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Eurocopter Sees Growth in Southern Africa

Eurocopter expects to book approximately $67 million in orders in Southern African countries this year, a 35-percent increase over 2009’s orders.
Rotorcraft

Turbomeca, French Helicopter Rescue Celebrate 200,000 Flight Hours

The helicopter group of the Sécurité Civile, France’s emergency preparedness organization, has logged 200,000 hours of operation with the Arriel 1E2 turb
Rotorcraft

PremiAir’s Ryder Cup Flights ‘Fully Booked’

Five days before the 2010 Ryder Cup golf tournament began on October 1 in Newport, South Wales, UK-based charter operator PremiAir announced that its ­he
Rotorcraft

Eurocopter unveils X3 compound demonstrator

Eurocopter unveiled a ­compound helicopter demonstrator called the X3 (“x cubed”) designed to cruise at 220 knots–about 50 percent faster than today’s medi
Rotorcraft

Richard Santulli's new helicopter leasing venture

Richard Santulli’s new helicopter leasing venture, Milestone Aviation Group, completed its first deal last month–a contract for two Sikorsky 76C++s for Bra
Aircraft

Sierra Nevada King Air shows odd mods at static

We spend all week walking around the NBAA Convention thinking about business aviation, and at times it feels like there’s more King Airs here than scantily
Aircraft

Bombardier Completes First Phase of Belfast Wing Facility

Bombardier has completed the first phase of construction of a 600,000-sq-ft wing manufacturing and assembly facility in Belfast for the C Series airliner,
Aircraft

Embraer Legacy 650 Certified

Embraer's newest addition to its business jet family, the long-range Legacy 650, has received certification from the Brazilian Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC)
Aircraft

Boeing Expects Orders to Exceed Deliveries this Year

Boeing expects its commercial aircraft book-to-bill ratio to exceed one by year-end, following what CEO Jim McNerney characterized as a “strong” third quar
Rotorcraft

Sikorsky Invests In Eclipse Aerospace

In a surprise announcement here today, Stratford, Conn.-based Sikorsky Aircraft (Booth No.
FBOs

Smartphone apps for aviation find fuel cost, FBO info and much more

Applications for smartphones are a growing trend among business aviation companies, which are embracing this technology in order to add to the convenience
Security

Oviv launches remote-control Sentinel 100L

Oviv Security Technologies is launching a remote-control option for the Sentinel 100L security system for guarding aircraft on the ground.
FBOs

FBO chain TAC Air expanding, upgrading

FBO chain TAC Air (Booth No.
Maintenance and Modifications

Elliott Aviation hits diamond anniversary

Elliott Aviation of Moline, Ill., is celebrating its 75th anniversary at NBAA by increasing its capability, passing on “significant” savings to customers a
Engines

Re-engining may boost legacy aircraft fortunes

Depressed used aircraft values have stalled sales of some re-engine programs, but their providers insist that they remain good values because of the dramat
Rotorcraft

Safe Flight PDS aided Enstrom in Thai army sale

The first Enstrom 480B helicopters to be equipped with Powerline Detection Systems (PDS), which are designed and manufactured by Safe Flight Instrument (Bo
FBOs

Hill Aircraft FBO celebrates 55 years at Fulton County

Local Atlanta FBO Hill Aircraft & Leasing (Booth No.
Aircraft

Hawker 4000 sets new speed records

Hawker Beechcraft’s (HBC) flagship super-midsize Hawker 4000 received six world speed records at NBAA for flights made between October of 2009 and April 20
Engines

P&WC Cuts AOG Parts Shipments To 24 Hours

In an effort to better guarantee AOG parts shipments within 24 hours, Pratt & Whitney Canada (Booth No.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Comlux America Outfitting BBJ

Comlux America, the Indianapolis-based completion and refurbishment center affiliate of The Comlux Group (Booth No.
Sustainability and Environment

Duncan Aviation green team looks to environmental future

Duncan Aviation (Booth No.
Training and Workforce

FlightSafety offers level 7 FTDs to helo operators

FlightSafety International (Booth No.
Charter & Fractional

Tai Ping Offering Aviation Carpeting Here

Carpet manufacturer Tai Ping has launched the Vestige Collection, which consists of 21 designs that have been recolored for the aviation market.
Engines

GE's TechX to cut fuel burn and emissions

Officials with GE Aviation announced the launch of the TechX engine at NBAA on Monday, but weren't about to go into detail until Bombardier made its formal
Security

Otonomy Parabellum guards aircraft

Otonomy Aviation (Booth No.
Airports

Tokyo Haneda airport welcoming more bizav

Business aviation access to Tokyo is about to get easier.
Avionics

ViaSat takes over SkyLink from Arinc

ViaSat, a satellite communication network and equipment provider based in Carlsbad, Calif., announced Tuesday its acquisition of the SkyLink airborne broad
Aircraft

Crane gets STC for Learjet 60 tire checkers

Crane Aerospace (Booth No.
Charter & Fractional

Argus writes a new Cheq on evaluation of charter ops

Argus International (Booth No.
Aircraft

JoinJet Named Launch Customer for Hawker 800XPR Upgrade

Hawker Beechcraft Services Tuesday named JoinJet of Denmark as the launch customer for its Hawker 800XPR upgrade.