The Weekly of Business Aviation

Law firm LeClairRyan has added 17 attorneys and staff to its aviation industry practice in a move that significantly expands its aviation law practice.

Just months before the U.S. Air Force is slated to choose an industry team to begin developing a new aircraft to replace its existing battlefield command-and-control and surveillance fleet, the service appears to be considering scrapping the program altogether.

Sierra Nevada Corp. has filed a bid protest with the U.S. Government Accountability Office over the U.S. Army’s cancellation of the Fixed-wing Utility Aircraft competition.

Nextant Aerospace has completed the first test flight of its Challenger 604XT, a remanufactured Challenger 604 equipped with Pro Line Fusion avionics.

Aerospace and defense companies are having to change their ways to recruit and retain scientifically and technologically savvy workers.

The FAA is offering a $500 rebate for new ADS-B installations in fixed-wing, single-engine piston aircraft.

The Tecnam P2008 is now available in Canada, the company says.

Air Partner in Europe has flown more than 5,000 passengers 90,000 mi., worked with 28 different airlines and departed and arrived through 59 airports in 21 countries in football-related flights.

Clay Lacy Aviation in Seattle has earned the first North American IS-BAH Stage II registration after undoing a rigorous third-party audit, resulting in the first stage of the registration.

Nigerian aviation transportation supplier Pan African has reached 27,000 hr. of operation on its Bell 407 helicopter, making it the highest number of flying hours on a Bell 407 in the world.

Tecnam has terminated its dealership agreement with Tim Orchard and is in the process of selecting a new dealer for the UK, Ireland and Iceland.

Four EagleMed bases in Kansas, operated by Med-Trans Corp., have sent aircraft and medical crews to Texas to support critical care air medical transports in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.

Angel Flight South Central has been flying supplies into Hurricane Harvey-affected areas and flying storm victims out.

Texas Turbine Conversions has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval for Hartzell Propeller’s four-blade composite swept propeller.

Airflite was appointed as the exclusive sales representative for Piaggio Aerospace in Australia and New Zealand.

Satcom Direct has become the first service provider to activate the Inmarsat Jet ConneX technology for a Brazilian registered executive aircraft.

Flying Colours has completed maintenance, avionics upgrades and complete and extensive interior reconfiguration for a pair of Bombardier Challenger 850 aircraft for an undisclosed Fortune 500 company.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 2000 and Falcon 2000EX airplanes.

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Carlos Rodriguez has been named general manager of Meridian-Haywood at Hayward (California) Executive Airport.

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Bombardier has moved its Specialized Aircraft segment under the company’s business aircraft division.

Germany startup Lilium has received $90 million in investment to continue development of its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) urban air transport aircraft.

Luxaviation Helicopters, a division of Luxaviation Group, has acquired Starspeed, a UK-based helicopter management, charter and training company, in a move that more than doubles its size.

U.S. aircraft manufacturers, fixed-based operators and airports in the path of Hurricane Irma were preparing for one of the most powerful storms to ever hit the Atlantic.