The Aerospace Maintenance Competition (AMC) announces that its 2020 event has been cancelled. Here is a message from AMC chairman Ken MacTiernan:

Suzanne Markle, president and CEO of Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics, is appointed as a member of a newly formed advisory board tasked with encouraging women’s involvement in the aviation industry. U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Elaine L. Chao, announced Markle’s appointment along with other board members to the new Women in Aviation Advisory Board (WIAAB). WIAAB’s mission is to assess education, training, mentorship opportunities, outreach and recruitment of women into the aviation industry.

Professional Aviation Associates, a Greenwich AeroGroup company, announces it is now a distributor for ALLProtect, a protective covering product from Colorado-based SurfaceLiner+. ALLProtect provides temporary, padded and non-slip surface protection for floors, stairs, sidewalls, bulkheads, galleys, wing leading edges, cabin windows, cockpit windshields, painted surfaces and other aircraft surfaces. It easily cuts to size and is reusable.

King Aerospace has outgrown its four hangars’ 200,000 square feet of space at the 2,900-acre Ardmore Industrial Airpark, northeast of Ardmore, OK, and is finalizing plans to build a new hangar that will add 90,000 square feet, a 45 percent increase. The additional footage will accommodate multiple large aircraft and shop facilities that will support large aircraft interior projects. Construction could take a year to 15 months.

C&L Aerospace, a C&L Aviation Group Company, signs a multi-year worldwide distribution agreement with ACR ARTEX for the company’s entire aviation product line. This agreement, which includes over 50 different line items available for all aircraft types, encompasses survival products such as emergency locator transmitters (ELT), ELT replacement batteries, personal locator beacons, antennas and more.

Heat beware! Big Ass Fans has a new line of evaporative coolers ready to attack and defeat stifling, stagnant air. Cold Front by Big Ass Fans brings a full range of customer options for use in spaces of all sizes and applications, delivering a dramatic temperature reduction up to 33°F (18°C).

AviationManuals, a provider of digital operations manuals, publishes a complimentary guide to understanding minimum equipment list (MEL) requirements.

Aviation Institute of Maintenance (AIM), a family of aviation maintenance schools, and its partner, Fulcrum Labs, a leader in AI-powered adaptive learning technology, analytics and training outcomes, have been awarded the prestigious 2019 Excellence in Practice Award from the Association for Talent Development (ATD), the world's largest association dedicated to those who develop talent in organizations. The award recognizes exemplary practices in workplace learning and talent development that deliver sustained, clear and measurable results.

AvAir, an inventory solutions provider for the aviation aftermarket, celebrates its 20th anniversary this May. Since its inception, the company, based in Chandler, AZ, has expanded globally and services more than 2,400 customers in 118 countries.

Pro Star Aviation, an innovative aerospace modification facility, recently completes the first installation of the new Gogo AVANCE L5 in a Pilatus PC-24 aircraft. Delivering high-speed 4G aircraft connectivity, enabling passengers and crew access to video streaming, web/email, voice/text, and more, the Gogo AVANCE L5 is an upgrade from the factory-installed ATG-2000.