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December 24, 2020

Look Out Below! Apex Chooses Tecnam P2012 For Skydiving Ops

Last Summer, Tecnam Also Revealed Their P2012 Sentinel Special Mission Platform

Tecnam is expanding the mission profile for their P2012 aircraft series with Apex Flight Academy in Taiwan, after signing a contract for a Tecnam P2012 in a purpose-built skydiving configuration. In 2019, the P2012 Traveller commuter airliner began commercial operations and was quickly followed by Air Ambulance, Combi and Cargo variants. In the summer of 2020, Tecnam revealed their P2012 Sentinel Special Mission Platform. Winter 2020 has brought the sixth variant to the P2012 and a new option for jump operators. The P2012 jump ship will provide benefits for the operator, the jumper and the 'diver driver.'

Special Missions Beechcraft King Air 350CER Will Aid In Aerial Survey And Emergency Response Missions

Textron has delivered a missionized Beechcraft King Air 350CER turboprop aircraft to the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Marine & Aviation Operations (OMAO). The aircraft joins a King Air 350CER aircraft delivered to NOAA in May 2009. The agency's first King Air 350CER aircraft has flown coastal mapping and aerial survey missions and critical emergency response missions including photographic survey after earthquakes, oil spills, and numerous blizzards, tornados, floods and named hurricanes.

AD 2020-26-07 Continues To Require Revising The Existing Maintenance Or Inspection Program

The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2019-23-05, which applied to all Dassault Aviation Model MYSTERE-FALCON 900 airplanes. AD 2019-23-05 required revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations. This AD continues to require revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate those new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations, and also requires revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate additional new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations; as specified in a European