The avionics team of Flying Colours Corp., a North American MRO business, completes its first installation of a Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21™ Advanced avionics suite for the flight deck of a Bombardier Challenger 300.  The fitting of the state-of-the-art cockpit upgrade was carried out in conjunction with a scheduled heavy maintenance check at the Flying Colours Corp. KSUS, St. Louis, MO, facility. The aircraft was returned to the private customer on time and on budget.

Advance purchase admission tickets and camping credentials are now available for the 66th annual EAA AirVenture Oshkosh fly-in, providing greater convenience for those traveling to the “World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration.” The week-long event will be held July 23-29, 2017 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, WI.

Vector Aerospace Corporation (www.vectoraerospace.com), a global independent provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, receives renewal of its Approved Maintenance Organization (AMO) certificate approval from the Republic of the Union of Myanmar’s Department of Civil Aviation. The renewal relates to Vector Aerospace France (VAF), located in Gonesse, Paris.

Latitude Technologies, a global supplier of flight data management, flight following and satcom solutions for fleet operators, receives Transport Canada CAN-TSO Design Approval AP-106 for the company’s S200-012 ATS Safety Voice System.

Gill Aviation, an FBO destination in the Houston, TX, area, is taking aircraft arrival reservations for the baseball final championship series between the Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

JSfirm.com, an aviation job advertisement website, completes its annual Business Aviation Survey, with 275 Part 91 and 135 operators participating this year. In comparison to 2016, flight hours have increased (+4%) and fewer companies report being impacted by the pilot shortage (-8%).

Star Jets International, LLC (www.starjetsintl.com), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Advanced Defense Technologies, Inc. (OTC:ADCF) announces that it has made arrangements to now accept Bitcoin as a payment mechanism for its private jet services.

ACR Electronics, Inc., a provider of safety and survival technologies, confirms that Drew Marine UK Holdings Ltd. has signed an agreement to acquire SKYTRAC, a full-service, data-driven solutions provider for the global aviation industry. SKYTRAC will report into ACR Electronics, Inc.

Av8 MRO announces its expansion of service capabilities on Hawker aircraft by providing TKS panel repair and overhaul in-house. With a combination of existing OEM repairs and newly developed DER repairs, Av8 MRO is able to both repair and overhaul Hawker 125 series TKS panels. All TKS panels can be either repaired or exchanged for overhauled units, including dented panels.

Av8 MRO announces a new division within the company, Av8 PMA, which specializes in engineering, certification and manufacturing of specialized replacement parts under its FAA-PMA (Parts Manufacturer Approval) for aircraft operators, parts distributors and certified repair stations.