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Banyan Rebrands Fort Lauderdale Aviation Store

The aviation store at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, which had been known as Hangar63, has been renamed Banyan Pilot Shop.

AMR-Eagle Pilots Reach Impasse on Divestiture Deal

Pilots of American Eagle and AMR management fail to reach divestiture deal.
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Aircraft

Unmanned K-Max Helicopter Is Going to Afghanistan

Lockheed Martin and Kaman Helicopters announced that the K-Max unmanned helicopter has been selected for deployment to Afghanistan.
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Aircraft

Brazil Introduces First P-3 Upgraded by Airbus Military

The Brazilian Air Force formally introduced–at Salvador airbase on September 30–its first P-3AM Orion maritime patrol aircraft
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Aircraft

Eurofighter Slowdown Forces Job Cuts

A slowing of the production rate of the Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft is partly responsible
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Aircraft

Boeing Flies First P-8I Ordered by India

The first of eight P-8I maritime patrol aircraft that Boeing is building for the Indian navy made its initial flight
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Aircraft

F-35 Makes First Carrier Landing; BAE Wins Alternative Helmet Contract

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has gone to sea for the first time. An F-35B short-takeoff vertical landing (STOVL) version landed on the small
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Aircraft

Nextant Gets 400XT STC, Looks To Next Project

Nextant Aerospace received FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) approval last month for its 400XT conversion for the Beechjet 400A and Hawker 400XP.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Associated Air Center Signs for 17th ACJ Completion

As demand ramps up for refurbishment and green completion of Airbus ACJs and Boeing Business Jets, Associated Air Center of Dallas is ramping up to capture
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Aircraft

BAe And Falko Continue To Support 146 Jetliner

Corporate versions of the British Aerospace (BAe) 146 and other variants of the regional jetliner will continue to be supported by the OEM following the $1
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Hawker Beechcraft Adapting To Meet The Times

Asked recently how Hawker Beechcraft is doing, company chairman and CEO Bill Boisture’s answer of, “We’re doing all right,” was abbreviated at best.
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Aircraft

 MU-2s Keep On Flying

Barrington Irving, the youngest pilot and the first African American to fly solo around the world, will welcome 50 students from Las Vegas’s Rancho High Sc
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Maintenance and Modifications

ACES Systems Offers Variety of Test Equipment

ACES Systems, a division of Technology for Energy Corp.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Yankee Pacific a Growing Interior Supplier to Aircraft OEMs

When Yankee Pacific president and CEO Ken Goldsmith says his sprawling company of cabin completion subcontractors started small, he isn’t being disingenuou
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Aircraft

Ikhana DHC-6 Twin Otter Fuselage Life Extension Is STC’d

Engineering modification house Ikhana Aircraft Services (Booth No. C7116) expected to receive FAA supplemental type certification (STC) of its DH-6 Twin Ot
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Safety

Zodiac Focused On External Growth Strategy

Zodiac Aerospace comes into NBAA 2011 buoyed by an agreement with its banks to increase the amount and maturity of its financing.
Maintenance and Modifications

Dallas Airmotive To Open New Regional Turbine Center in Singapore

Dallas Airmotive recently announced that it will open a new Regional Turbine Center (RTC) at Singapore’s Seletar Airport in February 2012.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Operators Find Cost Of Jet-Care Engine Testing Is Still Well Spent

Business aircraft operators may be battling to control costs, but they aren’t cutting back on the oil and engine debris analysis services provided by Jet-C
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Charter & Fractional

NBAA 2011: DOT Regs, Illegal Charter Top Acana Agenda

Founded to promote self-regulation among air charter brokers, Acana (Air Charter Association of North America) has become the brokers’ alphabet group, taki
Aircraft

Total Eclipse Performs And Delivers

Eclipse Aerospace CEO Mason Holland said the company is currently building two refurbished Total Eclipse jets a month and still hopes to eventually start u
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Aircraft

Cobham Highlights Recent Platform Wins

Demonstrating its technological range and capabilities, UK-based Cobham (Booth No.
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Aircraft

Winglets, Fuel Tank Mods Among Quiet Wing Offerings

Wing-tip extensions–known as winglets–that reduce aerodynamic drag and improve fuel efficiency and range have become familiar features on a variety of busi
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Induction Oven Takes Food Prep To New Level

Food preparation on a business jet is often a challenge.
Aircraft

Ram Means Solenoid

Ram Company, a specialist in electromechanical and fluid management design, is exhibiting at the NBAA show for the first time and is promoting its solenoid
Maintenance and Modifications

Daniels Introduces New Wire Crimp Tool

Daniels Manufacturing (Booth No.
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Aircraft

ABS Jets Plans New Prague FBO by 2013

ABS Jets is accelerating its development as a comprehensive business aviation services group and is here at the NBAA show (Booth No.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Component Control Introduces Web Online RFQ Parts Search Software

MRO and logistics software company Component Control (Booth No.
Aircraft

Embraer Sees Brighter Skies Ahead

While it has certainly felt the same pressures as its competition, Embraer expects a change in the bizjet market to come soon.
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Avionics

EMS Tech Now Part of Honeywell

EMS Aviation is appearing at NBAA’11 for the first time as a member of the Honeywell Aerospace family.
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FBOs

Nagoya Airport Is Radioactive-safe and Convenient for Bizav

As part of Japan’s resolve to get back on its feet after the devastation of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the eastern part of the country in April, N
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