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Maintenance and Modifications

Textron Aviation Prague Mx Center Celebrates 15th Year

Opened in 2011 to serve growing needs of European operators
Textron Aviation Prague service center
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Boost Cargo Baskets Fitted with Starlink Mini Mount

Antenna attachment system securely holds antenna in place
Boost Systems Starlink mini mount
FBOs

Jet Aviation Expanding to Denver Area with New FBO

Part of a major development at KBJC, it is expected to open in 2028
Artist Rendering of planned Jet Aviation FBO at KBJC
Charter & Fractional

Magellan Jets Releases Jet Card with Custom Hours

No longer limited to 25-hour increments, buyers can opt for the hours they need
Magellan Jets
FBOs

AEG Fuels Adds Three Branded Dealer Locations

Established in 2022, the network now totals 48 members
Flying Tigers at KCNO
Airports

Farnborough Airport Appeals for Traffic Limit Changes

Business aviation gateway wants to increase weekend movements
Farnborough Airport, UK
Training and Workforce

VAI Makes Staffing Changes in Support of Strategic Plan

“These promotions are about matching people, roles, and resources to the work ahead”
Aircraft

Gulf Wings Takes Delivery of Managed Global 8000

The company will manage the jet on behalf of Africa’s BUA Group
Bombardier Global 8000
Rotorcraft

Valour Study Predicts 6,824 eVTOLs In Operation By 2050

Revised expectations feature a fleet largely based in China
EHang eVTOL operations in Guangzhou, China
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

M-346 Leads Baykar UCAV in Autonomous Formation Flight

Italian jet and Turkish drone carry out K-Swarm airborne trial
Kizilelma drone taking off from runway
Rotorcraft

Airbus Secures Contract for Czech Police H145s

New twin-engine rotorcraft will replace a fleet of H135s
Airbus H145 helicopter for Czech police service
Safety

New Wyvern Guidance Addresses Return-to-service Risks

Guidance includes sample post-maintenance checklists
Wyvern's sixth industry guidance document offers a framework for confidence flights, functional check flights, and test flights, plus sample checklists.
Operations

Special Olympics Airlift Delivers Athletes to Twin Cities

Special Olympics USA Games run June 20 to 26 across Minnesota’s Twin Cities
Special Olympics Airlift takes flight nationwide; Dove 1 arrives at St. Paul Downtown Airport
Training and Workforce

Embry-Riddle Grads Leaders in Wage Earnings

College Scoreboard data showed ERAU grads as top earners in Florida, Arizona
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University graduates
Charter & Fractional

Jury Finds AeroVanti’s Britton-Harr Guilty of Wire Fraud

Maximum penalty is 20 years in prison per each of six counts
AeroVanti branded Piaggio Avanti P.180 in flight
Aircraft

Bye Aerospace Reveals Electric Airplane Suppliers

Company says its eFlyer 2 is expected to achieve first flight soon
Bye Aerospace eFlyer 2 prototype
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Acodyne Lands Funding for Electric Cargo Drone Family

Danish start-up aims to start flight testing before end of 2026
Acodyne electric cargo drones
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Honeywell Launches Kestrel Drone Navigation Solution

Compact, cost-effective system applicable to smaller UAS platforms
Drone flying over water at sunset
Aircraft

Dassault Falcon 10X Bizjet Makes First Test Flight

French manufacturer is targeting type certification for ultra-long-range model in 2027
Dassault Aviation Falcon 10X first flight
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Deutsche Aircraft Working On Multi-Role Support Drone

Uncrewed platform would complement multi-mission D328MR variant
Deutsche Aircraft is developing drones
Aircraft

JetZero Breaks Ground on Z4 Factory in North Carolina

Greensboro campus to build blended-wing-body airliner
JetZero groundbreaking
Avionics

Garmin Expands Navigation Database To Include Africa

Adds 40 countries in Africa with airspace info, IFR procedures, frequencies, etc.
Garmin Africa navigation database
FBOs

Titan Aviation Fuels Strengthens Ties with FBO Chain

New deal now includes fuel supply all three Premier FBO locations
Interior of PremierFBO at KPTK
FBOs

Tampa-area FBO Adds New Hangars

The company has two built, and two more underway
hangars at American Aviation, an FBO at Florida’s Brooksville–Tampa Bay Regional Airport
ATC

FAA Commissions First of New Indra Radars

The initial radar is installed in Putnam, Oklahoma
Indra Group Secondary Radar
Safety

NTSB Preliminary Report Notes GPS Jamming in King Air Crash

Air ambulance struck terrain on visual approach
The NTSB’s preliminary flight track reconstruction shows the King Air’s route from Roswell to Ruidoso, the reported GPS outage, ATC requests to halt military GPS jamming, and the aircraft’s final descent before the fatal crash.
Training and Workforce

AINsight: The Blind Spot Called ‘Experience’

Business aviation leaders must keep growing while developing others along the way
Experience
Operations

FAA Advises on Lower-altitude Speed Limits

Max below 10,000 ft msl is 250 kias unless aircraft design dictates otherwise
Boeing777-9
Maintenance and Modifications

Equivu Capital Buys Majority Stake in Leading Edge

Company specializes in business aviation interior and exterior detailing and appearance
Leading Edge Aviation Services