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After one year under the new management of the Diamond Aircraft Group, the company is on its way to achieving its goal to be the leading company in GA, in its class, worldwide. After staff increases in 2018, the company now is looking to employ even more people in 2019 as production is doubling. Boeing has announced a partnership with Aerion, making an investment in the company to accelerate technology development and aircraft design, and unlock supersonic air travel for new markets. Terms of the deal were not

Solved A Potential Issue With The $2.2 Billion Aircraft

"We’ve been innovating since the Wright Brothers, since we first took flight,” said Brig. Gen. John J. Nichols, B-2 Spirit pilot and commander of the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base. “We are a service of innovation.”

Will Develop Components For Airplane And Helicopter Engines

Safran has opened a new research center for advanced turbine blades used on airplane and helicopter engines at its plant in Gennevilliers, near Paris. The ceremony was attended by Florence Parly, French Minister of the Armed Forces, Ursula von der Leyen, German Minister of Defense, and Philippe Petitcolin, Chief Executive Officer of Safran.

Company Credits Competitive Improvement Program For The Success

Nearly four years into an aggressive five-year affordability drive, Aerojet Rocketdyne reports that it has already achieved its top major milestones – including relocation of manufacturing capabilities for three key missile defense program products across the country, and elimination of more than 1.1 million square feet of the company’s office and manufacturing space.

Began As An Aircraft Painting Business And Steadily Grew Over The Years

Flying Colours Corp., a North American maintenance, repair, overhaul and completions business, is celebrating thirty years of successful MRO and interiors operations. Launched as an aircraft painting business by current President, John Gillespie, the small start-up quickly developed into an aircraft sales business before evolving into a fully-fledged MRO and interiors business in 1989.

Airplane Serves South Florida And New York City-Area Customers

West Palm Beach, FL private aviation company Meridian has added a new 2018 Challenger 650 (N562RT) business jet to its ever-growing managed fleet. The aircraft is based in West Palm Beach, FL, and conveniently serves our South Florida and New York City-area customers. This heavy jet is impeccably maintained both inside and out, and contains the modern amenities that discerning passengers require when choosing a business aircraft. It is immediately available for charter.

Didymos Is Only 2,560 Feet Across

ESA’s planet-defending Hera mission will set a new record in space. The asteroid investigator will not only be the first spacecraft to explore a binary asteroid system – the Didymos pair – but the smaller of these two worldlets, comparable in size to Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza, will become the smallest asteroid ever visited.

Supports SD Data Link Unit Upgrade For Learjet 45

The Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) authority has awarded Skyservice Business Aviation an STC for installation of the Satcom Direct Data Link Unit (DLU) upgrade on the Learjet 45 type. SD supported Skyservice through the TCCA STC process, and with the EASA and FAA submissions whose approvals are expected in the second quarter of 2019.

Two Companies Will Collaborate On A Customized Portal To Access The System

Italian leisure airline Neos has begun offering in-flight internet services from Viasat aboard its fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. Neos selected Viasat for its industry-leading satellite communications systems, which are widely-recognized for delivering high-value, premium in-flight internet performance-at-scale.

Service Station (FSS)

An air traffic facility which provides pilot briefings, flight plan processing, en route radio communications, search and rescue services, and assistance to lost aircraft and aircraft in emergency situations. FSS also relays ATC clearances, processes Notices to Airmen, and broadcasts aviation weather and aeronautical information. In addition, at selected locations, FSS provides En Route Flight Advisory Service (Flight Watch) and Airport Advisory Service (AAS) and takes airport weather observations.

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"We’ve been innovating since the Wright Brothers, since we first took flight. We are a service of innovation.” Source: Brig. Gen. John J. Nichols, B-2 Spirit pilot and commander of the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, discussing the innovations that came in response to a recognized potential issue within the B-2 – the world’s most strategic aircraft and the heart of the stealth mission at Whiteman AFB. A four-switch panel called the airframe mounted accessory drive, or AMAD, sits on the left side of the B-2’s two-person cockpit. The AMAD switches control the connection of the engines to the hydraulic and generator power of the aircraft.  “We wanted to make sure that these switches we