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October 09, 2015

FAA Issues SAIB For Ag Cat Airplanes With Certain Engine Conversion

Fatigue Cracking Noted In Engine Mounts On Two Aircraft

The FAA has issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) directed at owners, operators, certified repair facilities, and flight standards district offices (FSDOs), of an airworthiness concern related to Allied Ag Cat Productions, Inc., (formerly Schweizer) Models G-164A, G-164B, and G-164C with an engine conversion from a Pratt and Whitney R-985 or R-1340 radial engine to a Honeywell (Garrett) TPE331 series turboprop engine. Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS) No. 1A16 describes the Allied Ag Cat airplanes.

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Global Jet Capital Signs Deal To Buy GE Capital's Corporate Aircraft Assets

Financing Commitment From Franklin Square's BDCs Integral To Funding The Transaction

Global Jet Capital, a company providing leasing and lending solutions for large-cabin, long-range private jets, has signed an agreement to purchase approximately $2.5 billion in net assets from GE Capital's Corporate Aircraft portfolio in the Americas.

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FAA Grants STC For MTV-12 3-Blade Prop For Piper Aircraft

Can Now Be Installed On Piper PA-30, PA-39 Twin Comanche

The FAA has granted an STC (SA03563NY) to MT-Propeller Entwicklung GmbH for the next generation a 3-blade scimitar composite propeller MTV-12-C-C-F/CF(L)180-57 on the Piper PA-30, PA-39 Twin Comanche.

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FAA Took Long View With SkyPan International Investigation

Fines Against Other Companies May Be Coming

The FAA's investigation of SkyPan International, which resulted in a $1.9 million fine being levied against the company by the agency, was a 16 month process that involved, among other things, a legal battle over SkyPan's business documents.

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Alaska State Helicopter Grounded By Budget Cuts

Second Aircraft May Also Face The Budget Axe

One of two helicopters operated by Alaska State Troopers has been grounded due budget cuts imposed by the state legislature, and the force's second helicopter may face the same fate.

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Heli-One Modernizes Bundespolizei AS332LI Fleet

EFIS Cockpit Upgrades Planned For 18 Aircraft

The German Federal Police, Bundespolizei (BPOL), has selected Heli-One to fully modernize their fleet of 18 Airbus Helicopters AS332L1 Super Puma aircraft through a NATO/NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) contract with proven EFIS and avionics upgrades from Universal Avionics and other suppliers.

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