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April 25, 2012

FAA Greenlights Production Of Eclipse 550

Production Certificate Granted, Delivery Of First New VLJs Expected In Mid 2013

The FAA has awarded a production certificate ... #550 ... to Eclipse Aerospace, paving the way for production of the new Eclipse 550 twin-engine jet. Representatives from the FAA presented the production certificate to Cary Winter, Senior Vice President of Eclipse Aerospace, at a ceremony held Wednesday at Eclipse's Albuquerque headquarters.

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Transport Canada Certifies P&WC’s PT6C-67E Engine For Eurocopter EC175

Engine Transitions From Development To Production

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has received Transport Canada type certification for the PT6C-67E turboshaft engine that will power Eurocopter’s EC175 helicopter. The Eurocopter EC175 is a new multirole helicopter and the PT6C-67E is the latest turboshaft engine in the PT6C-67 family for the medium class helicopter segment.

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Angel MedFlight Scholarship Open To Arizona Aviation Students

Third Year That AZ Students May Apply For $3,000 Award

Angel MedFlight's Scholarship for Excellence in Aviation is now open to students pursuing a degree in an aviation program at an Arizona college or university.  Applications are being accepted through June 4, 2012. For the third consecutive year, Arizona's aviation students will have the chance to apply for a $3,000 scholarship courtesy of Angel MedFlight's Scholarship for Excellence in Aviation.

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Spirit AeroSystems Returns to Full Operations

Operations Curtailed Following Wichita Tornado

Spirit AeroSystems' Wichita, KS, facility has returned to full operations since sustaining structural damage as a result of a tornado on April 14, 2012. Operations were suspended through April 22, 2012, to ensure the safety of employees, evaluate damage, and initiate plans for systematically bringing production back online. All employees returned to work on April 23, 2012.

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Help Wanted Sign Out At HAI

Organization Looking To Fill Two Deputy Director Positions

HAI is looking to fill a couple of key positions on its staff. The associtaion says it has openings for a Deputy Director of Flight Operations & Technical Services, as well as Deputy Director of Safety.

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AD: Learjet Model 60 Airplanes

AD NUMBER: 2012-08-16

PRODUCT: Certain Learjet Inc. Model 60 airplanes.

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Aero-TV: HeliWagon -- The Ultimate Landing Dolly

Providing Extraordinary Flexibility For Helicopter Operators

Sometimes an idea is so simple it just eludes the rest of us who tend to look for far more complex solutions... because we think that's where the true answers are. Not so with Heliwagon... who decided that the way to make a truly versatile helicopter landing pad, was to make it remote controllable so that It could be wherever an operator needed it without a lot of effort and fuss. HeliWagon claims to have built the most advanced mobile landing pad in the world -- "enabling the pilot or ground crew to have 360 degree walk around visibility with 100% positive control during aircraft movement on

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FAA Releases List Of U.S. UAS Launch Sites

Responded To A FOIA Request From The Electronic Frontier Foundation

The FAA has released its first round of records in response to The Electronic Frontier Foundation's (EFF) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit for information on the agency's UAV authorization program. The agency says the two lists it released include the names of all public and private entities that have applied for authorizations to fly the aircraft in the U.S.

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NBAA Comments On Proposed Changes To Emergency Certificate Actions

Supports Action Being Taken On The Organization's' Initiatives

In February 2012, the NTSB issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) which noted many of the industry comments from 2010, but did not propose changing the assumption of truth requirements. The safety board explained that law judges can consider additional evidence submissions related to the emergency determination, but NBAA believes that the requirement for NTSB to assume that FAA allegations are true is still a major problem.

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