Eastman Chemical Company receives approval from engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney for use of Eastman Turbo Oils 2197 and 2380 in the PW1100G-JM and PW1500G engines. Eastman Turbo Oils continue to enable innovation, safety and efficiency within the engine market and aviation industry. Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower® Geared TurbofanTM engines are already in service with nine carriers around the world and have completed more than 30,000 revenue hours.

Constant Aviation, offering full-service maintenance, repair, and overhaul with a nationwide network, announces the addition of Stan Younger to the Constant Aviation senior leadership team. With 25 years of experience in aviation, Stan is an industry leader in strategic planning, aircraft maintenance, commercial aviation, flight safety, and customer service.

Duncan Aviation launches an exclusive customer program encouraging business aircraft operators to solidify their upgrade plans for automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) well before the Jan. 1, 2020, ADS-B mandate deadline. Using its extensive network of Avionics Satellite Shops to assist customers, Duncan Aviation has alloted two slots per satellite per month for ADS-B upgrades and will allow operators to reserve the schedule slots. Duncan Aviation’s Avionics Satellite Shops are located at the busiest general aviation aiports around the country. For a map and contact information, visit: www.DuncanAviation.aero/locations/#satellites. 

Baker Aviation, the master distributor of HOT-STOP® 'L' Fire Containment Kits, participates in the FAA Fire & Cabin Safety Research Conference in Atlantic City that emphasizes the serious threat of toxic smoke that is emitted from lithium-ion battery fires of personal devices that are happening on-board aircraft.

Two of Duncan Aviation’s well-established satellite avionics facilities kick off the new year with new managers. Long-time manager at the Denver, CO, satellite facility, Bob Hazy, now assumes responsibility for the Duncan Aviation Sacramento and Hayward, CA, Satellite Shops. Install team lead, Wayne Sand, who has been working on avionics in the Denver, CO, area for 28 years, takes over as manager of the Denver and Broomfield Satellite Shops. 

In an effort to collectively raise the industry benchmark, protect against corrosion and improve painter safety, a group of industry-leading companies who paint business aircraft gather to share tips and best practices. Their combined expertise is available in an overview document. You can read it at: www.DuncanAviation.aero/resources/field-guides/industry-benchmark-forum-....

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) joins other general aviation proponents in welcoming the announcement of a final rule overhauling the Part 23 aircraft certification process, adopting consensus-based, performance-driven standards for light GA aircraft weighing less than 12,500 po

Continental Motors Group™ Ltd, an AVIC International Holding Corporation company, announces that its operating division, Southern Avionics and Interiors™, will relocate to the H. L. Sonny Callahan airport (KCQF) in Fairhope, AL, from its current location at the Mobile downtown airport (KBFM).

Continental Motors Group™, Ltd., of Hong Kong, AL, USA, and St. Egidien, Germany, announces that it joins the Mobile Airport Authority Foundation and member companies of the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley Field to contribute to a Mobile, AL, STEM initiative that will sponsor 36 students to attend the National Flight Academy’s six-day Deployment program on June 4, 2017.

Géry Mortreux is appointed executive vice president of Air France Industries, effective Jan. 1, 2017, taking over from Anne Brachet, who is appointed as executive vice president AIR FRANCE KLM Engineering & Maintenance in early December.