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October 23, 2023

Airborne 10.23.23: JAL v Sumo Weight/Balance, Zenith Workshop, Alto Bought

Also: Michael Whitaker Nom, ATI Pilots, “Galactic 05” Research Mission, flyExclusive Buys CJ3 Gen2

Japan Airlines recently found itself uncomfortably middled between national pride and the immutable principles of physics. JAL was recently forced to add an extra domestic flight for purpose of accommodating a sizable group of sumo wrestlers traveling to attend the Special National Sports Festival on Amami Oshima Island in Japan’s southern Kagoshima Prefecture. Zenith Aircraft Company is returning to central Florida on 01 and 02 December 2023 for purpose of hosting its popular hands-on kit aircraft building workshop. Subject workshop will be held on the SUN ’n FUN Expo campus, and followed immediately by an infor

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Heads Up Technologies Acquires ALTO Aviation

Amalgamation and Capital

Heads Up Technologies, Inc. (HUT), a leading provider of proprietary aircraft lighting and cockpit and cabin electronics, has acquired Sterling, Massachusetts-based ALTO Aviation (ALTO), a designer and manufacturer of high-end OEM and aftermarket audio and cabin management systems for the business aviation market. HUT is backed by JLL Partners, a New York-based private equity firm.

New Light-Jet Model to Enter Service in 2025

Textron Aviation, parent company of Cessna, Beechcraft, Hawker, Bell Helicopter, Lycoming Engines, and Pipistrel, has disclosed flyExclusive, the North Carolina-based charter operator and aircraft fractional ownership concern, will be the fleet launch-customer for Cessna’s new Citation CJ3 Gen2. The announcement was made during a press conference at 2023’s National Business Aviation Association - Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) event in Las Vegas.

Kodiak Liveries Henceforth Local

Daher’s Aircraft Division has inaugurated a large new paint facility at its Kodiak Aircraft Company production site in Sandpoint, Idaho, marking the latest investment since Daher’s acquisition of the Kodiak utility airplane product line in 2019. The 9,000-square-foot facility streamlines Sandpoint’s overall production process and further improves the build quality for this multi-role single-engine turboprop aircraft, which is produced in the Kodiak 100 and Kodiak 900 versions.