Abaris Training Resources, Inc. (Reno, NV), announces that in light of the COVID-19 restrictions placed on customer travel, Abaris is modifying its policy to accommodate fewer students in classes held at client locations, making it both economical and convenient to obtain the world-class composite training the company provides.

West Star congratulates its Grand Junction, CO (GJT), Global Express team for completing their first 240-, 180- and 120-month inspections. The crew has completed 15 different Global Express aircraft projects.

Clay Lacy Aviation continues to nurture the next generation of aviation professionals with scholarship funds for 22 students at the LAUSD’s Aircraft Mechanic School at Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles and for four student pilots in the aviation science program at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, CA.

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.