The Weekly of Business Aviation

The committee approved the fiscal 2018 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development funding bill that would provide the FAA with $16.6 billion for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1.

Aircraft Industries’s (LET) next-generation L-410 high-wing twin turboprop will enter production in 2018, company officials confirm.

The G550 model was rolled out in 2001 as the SP (Special Performance) version of the Gulfstream GV and received FAA certification in 2003. The aircraft has a maximum range of 6,750 nm and a maximum operating speed of Mach 0.885. It can seat up to 19 passengers and sleeps up to eight.

Alan Klapmeier, CEO of One Aviation, is low-key on the company’s newest project, the Eclipse 700, the next generation of the Eclipse 550 known as “Project Canada.”

The restored B-29 Superfortress, known as Doc, will have a permanent home at the Wichita Eisenhower National Airport in a $6.5 million project that includes a 32,000-sq.-ft. interactive hangar and learning center.

The Labor Department estimates that the number of U.S. avionics technicians rose slightly in the past year, from 17,150 in 2015 to 17,330 in 2016.

View the June 2017 Business Aircraft Activity In the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean chart in PDF format.

View the U.S. Registered Business Jet And Turboprops Accidents And Incidents chart in PDF format.

Elliott Aviation, based in Moline, Illinois, has added the Citation 500; 550; S550; 560; 560XL; and 650 series to its FAA Wi-Fi supplemental type certificate (STC).

Thrush Aircraft has delivered its 100th Thrush 510G agricultural aircraft.

Affinity Flight Training Services has taken delivery of its first Embraer Phenom 100 business jet.

AkzoNobel, which supplies aerospace, automotive and industrial coatings, has closed on a deal to acquire Flexcrete Technologies in the UK.

Million Air Houston Hobby is adding a “mega” hangar to keep up with customer demand.

Advent Aircraft Systems, based in Tulsa, has been awarded an FAA STC approving its eABS anti-skid braking system for Beechcraft King Air B200-series aircraft.

Web Manuals Sweden AB has grown its customer base by more than 30% in the past six months.

DC Aviation Al-Futtaim will offer jet fuel to private and business jet clients from its base in Dubai South at Al Maktoum International Airport.

Flexjet has launched a new iPhone app for Flexjet owners.

The National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University has purchased a new metal-additive manufacturing system.

The FAA’s Equip 2020 team is offering a live Twitter chat to answer questions and concerns on automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B).

World Fuel Services’ regional office in Toluca, Mexico, is operational and brings the company’s facilities to eight.

BRIAN RUBEN PEDERSEN has joined Nordic Aviation Capital as chief financial officer.

July 17-19—2017 2017 Business of Airlines Workshop for Airport Decision Makers, Seattle, Washington, http://www.aci-na.org/event/8298

U.S. tax audits related to aircraft-management service have been ongoing for several years, often in a suspension state.

At Oshkosh 2017, scattered among the exhibitors, is a growing business aviation presence, from aircraft manufacturers to suppliers and vendors.

Gulfstream officials say Boeing’s “room for growth” argument for why the U.S. Air Force should pick a 737 airliner over a business jet for future Compass Call, J-Stars, Rivet Joint and AEW&C missions is “misleading.”