Matt Thurber, editor-in-chief at AIN Media Group, has been flying since 1975 and writing about aviation since 1978 and now has the best job in the world, running editorial operations for Aviation International News, Business Jet Traveler, and FutureFlight.aero. In addition to working as an A&amp;P mechanic on everything from Piper Cubs to turboprops, Matt taught flying at his father’s flight school in Plymouth, Mass., in the early 1980s, flew for an aircraft owner/pilot, and for two summer seasons hunted swordfish near the George’s Banks off the East Coast from a Piper Super Cub. An ATP certificated fixed-wing pilot and CFII and commercial helicopter pilot, Matt is type-rated in the Citation 500 and Gulfstream V/550. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Matt and his team cover the entire aviation scene including business aircraft, helicopters, avionics, safety, manufacturing, charter, fractionals, technology, air transport, advanced air mobility, defense, and other subjects of interest to AIN, BJT, and FutureFlight readers.

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Vance Street Capital has rebranded its general aviation brands to Victor Sierra Aviation Holdings (VS Aviation) and has also acquired Aviation Products Systems (APS), a manufacturer of wheels, brakes, hose kits, and other parts. Among APS's products are longer-wear, FAA-approved Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) replacement brakes for the Pilatus PC-12's original Cleveland brakes.
In October 2021, Vance Street bought McFarlane Aviation, a manufacturer of PMA parts for light single-engine and turboprop airplanes, including those from Beechcraft, Cessna, and Piper. Vance Street added six FAA-PMA brands in April 2023 with an investment in Tempest Aero Group. Based in Burlington, North Carolina, Tempest has developed its own PMAs for oil filters, vacuum pumps, and other products and acquired brands such as Alcor, Consolidated Fuel Systems, Marvel-Schebler, Precision Airmotive, and Stratus Tool Technologies.
Recent Vance Street acquisitions include Airforms, an engine baffle manufacturer; Great Planes Fuel Metering, which services Continental fuel injection systems; and PMA Products, a manufacturer of PMA bearings, bushings, and fuel nozzles for Beechcraft and Piper airplanes and Pratt &amp; Whitney Canada PT6 engines.&nbsp;
"The addition of APS creates another key pillar in our portfolio of brands by expanding our proprietary PMA offering into the wheel and brakes segment for general and business aviation aircraft, another avenue to help our customers keep flying,” said VS Aviation CEO Scott Still.

News and issues about aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), covering all segments of the aviation industry; and modifications for aircraft and engines. Subjects include product support of aircraft, engines and avionics, MRO company mergers, acquisitions, announcements and personnel, Airworthiness Directives, Supplemental Type Certificate approvals and other topics.

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Vance Street Capital rebranded its general aviation brands to Victor Sierra Aviation Holdings. The company recently acquired Aviation Products Systems.

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News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.

News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

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News and developments about aircraft engines, including turbofan, turboprop, turboshaft and piston.

News and issues relating to the aerospace industry that are related to the science, engineering and business of flight in space involving civil, industrial and military applications, and similar topics related to flight in the atmosphere of the Earth that are not covered more directly by other AINonline subject channels. In other words, both astronautical and aeronautical subjects, except for those aeronautical topics that are specifically covered elsewhere on this website.

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