Content Archive: June 2023

FLIGHT SIMULATION PIONEERS COME TOGETHER

More than 60 years after their founding, FlightSafety International and FRASCA joined forces, creating a seamless training experience.
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Maintenance and Modifications

New State Aviation Increases Portfolio with Finnoff

Finnoff Aviation Products has become the third light-turbine business aircraft services provider under New State Aviation Holding's umbrella.
Finnoff Aviation Pilatus PC-12 with 7 blade propeller on airport ramp
Environment

CAAFI: SAF Now Firmly Entrenched in Aviation

Speaking at the start of a two-day virtual SAF conference, CAAFI head Steve Czonka noted that renewable fuel is now seeping into all corners of aviation.
Line worker refueling business jet with sustainable aviation fuel from tanker truck
Safety

Senate To Hold Hearing on NTSB Nominee Brown

Alvin Brown, the White House's selection to fill a vacancy on the NTSB, will appear before the Senate Commerce Committee on June 21.
U.S. capitol building
FBOs

Signature Aviation Begins Construction on Huntsville FBO

Signature Aviation will invest more than $11 million on a new FBO terminal and ramp expansion at Alabama's Huntsville International Airport.
Artist rendering of the planned new Signature Aviation terminal at Alabama's Huntsville International Airport
Aircraft

Norway's Elfly Launches Noemi All-electric Seaplane

Norwegian start-up Elfly says its all-electric seaplane can meet the country's impending ban on fossil fuel domestic flights.
Elfly's Noemi electric aircraft
Regulations and Government

House T&I Committee Unanimously Approves FAA Bill

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday voted 62-0 in favor of the sweeping FAA bill.
NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen at the association's regional forum (Photo: Jennifer Leach English/AIN)
Regulations and Government

FAA Eases Rules for Aircraft Cabin Partitions

The FAA is eliminating the need for partitions adjacent to an aircraft's decompression hole to withstand large decompression conditions.
Business jet cabin with partition
Regulations and Government

Foreign Data Enhanced on En Route IFR Charts

The FAA will show limited foreign information on all en-route U.S., Alaska, and Pacific High/Low IFR aeronautical charts starting June 15.
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Regulations and Government

Proposed Ban on Popular Solvent Exempts Most Aviation Uses

The EPA seeks to ban most uses of perchloroethylene due to its toxicity, but would allow industrial and commercial uses, including those for aviation.
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