Content Archive: August 2018

Safety

Pro Star Mechanism Lifts Handicapped Passengers into PC-12

The lifting mechanism manufactured by Pro Star Aviation can safely lift up to 300 pounds into a cargo entry door.
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Aircraft

Helpful Airline Facilitates Eclipse Image

A carefully planned flight on Southwest Airlines helped artist Jon Carmichael create a unique photomosaic of last year's solar eclipse.
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Avionics

An Aircraft HUD for the Rest of Us

MyGoFlight's SkyDisplay head-up display could bring HUDs into a much wider market.
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Aircraft

Pilot Report: Gulfstream G500

Gulfstream engineers have designed an airplane that pilots will love and that maximizes comfort for passengers
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Fuel

Close Call for Falcon with DEF-contaminated Fuel

For the second time in a year, accidental mixing of Jet A with diesel exhaust fluid has resulted in potentially deadly damage to business aircraft
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Aircraft

FlyWatch Global Offers PC-12 Training and Dry Leases

PC-12s on dry leases for private hire could spell a new avenue for cost effective transport around Europe, pioneered from London-area airports.

Inaugural Latvian Bizav Conference Deemed a Success

Held in the resort town of Jurmala, the event attracted business avation professionals from 13 countries.
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Drone Dome Secures First Customer

Rafael's counter-UAS system is being bought by the British Army to protect forces and facilities against the drone menace
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Airlines

Ryanair Reaches Tentative Deal with Its Irish Pilots

Dutch pilots’ union wants more comprehensive agreement
Rotorcraft

Boeing Assembling First Block II Chinook

The Block II upgrade will keep the helicopter flying for the U.S. Army into the 2060s.
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