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General Aviation News
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) has put out the help wanted sign: The organization, which provides medical flights from remote areas around the world, as well as delivering food and water and responding to disasters, is looking for pilots and mechanics.
MAF officials tell the story of a young boy in Indonesia who benefit from MAF's help: Selamat was just a toddler when he fell into his family's cooking fire, burning his face, right arm, and the right side of his upper body.
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AINonline
Dassault Falcon Jet has assigned Skyservice Toronto as its newest authorized service center (ASC), making it the 52nd service center in the OEM's support network. The agreement, which will take effect by year-end, will allow Skyservice Toronto to perform line maintenance, AOG support and other services on the Falcon 900EX EASy and 2000EX EASy series.
The ASC hub will be at Skyservice's 160,000-sq-ft maintenance facility at Toronto Pearson Airport, though AOGs will also be supported through its Montreal and Calgary facilities.
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PAMA
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MRO-Network
During the last week of June, committees in both the House and Senate marked up and passed their versions of FAA reauthorization legislation.
For the MRO industry, the news from the Hill is generally positive: nothing hostile in the original bills and no damaging amendments. With those messages taking hold, we could focus on positive policy initiatives to address the technician shortage and improve the regulatory environment for repair stations.
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AVweb
The FAA proposed an emergency airworthiness directive requiring owners of Lycoming engines to inspect and potentially replace off-spec connecting rod small-end bushings in Lycoming engines overhauled during the 2015 to 2016 time period. The AD codifies the procedures found in Lycoming's Mandatory Service Bulletin SB 632 released last month.
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Inside Indiana Business
Zackary Kukorlo is an A&P mechanic at aviation maintenance company Bergstrom Aircraft Inc. in Washington state, but recently stepped away to attend the six-week Able Flight program at Purdue. Pilots created the national nonprofit organization to enable people with disabilities to learn to fly.
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AINonline
Business and general aviation manufacturers reported another quarter of mixed results with the total number of piston, turboprop and business jet deliveries in the second quarter of 2017 edging up 2.6 percent, while billings suffered a 1.2. percent decline, according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.
GAMA released the second quarter shipment results, reporting 561 total fixed-wing shipments in the three months ended June 30, compared with 547 shipments in the same period of 2016.
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AVweb
Could the future of personal aviation be a DeLorean? Paul DeLorean, nephew of the "Back to the Future" stainless steel car creator in the 1980s, is proposing a dual ducted-fan VTOL aircraft to compete with a host of variations on the same theme and with similar boasts about performance and environmental friendliness. DeLorean Aerospace has formally launched the DR-7, a two-place tandem aircraft that is fully autonomous and electrically powered.
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Plane & Pilot
According to author Kate O'Connor: When I first heard about Redbird's Guided Independent Flight Training (GIFT), I was curious. So many recent advances in transportation technology have been moving us toward increased automation and computer-driven decision making. That has its good points and its bad ones, but how does that trend extend to teaching someone to fly?
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Product Design & Development
Entirely new aircraft designs will define tomorrow’s competitive aviation landscape, but that will require huge upfront investment for research and development. For the U.S. to take the lead in the aircraft industry, we’ll need public investment in early stage research for the development of revolutionary aircraft technologies.
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PR Newswire via Tutorial Finder
Aerospace Turbine Rotables, Inc. became the second First Aviation Services Inc. subsidiary to announce the introduction of a new customer portal filled with many powerful features in an intuitive customer interface. The portal is being been rolled out to domestic and international customers with a very positive response.
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| Aug. 29-30, 2017 |
APATS |
Singapore
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| Sept. 8, 2017 |
Central Ohio Aviation Golf Outing 2017 |
Johnstown, Ohio
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| Sept. 12-14, 2017 |
AIAA Space 2017 - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
Orlando, Florida |
| Sept. 16-17, 2017 |
AFA National Convention 2017 - Air Force Association |
National Harbor, Maryland
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| Sept. 17-20, 2017 |
2017 ACI-NA Annual Conference & Exhibition - Airports Council International - North America |
Fort Worth, Texas |
| Sept. 18-20, 2017 |
Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition 2017 |
National Harbor, Maryland
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| Sept. 20, 2017 |
Ed Furst Sr. Memorial Teterboro PAMA Annual Golf Outing 2017 |
Hamburg, New Jersey
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| Sept. 25-28, 2017 |
APEX Expo 2017 - Airline Passenger Experience Association |
Long Beach, California |
| Oct. 10-12, 2017 |
NBAA-BACE 2017 Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition - National Business Aviation Association |
Las Vegas, Nevada
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| Oct. 16-18, 2017 |
AMTC 2017 - Air Medical Transport Conference |
Fort Worth, Texas |
| Nov. 1-3, 2017 |
Air Cargo Americas & SeaCargo Americas 2017 |
Miami, Florida
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| Dec. 4-6, 2017 |
8th International Conference On Biofuels, Bioenergy & Bioeconomy |
Sao Paulo
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| Dec. 4-7, 2017 |
NAAA 51st Annual Convention & Exposition - National Agricultural Aviation Association |
TBD
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| Jan. 8-12, 2018 |
SciTech 2018 — AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition |
Kissimmee, Florida |
| Feb. 6-8, 2018 |
WEST 2018 - Western Conference & Exhibition |
San Diego, California
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| Feb. 21-23, 2018 |
Air Warfare Symposium & Technology Exposition 2018 |
Orlando, Florida
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| March 26-29, 2018 |
61st Annual AEA International Convention & Trade Show — Aircraft Electronics Association |
Las Vegas, Nevada
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| April 9-11, 2018 |
Navy League Sea-Air-Space Exposition 2018 |
National Harbor, Maryland
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| April 15-18, 2018 |
90th Annual AAAE Conference & Exposition — American Association Of Airport Executives |
San Diego, California
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| April 25-27, 2018 |
2018 Army Aviation Mission Solutions Summit |
Nashville, Tennessee
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