Ryan Group Aviation is publishing a free e-book, Business Aviation Marketing for the Next Ten Years, on its website, www.wrg-aviation.com. Authored by industry veterans Mark Ryan and Chris Pratt, the e-book discusses changes in the business aviation marketplace since the Great Recession of 2008-2009 and the effect of those changes going forward.

Duncan Aviation’s in-house design team recently completed five designs created specifically for the owner-flown Citation CJ3 aircraft. 

Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI), a provider of hourly cost-maintenance programs for the business aviation industry, announces industry veteran Don Strench has joined JSSI as the new vice president of Financial Planning and Analysis. Recent promotions have also been made, with Joy Nebel becoming senior vice president of Client and Administrative Services and James Stovall becoming vice president of Pricing & Program Development.

AviationManuals, a provider of aircraft operations manuals and safety management system (SMS) software, acquires Maximum Manuals LLC of Carlsbad, CA. 

FlightSafety International announces that Willy Vargas has been promoted to director of Sales for Latin America and the Caribbean. He is responsible for FlightSafety’s training sales and business development activities in the region.

Duncan Aviation announces that Travis Grimsley is the new manager of Customer Service at the company’s Battle Creek, MI, facility. Grimsley’s promotion follows a series of roles with increasing levels of responsibility since he started at Duncan Aviation as a line service representative in 2005. 

West Star Aviation announces FAA approval of its Lear 60 Future Air Navigation Systems (FANS) STC. West Star teams with Universal Avionics and TrueNorth Avionics to offer this new FANS solution for the Lear 60.

Chairman of the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) board of directors, Andrew Priester (president and chief executive officer, Priester Aviation, Wheeling, IL), announces at the fall board meeting that Martin Hiller (owner and partner, Marathon Jet Center, Marathon, FL) will continue to serve as president of NATA. In addition, the board promotes NATA senior vice presidents, William Deere and Timothy Obitts. Deere will now serve as executive vice president of Government and External Affairs. Obitts will now serve as executive vice president of Operations and Business and will continue to serve as general counsel. 

Elliott Aviation, a Garmin retrofitter, announces its STC-certification on a Garmin ADS-B Out & In solution for the Beechcraft Premier I and IA airframes. The STC provides a cost-effective alternative to current available solutions and can be completed with only five days of downtime.

The technique of transient balance saves money by reducing the overall duration of the fan balance process. Just recently available to the flight line incorporated in a battery-operated analyzer, the method reduces technician time, engine run time and customer returns and complaints for recurring noise problems.