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Indonesia Set To Release Final Report On Lion Air 737 MAX Accident

Finds Fault With Boeing, FAA, Airline Workers And Crew

The Indonesian government is expected to release its final report on the October 29, 2018 accident involving a Lion Air 737 MAX airplane ... one of two crashes which led to the worldwide grounding of the aircraft ... late Friday or on Saturday.

Airborne 10.24.19: SJ30i Flight Test, King Air 200 Hartzell, Honeywell Forecast

Also: PT6 E-Series Engine, Winglet Technology Sovereign, New 2020 SAF Summit, Dash 8-400 Order

The SyberJet reimagining of the speedy SJ-30 program, starting the SJ-30i and following with the SJ-30x is not only going well, but the current test article was on display at NBAA-BACE 2019... with panel that has to be one of the most intriguing we’ve seen in years. ANN Boss Jim Campbell got an update with SyberJet Boss Chuck Taylor about the upgraded twinjet hot-rods. Hartzell Propeller has completed an FAA Type Certificate for a new five-blade carbon fiber propeller system for the King Air 200 fl

Report: Business Jet Market To Reach $36.21 Billion By 2026

Compound Annual Growth Rate Forecast To Be 3.14 Percent

A contract has been signed by Eviation with U.S regional cape Air in July 2019. This contract stated the purchase of their electric aircraft called Alice. Such innovations are likely to bode well for the global business jet market, says Fortune Business Insights in their new study.

Saab And Vu Systems Launch Game-Changing EFVS Solution

Uses New Passive Millimeter Wave (PMMW) Technology, Enabling Pilots To See And Land In Low-Visibility Conditions At All Times

Saab and Vu Systems are launching a Next Generation Enhanced Flight Vision System (EFVS) solution using new passive millimeter wave (PMMW) technology, enabling pilots to see and land in low-visibility conditions at all times.

Environmental Group Fights FAA Over Noise In Parks

Hopes To Force The Agency To Adopt Air Tour Management Plans

A new filing in a lawsuit brought by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and Hawaii Island Coalition Malama Pono (HICoP) is aimed at forcing the FAA to finally adopt mandatory air tour management plans under legislation enacted nearly 20 years ago.

De Havilland Canada Books Its First Firm Order For Dash 8-400 Aircraft

Signs Purchase Agreement With Air Tanzania

The United Republic of Tanzania, represented by the Tanzanian Government Flight Agency (TGFA), has signed a firm purchase agreement with De Havilland Canada for a Dash 8-400 aircraft. The aircraft, which will be leased to and operated by Air Tanzania (The Wings of Kilimanjaro), will join three that are already in service and another previously ordered one, to increase the airline’s fleet of Dash 8-400 aircraft to five. It will be delivered in a 78-seat, dual-lavatory configuration.

Deadlines For FAA Panel Nominations Approaching

Agency Seeking Members For Women In Aviation Advisory Board, Youth Access To American Jobs In Aviation Task Force

Nominations for appointments to the Women in Aviation Advisory Board must be submitted to the FAA by October 29 and Youth Access to American Jobs in Aviation Task Force nominations must be submitted to the agency by October 30. The panels were announced by Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao on October 9.

Safety Is Priority In Jet Aviation Deal With GE Aviation

Data Analytics Solution Promotes A Culture Of Safety And Efficiency

Jet Aviation and GE Aviation have signed a long-term agreement for a comprehensive safety and fleet modernization project including C-FOQA. The program covers Jet Aviation’s global fleet of some 300 aircraft including Airbus, Boeing BBJ, Bombardier, Dassault, Gulfstream and more.

Embraer Welcomes Amaszonas To The E-Jets Family

Adding A Total Of Six E190s To Its Fleet

Amaszonas Línea Aérea of Bolivia is the newest Embraer E-Jet operator. The airline recently started flying an E190 between Santa Cruz de la Sierra’s Viru Viru Airport and La Paz. Amaszonas is adding a total of six E190s to its fleet. The airplanes will fly to several domestic and international destinations.

Safran Provides The Complete Nacelle For The Newly-Launched G700

Airplane Introduced At NBAA-BACE This Week

Safran Nacelles has confirmed its Tier 1 supplier role for the complete nacelle on Rolls-Royce Pearl 700 turbofan engines that power Gulfstream Aviation’s G700 business jet, which was unveiled at this week’s 2019 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Universal Avionics Debuts New 'Fly By Sight' Navigation System

Next Advancement Features Innovative Integration Between SkyLens Wearable Head Up Display And Interactive FMS (i-FMS)

Universal Avionics (UA) introduced its latest advancement in the ‘Fly by Sight’ flight deck concept this week at the 2019 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) in Las Vegas, NV. The ‘Fly By Sight’ Navigation System combines ClearVision SkyLens Head Wearable Display (HWD) and the company’s recently unveiled Interactive FMS (i-FMS).

