Content Archive: November 2014

Maintenance and Modifications

Constant Aviation Expands Garmin Authorized Dealer Approval

All three of the company’s facilities can sell Garmin equipment.
Maintenance and Modifications

Professional Aviation Associates Opens New Facility

New distribution facility is located near Hartsfield-Jackson International.
Maintenance and Modifications

Flying Colours Adds GE CF34 Line Maintenance Center Authorization

The authorization covers work undertaken at both the Peterborough, Ontario facility and the St. Louis, Mo. base.
Rotorcraft

AgustaWestland Lands AW119Kx Sale to Private Operator in China

Helicopter will be delivered by year-end and used for passenger transport operations in the Asian country.
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Aircraft

Airbus A350-900 Receives FAA Type Certification

Wins U.S. approval some six weeks after gaining European ticket.
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Rotorcraft

Bell Helicopter Finds Good Fortune in China with Sale of 50 Jet Ranger Xs

This latest order takes Bell independent distributor Reignwood’s commitment to 60 of the new light-single helicopters.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Iran Claims First Flight of Reverse Engineered RQ-170 Drone

Iran claims to have flown an unmanned aircraft copied from the RQ-170 Sentinel that crashed in that country in December 2011.
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Engines

GE Honda Transitions HF120 Production to N. Carolina

Ceremony marks the beginning of the shift in HondaJet engine production to Burlington, N.C., from Lynn, Mass.
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Charter & Fractional

NetJets China Flies First Charter Customer

The inaugural NetJets Business Aviation Ltd flight in a Hawker 800XP touched down at five airports in China.
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Aircraft

Avic to Make Empennage Tips For Boeing

Chinese company to supply 777 empennage tips starting in 2017