The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) is saddened to learn of the passing of James D. (Jim) Raisbeck, CEO of Raisbeck Engineering, who died Aug. 31 at the age of 84. Raisbeck’s 67-year career was built upon using his knowledge of fluid dynamics to create products that reduced drag, enhance overall performance, and increased safety margins for numerous business and commercial aircraft.

Whind LLC, a provider composed of former Cessna employees with extensive technical, marketing and operational backgrounds dedicated to improving products from Textron Aviation, introduces wheel pants for the Cessna Caravan series, a simple, efficient performance enhancement.

West Star Aviation welcomes Jim Ellis as the new avionics technical sales manager at its East Alton, IL (ALN), facility. Ellis will work directly with the avionics sales and technical teams to provide support to current and new customers.

IBAC announces its new alliance with Carbon Trade eXchange (CTX), the provider which introduced the world’s first electronic exchange for high-quality voluntary carbon credits in real-time more than a decade ago. The new IBAC Carbon Credit Exchange program provides a transparent and efficient platform for business-aviation companies to voluntarily purchase carbon credits to offset their CO2 emissions as part of an overall sustainability plan.

West Star Aviation announces the promotion of Mark Bozada to Bombardier project manager at its East Alton, IL (ALN), facility.

Constant Aviation, a provider of maintenance, repair, overhaul (MRO) and aircraft-on-ground (AOG) services, announces that it is partnering with Western Technical College of El Paso, TX, to provide flexible, long-term career paths for students looking to enter the high-technology world of aviation maintenance. Under the new partnership, students will be able to exit the Western Tech program and enter directly into the aviation workforce, earning their Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certifications while also working at Constant Aviation, learning from the best and using the most advanced technology.

MRO Insider and WYVERN announce that they have continued to move ahead with their partnership to bring safety to the forefront of business-aviation maintenance. MRO Insider has developed an operator-facing indicator on its platform to distinguish MROs who have a WYVERN-certified SMS system and will work directly with Wyvern and the MROs to make this a success.

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) announces that an extensive roster of online content, including a full program of valuable education sessions as well as exclusive, web-only features, will be available to both in-person and at-home attendees of the upcoming 2021 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE), taking place Oct. 12-14 in Las Vegas, NV.

MRO Insider announces that the company has released an update to its technology, allowing aircraft operators to post public-facing reviews of service providers. This feature is available to all operators and, at this time, is not specific to events streamlined through the MRO Insider network. Any operator who has meaningful feedback on service providers listed on the platform is invited to share information about their experience.

BriskHeat, a provider of surface and immersion heating products, controllers and insulators, announces it has launched an enhanced version of its ACR®3 Hot Bonder. The bonder now offers output cords to match any competitors’ blankets (sold separately), now with a three-year warranty (extended from the previous two-year warranty).