Carpenter Avionics, the largest avionics service center in the MidSouth region of the U.S. and a multi-year national award-winning FAA Repair Station, announces that the company name has been changed. The company now is known as Forge Flightworks to better reflect the company’s expanded mission to offer a broader array of installation, repair, interiors and related services for general-aviation aircraft.
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11/03/2021 - 11:38
11/01/2021 - 13:23
Promise to Perform Industries, Inc., announces it acquired substantially all the assets of Transol Corporation on Oct. 29, 2021. The acquisition includes all of Transol Corporation’s subsidiaries, including Spanco, Inc.; Rigid Lifelines, Inc.; and Lug-All Corporation — American manufacturers of overhead material-handling systems, fall protection systems, and manual cable and web-strap come-along ratchet winch hoists, respectively.
11/01/2021 - 13:06
On behalf of the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) membership and staff, president and CEO, Timothy Obitts, expresses sorrow over the sudden loss of longtime staff member M. Johanna (Sigmond) O’Toole, who passed away unexpectedly last week.
11/01/2021 - 13:01
Stevens Aerospace and Defense Systems, LLC (“Stevens”), announces that it has started construction on its new MRO facility in Smyrna, TN. The first phase of the facility will provide 57,000 square feet of operational space, and phase two will see an additional 40,000 square feet of hangar space.
11/01/2021 - 12:53
Aerospace modification center Pro Star Aviation, in partnership with ALTO Aviation, announces that it has designed, installed and delivered a Cadence cabin management system (CMS) on a GIVSP for an obsolete Pacific Systems/Collins Aerospace architecture.
10/21/2021 - 10:00
Duncan Aviation announces that Ann Pollard has joined its Aircraft Sales & Acquisitions team. Pollard will be based out of a new sales office co-located with the company’s satellite facility at Bedford-Hanscom Field, MA (KBED).
10/21/2021 - 09:39
BizJet International Sales and Support, Inc., announces that Thomas Illner has joined BizJet as its new president and CEO on July 1, 2021. Illner succeeds Volker Magunna, who has accepted a position within the Lufthansa Technik Group as the president of Hawker Pacific.
10/14/2021 - 10:46
Pro Star Aviation, an aerospace modification center, announces it has successfully achieved its FAA Class IV rating. The new rating allows Pro Star to perform maintenance on aircraft over 12,500 GTOW. Adding a new classification of aircraft increases Pro Star's capabilities for ON-THE-FLY maintenance and additional services in-house.
10/13/2021 - 08:47
Constant Aviation announces it has become the first independent maintenance, repair and overhaul business (MRO) to receive SMS Level 4 certification from WYVERN Ltd., a recognized leader in aviation safety risk management and training. The rating is specific to MRO safety management systems (SMS). Level 4-rated MROs have a fully effective SMS.
10/13/2021 - 08:40
Constant Aviation announces it has added three new locations to its nationwide AOG (aircraft on ground) mobile response network. Effective immediately, teams will deploy from Van Nuys, CA; Bedford, MA; and Sugarland, TX, bringing to 27 the number of locations within the U.S. where AOG teams are based, a 28 percent growth in locations since 2020.
10/13/2021 - 08:31
Business-aviation leaders pledge to achieve net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050 as they expand on a set of bold climate commitments made a decade ago, marking the latest in a string of new sustainability announcements at their main event of the year.
10/13/2021 - 08:12
The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) and its 15 member associations from around the world agree to the ambitious goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The global business-aviation community pledges to further contribute to climate action efforts through a combination of measures in close collaboration with governments and stakeholders across the air transport industry.
10/12/2021 - 11:13
JSfirm.com, an aviation job website, announces the results of a survey the company conducted on COVID-19 trends and aviation impact. One hundred companies were selected from across all areas of aviation to participate this year. The survey was conducted prior to the new Department of Labor regulations regarding vaccinations.
10/12/2021 - 11:05
Representatives of Bluetail, Inc., announce that the company has completed two significant capability upgrades to its industry-leading aircraft records digitization platform.
10/05/2021 - 13:16
C&L Aerospace, a C&L Aviation Group company, acquires an Embraer Legacy 500 inventory consisting of all parts from a teardown project involving an aircraft with very low time and cycles. The inventory totals over 1,100 line items and covers everything from control surfaces to avionics, landing gear, and all other rotables and structural components. All parts from the aircraft are available for sale or exchange and will be stocked in C&L’s newest 27,000-square-foot warehouse, located in Bangor, ME.
10/05/2021 - 12:59
VIP Completions, providers of aircraft completions and refurbishment services, announces a new project — the comprehensive interior and exterior refurbishment of a Boeing 767 VIP. Early in the process, VIP Completions consulted on the acquisition, providing expertise on budget and timeline management. The aircraft is scheduled for delivery before the end of the calendar year.
10/05/2021 - 12:43
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), introduces two all-new aircraft, further expanding its ultramodern, high-technology family of aircraft: the Gulfstream G800, the longest-range aircraft in Gulfstream history, and the Gulfstream G400, the first new entrant to the large-cabin class in more than a decade.
10/05/2021 - 12:22
Universal Avionics (UA) sees increased interest in its InSight Integrated Flight Deck Solution among business-jet operators. In 2021, the system was certified or set on a path to certification on five different aircraft platforms, for a total of nine different STC solutions to date, testament to the technology’s adaptability. Building on UA’s Citation VII STC, an F900B STC was recently awarded and included UA’s SBAS-FMS and UniLink data communication system. Other aircraft platforms that embarked on such an upgrade in 2021 include Falcon 900B with factory FMS, Falcon 50, Falcon 20, Hawker 800A/XP and Gulfstream G-III.
10/04/2021 - 12:56
Duncan Aviation and Bombardier sign an agreement for service facility authorizations for all three Duncan Aviation MRO locations (Battle Creek, MI; Lincoln, NE; and Provo, UT). The new agreement gives Duncan Aviation Authorized Service Facility status for all Bombardier Learjet* models, all Bombardier Challenger* models, and Global 5000/5500* and Global 6000/6500* model aircraft at all of its MRO locations. This agreement grants Duncan Aviation the ability to perform warranty work in the form of service bulletins or new aircraft warranty for all the approved models.
10/01/2021 - 12:20
Duncan Aviation Aircraft Sales & Acquisitions consultant, Tim Barber, says that during the summer of 2020, the market for preowned aircraft was steady, if not slow. Yet over the past 12 months, things have changed dramatically.