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Bizjets, Helos Lag in ADS-B Installs as Capacity Shrinks

Shop lead times for ADS-B installs are now reaching six months in some cases.
FBOs

Sheltair Opens New Hangar in Tampa

The 32,000 sq ft structure, part of a $6.5 million development project, can accommodate the latest class of ultra-long range business jets.
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Aircraft

Challenger 350 Takes Best-selling Bizjet Crown for 2017

The super-midsize jet narrowly edged out the Embraer Phenom 300, which held the overall best-selling business jet crown for the previous four years.
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Aircraft

XTI Begins Component Construction

Fabrication of a 60-percent-scale flying prototype of its hybrid-turbine-electric VTOL will begin in April, with first flight expected later this year.
Safety

AINsight: Have a Plan To Prevent Runway Excursions

This common accident type is often preventable.
Avionics

Helicopter Flight Control System Is a First for Garmin

Garmin's new GFC 600H helicopter flight control system brings new safety features to the light helicopter market.
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Avionics

Trials Improve HTAWS for Offshore Missions

New flight envelope modes tailored to offshore operations.
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Rotorcraft

Daher Expands Helicopter Business with Airbus

The company opened a faciity in Mexico in August 2017 to support the nearby Airbus Helicopters plant.
Aircraft

Robinson Sees Bounceback Year

The California rotorcraft maker reported improvement across its entire product line.
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Engines

Pratt & Whitney Resumes GTF Production

UTC doesn’t expect the knife-edge seal issue affecting 98 PW1100G-JM engines to affect P&W’s GTF 2018 production performance.
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Rotorcraft

Airbus H160 Arrives for First U.S. Visit

The new medium twin rotorcraft will replace the airframer's H155 family. It is on display at Heli-Expo in Las Vegas.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

UTC Wins New Customers For DB- and MS-110 Sensor

The high-end tactical reconnaissance pods will be fitted to foreign jets, and also to US Air National Guard MQ-9 Reaper UAVs
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Maintenance and Modifications

Flying Colours Earns Q400 Conversion Contract

The project includes designing, installing and certifying a system of interchangeable, mission specific cabins for the commercial turboprop twin.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Jet MS Completes Global 5000 Maintenance

The aircraft, which is operated by a European business jet operator, was delivered to the Jet MS hangar for minor repairs.
Maintenance and Modifications

Tamarack Receives Expanded PMA with CJ3/CJ3+ Certs

The approval enables Tamarack to produce and install the winglets at its facility in Sandpoint, Idaho.
Regulations and Government

Bunce: FAA Needs Resources To Keep Up with New Users

Buunce fears that the growing list of responsibilities will spread the FAA to thin.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

New Chinese Armed UAV Project Unveiled

The Star UAV Systems Star Shaodw is set for a 2019 first flight
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Aircraft

NATO Joint Tanker/Transport and MPA Programs Advance

New countries are joining the alliances and a new tanker is added to the MRTT fleet
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Rotorcraft

Sikorsky's New Rescue Hawk Enters Final Assembly

The first of four EMD machines should be flying around the turn of the year.
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Aircraft

GAMA: Business Aviation on an Upswing

Business jet and piston sales were up, offsetting declines in turboprop deliveries, but billings still softened.
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Frank Colucci To Receive HAI Lightspeed Award

Frank Colucci, senior contributing editor of Vertiflite, will receive the Salute to Excellence Award during Heli-Expo in Las Vegas this February.
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James Spray To Receive HAI Lifetime Achievement Award

Spray is receiving the award for his dedicated service to the helicopter industry over the years.
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2018 Heli-Expo on Record-breaking Pace

The show exhibit floor was nearly sold out by mid-January.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Charles Hagen To Receive HAI Maintenance Award

Hagen is receiving the award for his accomplishments in conducting or managing maintenance operations in the helicopter industry.
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John Williams To Receive HAI Flight Instructor Award

Williams, an experienced flight instructor, previously received a letter of recommendation for this award from its namesake, W.A. “Dub” Blessing.
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Rotorcraft

Jonathan Roebuck To Receive Golden Hour Award

Roebuck is receiving the award for his work in creating the Remote Access Project for critical care transport company LifeFlight of Maine.
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Rotorcraft

Claude Vuichard To Receive HAI BLR Aerospace Safety Award

Vuichard, who developed the Vuichard Recovery, will receive the Salute to Excellence Award for promoting safety in the helicopter industry.
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Christchurch Helicopters To Receive Humanitarian Award

The operator will receive the Salute to Excellence Sikorsky Humanitarian Award for its actions during a 2016 earthquake and 2017 wild fires in New Zealand.
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HAI To Honor Deputies Eric Bashta, Jerry Osterloh

The deputies from the Riverside County sheriff’s department are receiving the Law Enforcement award for their heroic efforts in January of 2017.
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Rotorcraft

Maria Rodriguez To Receive HAI's Pilot of the Year Award

Rodriguez is receiving the award for her actions during Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
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