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June 04, 2008

Midcoast Aviation To Install 50Dash4 Upgrades

Enhances Falcon 50 Performance, Range

Midcoast Aviation announced during EBACE 2008 that it was named an authorized distributor by Premier Aircraft LLC, a joint venture between West Star Aviation and Yankee Pacific Aerospace, to perform 50Dash4 Performance Upgrades for the Falcon 50 business jets.

ANN Special Feature: Simeon Hitzel, AeroBlue Aviation Foundation - 06.04.08

ANN's Paul Plack talks with Sim Hitzel, President of the AeroBlue Aviation Foundation, about his group's efforts to get stronger, federal interstate commerce protections for endangered airports, an

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Aero-TV Jets Into The 2008 Eclipse E-rrival

Fast Company, Fast Jets, Fast Friends

The 2008 E-rrival just finished a couple of days ago... but its influence will be felt throughout 'jet-dom' for quite the while. This annual gathering of pilots and owners of the Eclipse 500 pocket-rocket VLJ occurs once a year or so for the community to talk shop, learn the latest news and enjoy the comradery of like minded flyers... but this year was different.

Upgraded Excel Features Pro Line 21 Avionics, FADEC

Cessna reported Tuesday the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently granted type certification (TC) to Cessna's Citation XLS+. With nearly 600 hours of flight testing, the XLS+ met Cessna's certification timeline goal.

Aircraft Will Serve In Presidential Fleet

Embraer signed a contract this week for the sale of two E-190 jets to the Brazilian government for transporting official personnel. The aircraft will be configured specifically for this purpose and will be operated by the Special Transportation Group (Grupo de Transporte Especial – GTE) of the Brazilian Air Force (Força Aérea Brasileira – FAB), which serves the President of the Republic, Ministries, Presidential Departments, and officials from the Legislative and Judiciary Branches.

Portland FSDO Will Also Receive Excellence Award

The Portland, ME Flight Standards District Office (FSDO) and Susan Parson, Special Assistant to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) General Aviation and Commercial Division, will receive National Air Transportation Association (NATA) Excellence Awards at the 2008 NATA Air Charter Summit on June 10, 2008, at the Westfields Marriott Dulles Center in Chantilly, VA.