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Gulfstream GIV-SP aircraft with planedeck receive FAA approval for synthetic vision installation

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced it has received approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to offer a synthetic vision upgrade to GIV-SP aircraft equipped with PlaneDeck. The avionics enhancement increases crew situational awareness through the integration of synthetic vision with charts and maps, video capability and XM ground-based weather on flight displays. "S...

Satcom Direct introduces new WiFi Hub as best standalone connectivity solution for small to mid-size aircraft

Satcom Direct Introduces New WiFi Hub: The Best Standalone Connectivity Solution for Small to Mid-Size Aircraft and the Perfect Enhancement to the SDR for Larger Aircraft Functioning as both a router and a wireless access point, the SD WiFi Hub packs big technology into a small, easily-installed package. The SD WiFi Hub is more than a wireless access point; it is the gateway for all voice an...

Boeing's oldest flyable twin-engine airliner makes last flight

With the final flight of the oldest flyable twin-engine Boeing airliner, the world has witnessed a little bit of aviation history. Pilots Mike Carriker and Chad Lundy wrote the final chapter Tuesday in the story of Boeing's 247D. They touched down for a smooth landing at Boeing Field outside Seattle's Museum of Flight in Washington. Welcomed by aviation enthusiasts, the crowd brok...

FIrst U.S.-built Embraer Legacy To Roll Down Line in May

The first Embraer Legacy that will be assembled in the U.S.—a Model 450—is expected to start rolling down the line at Embraer Executive Jets’ Melbourne, Fla. final assembly plant in about three weeks, when an expansion project there is completed. This project, started in October 2014, more than doubles the size of the facility, to 149,000 sq ft, allowing Legacy 450 and 500 a...

Bell's third 525 Relentless takes flight in Amarillo

Bell Helicopter has added a third flight test aircraft to its 525 Relentless helicopter fleet as the company works toward type certification and first customer delivery next year. The third example, tail number N525BN, looks different both internally and externally to its orange and blue siblings in that it carries more flight test instruments and sports a new red and white paint scheme. It...

A New Start Up Company Wants To Prevent Plane and Drone Collisions

A recent study makes it seem clear that drones and airplanes are on a collision course—unless SkySafe has anything to say about it. The new startup company has technology that can stop a drone in its flight path and divert it before it collides with a commercial plane, The Verge reported. SkySafe, which bills itself as in the drone protection business, doesn't just alert pilots to nea...

Danger in the cockpit: FAA records show pilots fly drunk, engage in criminal activity

An American Airlines pilot flunked two sobriety tests before a 7 a.m. flight out of Detroit. An Alaska Airlines pilot flew a commercial plane from California to Oregon and back again, all while allegedly drunk. Yet another pilot, from United, allegedly moonlighted as a pimp, running half a dozen brothels out of apartments in Houston, according to authorities. The cases are enough to frighten th...

Boeing Wins $851 Million Single-Aisle Jets Order From Xiamen Air

Xiamen Airlines Co., a unit of China Southern Airlines Co., ordered 10 single-aisle jets worth about $851 million from Boeing Co. as the carrier expands to meet demand. The company, based in the southern Fujian province, will buy 10 737-800 models valued at July 2014 prices, the parent said in a Shanghai exchange statement Tuesday. The prices are before discounts that are typical in the industr...

Textron Aviation records modest rise in first quarter profits and deliveries

Textron Aviation recorded a modest increase in business aircraft deliveries for the first quarter of 2016 on the back of rising output for the Citation Latitude. For the period ended 31 March, the Cessna and Beechcraft owner delivered 34 business jets and 26 King Air turboprops, up from respective totals of 33 and 25, for the same period in 2015. Speaking on a first-quarter earnings call on...

Bell Helicopter makes 60 further redundancies at Mirabel plant

Bell Helicopter is to axe up to 60 jobs at its manufacturing facility in Mirabel in Canada. The latest cuts are in addition to the 200 layoffs that were announced by the company in February. This latest round of cuts will mean that just under a thousand people will now be based at the plant, down from almost 2,000 employees just five years ago. Lucie Tessier, head of communications at Bell t...

Airbus delivers first aircraft from Alabama plant

Airbus officials say the company has delivered its first aircraft to be produced in the United States. Officials say employees at the company's manufacturing plant in Mobile, Alabama, presented the Airbus A321 to JetBlue on Monday. CEO John Leahy said in a statement that delivering the first aircraft after breaking ground on the facility three years ago is an amazing accomplishment and a...

Solar plane reaches California after flight across Pacific

A solar-powered airplane on a journey around the world was preparing to land in California on Saturday night to complete a risky, three-day flight across the Pacific Ocean. The Solar Impulse 2 was flying in a holding pattern off the San Francisco coast on 70 percent of stored energy while waiting for winds to decrease for landing at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View. The aircraft perfo...