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Maintenance and Modifications

A&P gets four years in prison for parts scheme

Brian Snyder, owner and operator of aircraft repair business Smooth Landings, has been sentenced to 51 months in prison.
Maintenance and Modifications

West Star Aviation restructures maintenance department

The Dallas facility of West Star Aviation has restructured its maintenance department.
Maintenance and Modifications

Finnair and Finncomm open ATR MRO

ATR turboprop aircraft maintenance is being developed in Finland as a result of a joint venture by Finnair and Finncomm Airlines.
Maintenance and Modifications

Banyan joins Raisbeck ZR Lite deal network

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Maintenance and Modifications

Rapco fleet support gets PMA for Sabreliner brakes

Sabreliner 40 and 60 operators now have another choice for aircraft equipped with ABSC (Goodyear) brakes.
Maintenance and Modifications

StandardAero gets STC for King Air 200 PT6A-42 upgrade

StandardAero has received STC approval to remove P&WC PT6A-41 engines on the Beechcraft King Air 200 and replace them with new or serviceable PT6A-42 engin
Safety

Bizav safety slips in first nine months of ’08

According to data released by aviation safety consulting firm Robert E.
FBOs

Crownair adds two facilities in California

San Diego-based Crownair (Booth No.
Aircraft

Revived Twin Otter makes first flight

Viking Air of Sidney, British Columbia, flew its DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400 prototype for the first time on October 1 from Victoria International Airport.
Rotorcraft

Pilot lifts veil from BA609 flight testing

The first two prototypes of the Bell/Agusta BA609 civil tiltrotor had covered around 60 percent of the certification flight-test program in more than 350 f
Charter & Fractional

New leader promises to revitalize Flight Options

Acknowledging that Flight Options had strayed from its original vision, company founder Kenn Ricci and CEO Michael Silvestro, both of whom returned to the
Avionics

Thales demos simulation tool for business aircraft cockpits

Thales is demonstrating for the first time at an NBAA Convention its new iDeck “avionics prototyping, advanced system simulation tool.” The simulation plat
Rotorcraft

Indian operator offers airport ‘shuttle’

India-based Deccan Aviation is offering on-demand helicopter “shuttle” flights between Bangalore’s international airport and Electronic City and HAL airpor
Rotorcraft

After short development, X2 makes first flight

Sikorsky’s futuristic X2 is up and flying, but it could be a decade before the technology is applied commercially, according to program manager Jim Kagdis.
Charter & Fractional

Business slows for new charter industry player

Despite its well-known brand name, Virgin Charter has not been immune to the economic downturn.
Charter & Fractional

Magellan Launches Private Jet Program

Magellan Jets announced launch of its Voyager private jet program, which deducts flight costs from a $250,000 membership fee.
Maintenance and Modifications

King Air Upgrade Is Blackhawk’s 200th

Blackhawk Modifications (Booth No.
FBOs

Southern FBO Adds Northern Facility

Long-time Atlanta FBO Hill Aircraft has expanded by buying another FBO: Harbour Air at Cherry Capital Airport in Traverse City, Mich.
Rotorcraft

Blue Sky To Follow Bond Offshore Helicopters

All 10 copies of the Eurocopter AS 332L2 at Bond Offshore Helicopters will now fly the Blue Sky Network Model D1000A modem unit for flight-following servic
FBOs

Improvements Planned for Kansas City Airport

Kansas City’s Charles B.
Avionics

TAS Completes Icing Tests for CL-300 EVS

Total Aircraft Services has announced the completion of icing tests for its CL-300 enhanced-vision system for the Bombardier Challenger 300.
Maintenance and Modifications

Thales Picked for Learjet 85 Spoiler Controls

Thales (Booth No.
Training and Workforce

FlightSafety Plans Expansion

FlightSafety International (Booth Nos.
Maintenance and Modifications

Lou Martin Touts Composites Companies

Louis Martin wants his company, Technical Composites Corp., to “seek its own level in the industry,” as a distinct and growing brand, though still connecte
Training and Workforce

Embraer, CAE Launch Phenom 100 Training

Embraer CAE Training Services, a joint venture of Brazilian OEM Embraer (Booth No.
Maintenance and Modifications

Korry Makes the Switch for HondaJet

Korry Electronics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Esterline Corp., is at Booth No.
Maintenance and Modifications

R.W. Martin Completes Hangar Facility

R.W.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Savannah expands to accommodate green completions

Savannah Air Center (Booth No.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Center Capital: financing options still available

More than half of Greg Renna’s customers have asked him if Center Capital Corp.
Training and Workforce

CAE keeps focus on custom-designed training solutions

Jeff Roberts, CAE group president for innovation, civil training and services, leads the company’s global training organization serving approximately 3,500