviation Mx Training School Opens Charlotte Campus

Aviation Institute of Maintenance says its Charlotte campus will focus on training manufacturing workers.
Aircraft

Florida Firm Upgrades Avionics for Ike's Bird, Fifi

The historic airplanes' upgrades include the addition of Garmin ADS-B.
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Aircraft

Asian Sky Inks Agreement with Medevac Operator

Agreement leads to first long-haul intra-hospital transfer of Asian Sky Group client from China to Europe.
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Aircraft

Baron Introduces High-res Wx Forecasting Model

The new model is available to users of Baron Threat Net, Baron API, and broadcast products.
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Aircraft

Yingling Begins Excel/XLS G5000 Installs

Installation program follows FAA approval of Garmin STC.