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Aircraft

Triumph Completes Takeover of Gulfstream Wing Work

Production of G650 and G280 wings will remain in Tulsa, Okla., and operate as Triumph Aerostructures-Vought Aircraft Division.
Charter & Fractional

Former Marquis Exec Joins Membership-Based ClipperJet

Morchower is latest of former Marquis Jet executives to move into membership-based model.
Charter & Fractional

NetJets Plans To Hire Nearly 200 Pilots, 50 Flight Attendants in 2015

Company has already received more than 1,000 resumes from qualified pilots and about 200 from flight attendant candidates.
Aircraft

Growler, A-10, U-2 Win Reprieves in U.S. Legislation for 2015

The Fiscal Year 2015 defense appropriations bill provides funding for 15 more Boeing EA-18G Growlers.
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Rotorcraft

Russian Oil Company Places Order for 160 AW189 Helicopters

Helicopters will be supplied mainly through HeliVert, a joint venture between AgustaWestland and Russian Helicopters.
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Regulations and Government

Bosnia Herzegovina Says It Can Manage Its Own Airspace

Bosnia Herzegovina's air navigation service provider rejected media reports that Eurocontrol doesn't trust it to manage its own airspace.
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Accidents

Accidents: January 2015

Preliminary, factual and final reports
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

IG Slams U.S. Customs and Border Protection Drone Program

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency “cannot prove” that its use of Predator B drones is effective for border surveillance, IG says.
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Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Bizav in Canada Produces 11,500 Jobs, Study Finds

Study measures size and economic impact of business aviation in Canada.
Maintenance and Modifications

DolphiTech and Barfield Announce Distribution Agreement

DolphiTech and Barfield Announce Distribution Agreement
Accidents

Tail Section of Downed AirAsia A320 Found

Breakthrough in search for FDR and CVR
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Aircraft

Aboulafia: Gulfstream Widebodies Top Bizjets in 2014

The Bombardier Learjet 85 landed at the other end of the spectrum.
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Accidents

NTSB Gives FAA a Pass on Crash Investigation Info Leak

The FAA drew fire from the NTSB for “mistakenly releasing preliminary information” about a March 2014 US Airways accident in Philadelphia.
Maintenance and Modifications

FAA Seeks Comments on Electrical Wiring Inspection, Mx

Changes proposed to consensus standards.
Aircraft

Garmin ADS-B Solution for Gulfstream G150 Now Certified

Low-cost equipage includes GTX 3000 Mode S extended-squitter remote transponder paired with GDL 88 ADS-B datalink.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Dallas Aviation Selects Quantum Control for Management

Software will manage business operation and AOG requirements
Safety

Baker Aviation Offers New Hot-Stop Fire Containment Bag

The bag ontains fires, explosions and smoke emissions from lithium-ion-powered devices as well as any combustible item.
Accidents

FAA Releases Final Rule Requiring Airline Safety Systems

The FAA has released a final regulation that requires U.S. passenger and cargo airlines to implement a safety management system by 2018.
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Fuel

Lower Fuel Prices Are Good News, Bad News for Aviation

Declining fuel costs will prove a benefit to the smaller end of the general aviation market, but could be a negative to airliner OEMs.
FBOs

Signature Extends Stay at St. Maarten

The company claims to be the first genav company to sign on as a tenant at the new general aviation terminal at Princess Juliana International Airport.
FBOs

New Fuel Handling Guide Available

The revised volume takes into account industry developments since 2007’s first edition.
FBOs

Ramp Project Wraps at Massachusetts FBO

Sixty-year-old ramp gets renovation.
Airlines

VietJet Low-Cost Offshoot Enters Crowded Thai Market

Thai VietJet Air, the Thai offshoot of Vietnam’s no frills carrier VietJet Air, is preparing to launch in the first quarter this year.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Helicopter Operator Places Launch Order for Flexrotor UAV

Precision Helicopters placed the launch order for the Flexrotor, a vertical takeoff and landing UAV developed by Insitu co-founder Tad McGeer.
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

ICAO Panel Will Recommend First UAV Standards in 2018

The International Civil Aviation Organization’s new Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems Panel aims to deliver first standards for UAVs in 2018.
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Regulations and Government

Reauthorization Work To Restart Quickly in New Congress

Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) steps in as ranking Democrat of T&I, while 12 new Republicans join committee.
Charter & Fractional

TSB of Canada To Launch Safety Review of Air Taxis

Nearly 60 percent of all commercial aviation accidents in Canada involve air taxi operators, the TSB says.
ATC

'Climb Via' Clearances Continue To Confuse Pilots

Recent blanket implementation of "'climb via' dilutes its effectiveness and has caused confusion among some cockpit crewmembers.”
Regulations and Government

General Aviation Advocates Wary of Part 23 Rewrite Delays

Groups push for FAA to release proposal this summer.
Engines

GE Aviation Begins Flight Trials of Passport Turbofan

To date, the Passport engine has logged more than 750 hours and 300 cycles of testing on the ground.
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