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TeamX Adds 7-inch Portrait Display To G3X Touch Family

Up to four G3X Touch displays of various sizes can be installed in a single aircraft, and prices start at $2,995.
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Training and Workforce

ASL Gets EASA Nod for Bizav Pilot Training Center

The company started the center last year “in response to an increasing demand for business-oriented and VIP flight training.
Aircraft

LIMA Show Reveals Malaysian Indecision Over Military Needs

Various requirements for new fighters and helicopters remain unfulfilled, with only A400M airlifters delivered.
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Aircraft

Global 7000 Flirts With Mach 1 on Test Flight

The 7,400-nm twinjet is projected to have an Mmo of Mach 0.925.
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Aircraft

HondaJet Adds Taipei, Hong Kong to Greater China Visit

Honda is evaluating the Chinese market for sales potential.
FBOs

Phillips 66 Adds More FBOs To Its Roster

The Petroleum refiner supports the largest network of FBOs in the U.S.
Aircraft

Brazil's Bizjet Fleet Declined 5 Percent in 2016

The overall general aviation (GA) fleet in Brazil logged 0.1 percent growth last year, but GA operations dropped 11 percent year-over-year.
Avionics

New Digital Garmin Audio Panels Are Easy Upgrade

Garmin's new all-digital GMA 345/342 audio panels will be available in April and offer new sound quality, 3-D audio, split-com, and other features.
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FBOs

Facing Deadline To Leave SNA, Signature Turns to Courts

Signature is planning to exit SNA tomorrow, but filed a write of mandate seeking relief from a Superior Court in Orange County.
Avionics

Garmin Visual Approach Now Available on GTN 650/750

A free software upgrade for the Garmin GTN 650/750 navigators adds a number of new features, including visual approach guidance.
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Aircraft

Leonardo Names Alabama Site for Assembling T-100 Jets

The Italian manufacturer and its U.S. subsidiary DRS Technologies are competing for the U.S. Air Force's T-X training jet requirement.
Avionics

Aging Black Hawk Helicopters are Brought Into the Digital Age with All New Avionics

Aging Black Hawk Helicopters are Brought Into the Digital Age with All New Avionics
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Rotorcraft

Marenco Swisshelicopter’s All-Carbon-Fiber SKYe-SH09 is a 21st Century Helicopter

Marenco Swisshelicopter’s All-Carbon-Fiber SKYe-SH09 is a 21st Century Helicopter
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Aircraft

Trump Taps Navy Admiral To Lead F-35 Joint Program Office

Rear Adm. Mathias Winter, who previously served as chief of naval research, will succeed Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan.
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Airlines

Ryanair Warns of Total Loss of UK-EU Air Service Post-Brexit

Calls on UK to start bilateral negotiations with EU immediately
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Charter & Fractional

NetJets Earnings Soar 19% Despite Weaker Revenues

Earnings boosted by lower subcontracting expense and a decline in losses from aircraft impairments and dispositions at the fractional provider.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Constant Aviation Finalizes Starport Acquisition

StarPort expands Constant's network into the Southeast with a 75,000-sq-ft facility that supports bizjet maintenance, interior, paint and FBO ops.
Safety

AOPA Urges NTSB To Review Genav Probable Causes

AOPA expressed concerns that the NTSB is approving "speculative" probable causes with little evidence.
Maintenance and Modifications

StandardAero To Acquire PAS Technologies

StandardAero will acquire the company to increase its MRO offerings.
Avionics

ADS-B Install Demand Could Outstrip Shop Capacity

Duncan said that nearly 11,000 U.S.-based turbine aircraft still need ADS-B, while the total number of all aircraft in the U.S. is around 74,000.
Maintenance and Modifications

West Star Earns ODA from FAA

The designation will allow the MRO provider to act as an FAA representative for the issuance of STCs.
Maintenance and Modifications

Global Prospects Boost Duncan's Pre-purchase Business

Duncan is conducting pre-purchase evaluations on a Bombardier Global at each of its three main MRO facilities.
Aircraft

Embraer E195-E2 Narrowbody Airliner Takes Flight

First test mission comes at least three months ahead of early targets
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Aircraft

Malaysia Again Says It Will Boost Maritime Surveillance

The country is under-invested in aircraft to patrol its troubled waters.
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Avionics

Garmin G5 DG/HSI Approved for Certified Airplanes

Garmin's G5 electronic flight instruments are now eligible for installation in more than 600 fixed-wing general aviation aircraft.
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Aircraft

Myanmar MiG-29 Upgrade Revealed: Will Malaysia Follow?

Low-cost mods retain the fighter’s original radar, but offer airframe lifetime extensions.
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Airlines

African Airlines Face Slew of Pilot Recruitment Challenges

Dearth of properly trained flight crew raises safety concerns
Safety

FSF Releases Second Aviation Safety Toolkit

GSIP was launched in October 2014 to study how aviation safety data are used and to produce toolkits that can be used by aircraft operators.
Safety

ICAO Punts on Airspace Risk Assessment

The agency’s limitations in this role have been “revealed” since launching its conflict zone information repository after the 2014 downing of flight MH17.
Regulations and Government

EASA: U.S. Operators Can't Use MMEL in Europe

U.S. Part 91 twin turboprops and jets flown in Europe must now operate with a Minimum Equipment List (MEL) developed for that specific aircraft