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Airports

Clemens Plans More Expansion at East Wichita Airport

Clemens Aviation is adding three more hangars and a fuel farm at Jabara Airport in Wichita.
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FutureFlight

PitchBook Forecast Sees Crunch-time Approaching for Under-funded eVTOL Startups

Investors are set to discover how unrealistic some timelines for aircraft certification and commercial service launch could prove to be.
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FutureFlight

Jump Teams With Caltech to Develop "Electronic Parachute" for eVTOL Aircraft

Research work is to be conducted under a new Small Business Technology Transfer research contract awarded this week by the U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime program.
Aircraft

Airbus Reports Buoyant Delivery Performance in March

The European airframe maker delivered 72 airplanes in March, bringing the year’s total to 125.
Sustainability and Environment

Signature Flight Support Pumps 1M Gallons of SAF at SFO

Signature Flight Support has pumped more than one million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel at San Francisco International Airport.
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Aircraft

New Data Tracks the Steep Descent of the A380

New data from Spire Aviation vividly illustrates how airlines had to cut operations by the A380 and other four-engine widebodies amid Covid.
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Charter & Fractional

Aviation Tech Firms BoldIQ, Stellar Plan Collaboration

BoldIQ will combine its Solver advanced planning and scheduling platform with some of Stellar’s offerings for charter operators.

WingX: U.S. Driving Global Rebound of Bizav Flights

Global business aviation activity in early April began at levels more than double those a year ago, WingX said, with bizjet hours in U.S. up 15 percent.
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Aircraft

Embraer Offers Tips on Covid Vaccine Transport by Bizjet

Embraer has released technical information to help operators of its Phenom, Legacy, Praetor, and Lineage business jets safely transport Covid-19 vaccines.
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JSfirm Survey Sees Optimism for Growth, Hiring Plans

JSfirm's 2021 hiring survey found 50.84 percent of respondents expect moderate growth in 2021 and 32.93 percent expect to hire shortly.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Gulfstream Enhances Capabilities at Farnborough Center

The enhancements to Gulfstream Aerospace's Farnborough service center come less than a year after it opened.
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John Calcagno Takes Reins at Piper Aircraft

John Calcagno, a long-time Piper CFO, is stepping in as acting president and CEO of the company with the retirement of Simon Caldecott.
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Rotorcraft

HAI Honors UM Team for Organ Delivery Via Drone

Golden Hour honorees, the University of Maryland UAS Test Site Team and Medical Center, developed a drone with monitoring equipment to deliver organs.
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Aircraft

Test Flights in New Aircraft is All In a Day’s Work For AIN Editor-in-chief

Test Flights in New Aircraft is All In a Day’s Work For AIN Editor-in-chief
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NBAA: Full Steam Ahead on In-person BACE in Vegas

NBAA has about 60 percent of space reserved for the October BACE, many of those rolling over from the previous show but still ahead of the a key deadline.
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Avionics

StandardAero Sees Big Interest in CL604 Fusion Upgrade

StandardAero is among a growing number of MRO providers to offer Collins Aerospace Pro Line Fusion upgrade for the Challenger 604.
Accidents

Bizjet Accident Fatalities Drop in First Quarter

In spite of increased flying hours, fatalities from business jet accidents worldwide decreased in the first three months of 2021.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

West Star Expands Grand Junction Interior Design Center

Construction of West Star Aviation's interior design center is expected to be complete in a few weeks.
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Aircraft

Smoother Sailing for Eclipse Aero with AML at Helm

Post-bankruptcy Eclipse Aero has stabilized vendor relationships and is now working to upgrade more than two dozen aircraft for European fleet customers.
Maintenance and Modifications

Dassault Renews Western's Falcon Service Designation

Western Aircraft has been an authorized service center for Dassault Falcon Jet since 2001.
Maintenance and Modifications

Rheinland Adds Third Hangar for Increasing Bizav Mx

Rheinland Air Service expects hangar construction to be complete in summer 2022.
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Safety

NTSB Counts SMS, Recorders, FDM among 'Most Wanted'

NTSB's 2021-2022 Most Wanted list includes SMS on all passenger-carrying aviation operations, crash-worthy recorders, and FDM.
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Engines

Qatar’s Al Baker Challenges GE on Future Engine

Qatar Airways’ CEO has called on GE to accelerate efforts toward a “future-technology” engine.
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FutureFlight

Despite the Hype, Early eVTOL Operations Will Be More Evolutionary Than Revolutionary

Most commercial eVTOL air taxi services will be based on existing operating rules such as the FAA's Part 135 code and will be flown by experienced pilots.
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FutureFlight

Avionics Supplier Claims It Can Solve eVTOL Challenges Like Power Management

Avidyne is already working with eVTOL aircraft developer Beta Technologies and hybrid-electric fixed-wing aircraft maker VoltAero.
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FutureFlight On The Radar

New Interactive Online Map Tracks Advanced Air Mobility Early Adopter Cities

SMG Consulting has set up a map to track cities with announced plans for services using new eVTOL aircraft
FutureFlight

UPS Commits to Operating Beta's Alia eVTOL Aircraft for Package Deliveries

UPS Flight Forward has signed a deal to buy 10 Alia 250 eVTOL aircraft, with options for another 140 units.
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FutureFlight

Bell Takes Patient Approach to the Advanced Air Mobility Market

Despite parent company Textron's recent creation of a new eAviation division, the helicopter manufacturer seems to be taking a cautious approach to bringing new electric aircraft to market.
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FutureFlight

U.S. Air Force Considers Vy 400 VTOL Aircraft for Military Support Missions

The aim is for the aircraft to be able to fly automatically at low levels in "nap of the earth" mode to avoid detection by hostile forces.
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FutureFlight

Wisk Sues Archer, Alleging Theft and Patent Infringement Over eVTOL Aircraft Design

In a lawsuit filed in federal court, Wisk Aero alleges that several of its former employees passed intellectual property to Archer after joining the company.
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