The Weekly of Business Aviation

As high-profile companies such as SpaceX start to deploy thousands of small satellites in orbit to provide global internet connectivity, what happened with the couple of small companies that sought to provide the service over the continental U.S. using commercial aircraft?

A twin-engine Convair 440 cargo aircraft crashed into the parking lot of a truck repair facility in Toledo, Ohio early Sept. 11, an FAA spokesperson told Aviation Daily.

Global Medical Response has pledged $1 million in relief aid to support Bahamian emergency medical needs and infrastructure in the wake of Hurricane Dorian.

Flight activity across Europe remained sluggish in August, with a 5.8% decline compared to a year ago, Argus International said.

Business aviation flight activity in North America posted an 0.6% decline in August compared to a year ago.

Comlux’s completion division was selected by DC Aviation Group to complete the VIP interior of an ACJ320neo aircraft.

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Bell has completed delivery of its 200th Bell 505 Jet Ranger X.

Bombardier has opened registration to its 23rd annual Safety Standdown, to be held Nov. 12-14.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of the Cayman Islands has certified ExecuJet MRO Services Malaysia.

The National Business Aviation Association will present its 2019 Meritorious Service to Aviation Award to Ross Perot, Jr. at NBAA-BACE in October.

Dassault Aviation has finalized the acquisition of TAG Aviation’s maintenance, repair and overhaul business.

L.J. Aviation is expanding at its base at Pittsburgh International Airport in Pennsylvania.

Sharp Details is expanding to the East Coast with the acquisition of Perfect Aircraft.

FlightSafety has added an Advanced Rejected Takeoff Go/No-Go Recurrent training course for pilots of Gulfstream G550 aircraft.

Silver Air, a private jet management and charter company, has added a Gulfstream G200 super midsize business jet to its charter fleet.

The FAA is publishing a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH Helicopters (Airbus) Model MBB-BK 117 C-2 helicopters.

Matthew Greene has been promoted to president of Safe Flight Instrument Corp., in White Plains, New York.

When Linda Hudson took over as president and CEO of BAE Systems in 2009, she was the first woman to occupy nearly every job she had throughout her career.

The closed environment of the aircraft cabin has often been described as an incubation tank for bacteria, viruses, and pathogenic organisms.

Bombardier’s 23rd annual Safety Standdown, to be held Nov. 12-14, has reached full capacity, the company reports.

Drone delivery service provider Flirtey on Sept. 9 unveiled the Flirtey Eagle, a boxy quadcopter that it expects will begin delivering food and packages to households by year’s end.

German air taxi developer Volocopter has raised an additional €50 million ($55 million) in the first part of a Series C funding round, taking the total capital raised so far to €85 million.

The FAA has postponed the release of a draft rulemaking for remote identification of drones by two months until December.

Phoenix-based Mesa Air Group, Inc. signed an MOU with Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. (MITAC) Sept. 5 to enter negotiations for the purchase of 100 SpaceJet M100 aircraft.