Atlanta - Greenwich AeroGroup announces the hiring of Brian Dannewitz as the president of Professional Aviation Associates. Dannewitz began his aviation career serving in the Army National Guard and United States Army Reserve in various aircraft maintenance positions.

Wichita, KS - Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. company, recently rolled out the 400th production unit of the company's CJ3 business jet from its production facility in Wichita. The CJ3 is categorized as a light business jet and is in its ninth year of service.

Lincoln, NE - Duncan Aviation recently opened an avionics satellite shop at the Portland International Airport (PDX) in Portland, OR, to meet the demands of the business jet and turbo prop market in the Pacific Northwest.

East Alton, IL - West Star Aviation announces that it has completed the first-ever installation of Rockwell Collins’ Skybox in a Gulfstream G550. The installation was completed at West Star’s East Alton (ALN) location and was delivered on time at the beginning of March 2013. 

For 50 years, the General Aviation Awards program and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have recognized aviation professionals for their contributions to general aviation in the fields of flight instruction, aviation maintenance, avionics and safety.

Tdata announces the addition of the Avantext® line of Airworthiness Directive libraries to Tdata’s line of products and services. Tdata and Avantext customers will now have more choices in the products they use for FAA Airworthiness publications.

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AviIT, a software developer and IT service provider focused on the aviation sector, has published several white papers on its website discussing solutions for different customers’ needs.

Before the early versions of the Internet (originally known as ARPANET) ever existed, the airline industry had developed a means to perform data transfers globally via proprietary networks.