Witnesses Reported Seeing Parts Falling From The Aircraft
The NTSB has released its preliminary report form an April 29 accident in Hawaii involving a Robinson R-44 helicopter which fatally injured three people.
Jointly hosted for the first time, the 2019 NBAA Maintenance and Flight Attendants/Flight Technicians Conferences in Fort Worth, TX, provided substantial educational and networking value for both groups of business aviation professionals.
Company Delivered 128 Aircraft, Revenues Topped $1 Billion
The business year 2018 was an exceptionally successful one for Pilatus, but also a challenging one. At around 1.1 billion Swiss francs ($1.08 billion), sales revenue was brought back to the billion mark again. The 128 aircraft delivered in total included the first PC-24 – a milestone in the company history. All in all, 18 PC-24s were handed over to customers in the past year.
The first A330neo of the Americas has been delivered to Azul Linhas Aéreas on lease from Avolon, becoming the first airline from the Americas to fly the A330-900. The aircraft is the first of 15 A330neo ordered by Avolon.
Approval Launches IFD Series Into Legacy Turbine-Class Aircraft With LPV, Synthetic Vision, And High-Performance FMS Capabilities
The FAA has awarded an STC to Avidyne Corporation for the R10.2.3.1 software for the IFD Series. Among the new features and product improvements included with R10.2.3.1 is Avidyne’s innovative GPS Legacy Avionics Support (GLAS) option, which allows the IFD Series to interface with existing Pro Line 21 EFIS systems to provide flight director and autopilot coupling of SBAS/LPV approaches, while eliminating the need for more costly OEM display hardware and software upgrades.
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