Gogo's AVANCE Platform Tops 175,000 Business Aviation Flights

More Than 1,000 AVANCE Systems Installed And Flying

Gogo Business Aviation's AVANCE systems – AVANCE L5 and AVANCE L3 – have now flown more than 175,000 flights totaling more than 108 million miles. The 175,000 flights is a milestone that took just two years to reach following the initial launch of AVANCE L5 in late-2017 and highlights how extensively the two systems have been used onboard business aircraft of all types and sizes.

Airbus Launches A220 Demonstration Tour Of The Pacific Region

Will Visit Nine Destinations In Seven Countries

Airbus has launched an extensive tour of the Pacific region to showcase the A220, its latest family member. The aircraft being used for the tour is an A220-300 leased from Latvia’s airBaltic, which will visit nine destinations in seven countries. These will include three stops in Asia on the return journey to Europe.

Aero-TV: 1928 Gipsy Moth - One of the Many Great Wonders of OSH19

One Man's Journey To An Award-Winning Vintage Airplane

When Michael Maniatis came across the 1928 de Havilland Gipsy Moth he brought to AirVenture 2019, it was in pieces in a barn in Canada and was barely recognizable as an airplane. This year, it was one of the stars in the Vintage area, and became an award-winner. Maniatis did a lot of research to be able to make his airplane as authentic to the original as possible. He said he was given a lot of plans for the airplane when he bought it, but while he had much of the basics, he was not provided with information of many of the small details that would make it authentic.

New 2020 Summit Aimed At Growing Business Aviation Use Of Sustainable Fuels

Will Be Held In March In Washington, D.C.

NBAA and GAMA leaders have announced an unprecedented gathering, to be held early next year in Washington, DC, aimed at accelerating the availability and use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). The new Business Aviation Global Sustainability Summit is scheduled to take place in March 2020.

Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics and True Blue Power Host NBAA19 Coverage!

Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics and True Blue Power -- NBAA 2019 Booth #C8717 Ten True Blue Power® Products Deliver Essential Power to the Newly-Certified, Super-Midsize Cessna Citation Longitude True Blue Power’s state-of-the-art equipment, including two DC-to-DC voltage converters, six DC-to-AC inverters and two intelligent batteries, powers Textron Aviation’s recently-certified Cessna Citation Longitude. “The Longitude redefines the super-midsize business jet market,” said Todd Winter, President and CEO of True Blue Power. “We are proud to have a long-sta

New NBAA Report Explores The Benefits of UAM For Business Aviation

Study Analyzed 74 Cities Around The World, Forecasting The Financial And Economic Business Case For UAM

The NBAA unveiled this week at its annual Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE), a new report detailing the financial and economic business case for Urban Air Mobility (UAM) and its benefits for business aviation users. The report, titled Business Aviation Embraces Electric Flight, How Urban Air Mobility Creates Enterprise Value, was a joint undertaking of NBAA and NEXA Advisors, LLC.

Boeing Appoints Stan Deal CEO Of Boeing Commercial Airplanes

Ted Colbert Named CEO Of Boeing Global Services

The Boeing Company has named Stan Deal to succeed Kevin McAllister as president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Ted Colbert to succeed Deal as president and CEO of Boeing Global Services, effective immediately. Vishwa Uddanwadiker is appointed to Colbert's former role as interim chief information officer and senior vice president of Information Technology & Data Analytics.

RedTail LiDAR Systems Unveils Innovative 3D Mapping Solution

RTL-400 Introduced At Commercial UAV EXPO As High-Resolution LiDAR System For Small Drones

RedTail LiDAR Systems, a division of 4D Tech Solutions, Inc, will introduce the RTL-400 LiDAR mapping system at the Commercial UAV EXPO on October 28th. The RTL-400 was designed specifically to provide high-resolution 3D images of objects on the ground from small drones flying at an altitude up to 400 feet.

Samson Sky Signs Supply Agreement With ASR

Aviation Safety Resources Recovery System To Be Offered As Standard Equipment On Samson Switchblade

Aviation Safety Resources, Inc., (ASR) a company that designs, tests and produces emergency recovery systems for the aviation and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) markets, and Samson Sky, creators of the Switchblade flying sports car, have announced the completion of a strategic development and supply agreement that will make ASR’s parachute recovery system standard equipment on the Switchblade.

CAE Wins Training Contracts With Five Business Jet Operators Worldwide

Signs Multiple Agreements Valued At Approximately C$50 Million

CAE has signed business aviation training contracts with five business aircraft operators worldwide valued at approximately $50 million (Canadian), including JetSuite and its sister company JSX, Silver Air, Solairus Aviation, TAG Aviation Holdings and Vulcan Flight Management.

