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November 10, 2014

Airborne 11.10.14: NEW Mooney Airframe?, Repair Stations Win, CAF Update

Also: Boeing's Next-Gen, Milkshake Flight, Surf Air's PC-12s, Helo Crew Scrooged, Nextant 400XTi, Virgin Galactic Refunds

ANN is digging into reports of a NEW Mooney airframe that is due to be announced shortly... not a lot of details yet... but we do have a picture and the promise of more info in a day or two. Stay tuned! Thanks to a coalition of aviation trade associations and the responsiveness of the FAA, the changes to the proposed repair station rules have been tweaked a bit. The word “serious” has been reinserted into the paragraph of 14 CFR part 145 requiring repair stations to report failures, malfunctions or defects in articles received for work to the agency within 96 hours. Boeing's CEO Jim McNerney said that the company is already considering the airplan

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Marks Entrance Of The Type Into That Country

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Ascent Aviation Services Corporation has named Joseph Ng as the Company's new Chief Executive Officer, effective November 1st. Mr. Ng joins Ascent with over 30 years of executive experience in the management of aircraft maintenance and quality systems.

All-You-Can-Fly Private Membership Travel Company Begins Fleet Expansion

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Program Offers A Complete Refurbishment Of Citation X Aircraft

Cessna Aircraft Company plans to enter into an exclusive agreement with Connecticut-based Guardian Jet, LLC to market the Citation X Elite business jet.