West Star Aviation is holding two hiring open houses at its Chattanooga, TN (CHA), location on August 2 and 16. A variety of desired positions are being offered, from A&P technicians, avionics technicians, aircraft painters, quality inspectors and more. These opportunities offer competitive pay, benefits, training enhancements and possible paid relocation, all while working hands-on with the latest airframes in business aviation.

Thoroughbred Aviation, LLC, announces a new service offering of certified aircraft appraisals. The appraisals are provided by an accredited senior appraiser from the American Society of Appraisers (ASA) and offer an unbiased, transparent service for aircraft owners, operators, lenders, brokers or anyone trying to understand the true value of aviation assets.

Duncan Aviation’s calibrations lab invests in additional testing equipment and the purchase of standards to calibrate both working and master thermohydrometers. The investment allows the company to now offer the full spectrum of calibration services needed for military compliance and required by FBOs (fixed base operations) to comply with the ATA 103 specification, Standard for Jet Fuel Quality at Airports.

FL Technics, a part of Avia Solutions Group and a global provider of integrated aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul service, presents its first virtual reality (VR) module in the basic training of aviation mechanics. The module covers the opening of the reverse thrust engine of a Boeing 737NG. The company is set to expand its list of modules in the coming months to cover the full scope of maintenance training.

TRAXXALL, a business-aviation maintenance management partner, announces that Roy Gioconda has joined the TRAXXALL team as vice president of Customer Success.

West Star Aviation is making several of its existing STCs available for a limited time to third-party installation centers. These STCs are offered for most airframes, including Citation, Challenger, Learjet, Embraer, Falcon, Gulfstream and Hawker.

MSB Aerospace, the U.S. division of Montreal-headquartered company MSB Group, begins the process of supplying MRO and completions business, Flying Colours Corp., with customized hi-lo tables.

Global Jet Services, Inc., a provider of on-location aviation aircraft, avionics, safety and professional development training, adds experienced Falcon-aircraft instructor Rob Fisher to the GLOBALJET Dassault-Falcon maintenance-training program.

FlightSafety International announces that Ed Koharik has been promoted to senior vice president and Danny Robayo to vice president. They will lead Building Our Future, a company-wide transformation effort.

CubCrafters is upgrading its industry-leading personal-adventure aircraft, the XCub, with a new Firewall Forward package, including a much more powerful engine-and-propeller combination developed in cooperation with key industry partners.