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BizAv Round-Up
08.12
NEWS IN BRIEF AgustaWestland announced that the second prototype of the AW169 – a new generation 4.5 ton light intermediate helicopter – successfully completed its maiden flight at Cascina Costa in Italy. Meanwhile the first AW169 prototype premiered at the recent Farnborough International Air Show. The AW169 program is on schedule to achieve civil certification in 2014. / More from www.agustawestland.com
Aircraft Cost Calculator, creators of an aircraft Web Application that determines business aircraft operating costs, announced the formation of the ACC Advisory Board recently. “We formed this Advisory Board to further strengthen our Web Application for our clients,” outlined Chris Doerr, President of ACC. The four new Advisory Board Members include: Rene Banglesdorf, CEO, Charlie Bravo Aviation (Austin, TX); Dan Dickinson, Chairman, INAV Group, LLC (Chicago, IL); Emmanuel Dupuy, Managing Director, Heli Asset (Paris, France); and Robert Gort, President, Sterling Aviation (Milwaukee, WI). The ACC Advisory Board’s objective is to provide strategic advice and present ideas/issues relevant to the operation of business aircraft. / More from www.aircraftcostcalculator.com
Arinc Direct has released Version 2.3 of its iPad flight-planning app, a major upgrade designed to help users eliminate paper from their cockpits, that includes a new note-taking annotation feature on flight plans. With the annotation feature, users can add notes on flight plans by clicking on the action arrow at the bottom of the screen, then clicking anywhere on the flight plan and adding text. The notes can be emailed along with the flight plan. Two pilots using the app on their own iPads can see each other’s notes via Bluetooth communication between the iPads. Shared notes appear in green, while a user’s own notes are blue. / More from www.arincdirect.com
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WORLD AIRCRAFT SALES MAGAZINE – August 2012
BOMBARDIER EXPANDS SERVICE & SUPPORT... ...AND REMAINS ON TRACK WITH ITS LEARJET PROGRAMS Bombardier Aerospace has announced that construction work has begun on its full-scale factoryowned and operated service centre for business aircraft at Singapore’s Seletar airport. The state-of-the-art service facility, which is set to open in 2Q 2013, features 31,500 sq. feet of hangar space and 28,800 sq. feet for office and back shops. Additionally, Bombardier has opened its newest Regional Support Office (RSO) at Farnborough, United Kingdom. The new office, the 10th
Bombardier RSO to open outside North America in the past four years, will anchor regional support capabilities for the growing number of Bombardier business aircraft customers in Europe. While it was at Farnborough for the recent Air Show, Bombardier also confirmed that it is on track with its three new Learjet business aircraft as it shared further details of its ongoing development programs. The Learjet 85 aircraft program continues to progress towards first
flight with four test aircraft in various stages of fabrication. The recently launched Learjet 70 and Learjet 75 aircraft program is progressing well and the first two flight test aircraft, a modified Learjet 40XR jet and a modified Learjet 45XR aircraft have already logged more than 135 flights, as the two are used to continue to develop the avionics that provide the core of the Learjet aircraft's Vision Flight Deck. / More information from www.bombardier.com
Banyan Air Service was issued a FAA
Conklin & de Decker announced the
supplemental type certificate for installation of Honeywell’s Aspire 200LG Wi-Fi-enabled satcom system on the Gulfstream GII/III/IV.
release of its 2012/2013 Aircraft Performance Comparator. Part of a family of innovative software products created by Conklin & de Decker, the Aircraft Performance Comparator is a must-have tool for anyone that is acquiring a Business Jet, Turboprop, Piston airplane, or Helicopter (Piston and Turbine) and who needs to compare aircraft performance data quickly and easily.
/ More from www.banyanair.com
Cessna and Avic are aiming to deliver the first Citation Sovereign from their planned Chengdu, China assembly line within 18 months. The plant will supply aircraft to the Chinese market. The Cessna Latitude, although not yet certified, is also earmarked for assembly at Chengdu. / More from www.cessna.com
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