Airborne 10.23.19: Massive Embraer Buy, Global 500 Upgrade, Denali Update

Also: Gogo AVANCE L5, Sandel Avionics, Safran And Uber, Qantas Completes Record Flt

Embraer is celebrating a massive purchase agreement with Flexjet. The deal comprises a fleet of Embraer bizjets including the recently certified Praetor and Phenom 300. Valued at up to $1.4 billion, deliveries will start this year. With this purchase agreement, Flexjet becomes Embraer’s Praetor Fleet Launch Customer. The partnership between Embraer and Flexjet dates back to 2003, when Flight Options, which merged with Flexjet in 2015, became the first fractional ownership program to introduce the Legacy Execu

AMA Drone Report 10.17.19: Senator v FAA, Droners Released By Iran, Mavic Mini?

Also: NBAA Webcast Schedule, Ford Drone, NATS Drone Course, Drone Saves Boy, Store Stops UAV Sales

Unfortunately; quite a few lawmakers seem to think they know more about how to regulate aviation than the FAA... and based on several recent actions, it appears that they may be in serious error. The errant legislation would institute controls above and beyond, or in defiance of, those imposed by the FAA. The aerial know-it-all, this time, is a Republican Senator from Utah by the name of Mike Lee. The Senator is introducing a bill that would allow states, cities, and even Native American tribes, to take co

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Airborne 10.24.19: SJ30i Flight Test, King Air 200 Hartzell, Honeywell Forecast

Also: PT6 E-Series Engine, Winglet Technology Sovereign, New 2020 SAF Summit, Dash 8-400 Order

The SyberJet reimagining of the speedy SJ-30 program, starting the SJ-30i and following with the SJ-30x is not only going well, but the current test article was on display at NBAA-BACE 2019... with panel that has to be one of the most intriguing we’ve seen in years. ANN Boss Jim Campbell got an update with SyberJet Boss Chuck Taylor about the upgraded twinjet hot-rods. Hartzell Propeller has completed an FAA Type Certificate for a new five-blade carbon fiber propeller system for the King Air 200 fl

FlightSafety And Gulfstream Prepare To Provide Training For The G700

Design Of A New FlightSafety FS1000 Full Flight Simulator For The New Airplane Is Underway

FlightSafety International and Gulfstream Aerospace are preparing to provide training for the new Gulfstream G700 aircraft.

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (10.25.19)

“Business aviation has long made sustainability a priority, and we have made tangible progres. Over the past decade, we have redoubled our commitment to reducing the industry’s already-small carbon footprint, and key to that has been the development and use of sustainable fuels.” Source: NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen, announcing an Sustainable Aviation Fuel Summit to be held next year in Washington, D.C.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (10.25.19): Changeover Point (COP)

A point along the route or airway segment between two adjacent navigation facilities or waypoints where changeover in navigation guidance should occur.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (10.25.19)

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Finds Fault With Boeing, FAA, Airline Workers And Crew

Also: PT6 E-Series Engine, Winglet Technology Sovereign, New 2020 SAF Summit, Dash 8-400 Order

Compound Annual Growth Rate Forecast To Be 3.14 Percent

Uses New Passive Millimeter Wave (PMMW) Technology, Enabling Pilots To See And Land In Low-Visibility Conditions At All Times

Hopes To Force The Agency To Adopt Air Tour Management Plans

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Signs Purchase Agreement With Air Tanzania

Agency Seeking Members For Women In Aviation Advisory Board, Youth Access To American Jobs In Aviation Task Force

Data Analytics Solution Promotes A Culture Of Safety And Efficiency

Adding A Total Of Six E190s To Its Fleet

Airplane Introduced At NBAA-BACE This Week

Next Advancement Features Innovative Integration Between SkyLens Wearable Head Up Display And Interactive FMS (i-FMS)

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More Than 1,000 AVANCE Systems Installed And Flying

Will Visit Nine Destinations In Seven Countries

One Man's Journey To An Award-Winning Vintage Airplane

Will Be Held In March In Washington, D.C.

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Study Analyzed 74 Cities Around The World, Forecasting The Financial And Economic Business Case For UAM

Ted Colbert Named CEO Of Boeing Global Services

RTL-400 Introduced At Commercial UAV EXPO As High-Resolution LiDAR System For Small Drones

Aviation Safety Resources Recovery System To Be Offered As Standard Equipment On Samson Switchblade

Signs Multiple Agreements Valued At Approximately C$50 Million

Also: Gogo AVANCE L5, Sandel Avionics, Safran And Uber, Qantas Completes Record Flt

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