Pilatus Aircraft has appointed Pilatus Centre Southern Africa as its authorized PC-6 sales and service center for sub-Saharan Africa. The distributor will be responsible for all future sales and maintenance activities of the Pilatus Porter PC-6 within the territory. Pilatus Centre Southern Africa is an independent partner of Pilatus and serves as the sales and service center for the PC-12 in the same region.
Aviation Partners, based in Seattle, has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification for retrofitting its Split-Scimitar Winglet on BBJ aircraft, the company said. The approval was granted to Aviation Partners Boeing (APB), a joint venture between API and Boeing. The supplemental type certificate follows FAA STC approvals issued earlier this year. The Split-Scimitar Winglet is now standard equipment on new 737NG BBJ aircraft.
According to the Office of Inspector General, Jeffrey Krantz was charged and pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court, Hartford, Connecticut, to wire fraud for his role in the sale of counterfeit aircraft parts. Among other things, Krantz allegedly bought and sold obsolete electronic parts for use by commercial buyers and the U.S. military.
For the first six months of 2015, business and general aviation avionics sales totaled $1.193 billion, according to the Aircraft Electronics Association.
The demo took place during the annual Remote Area Medical clinic in Wise, Virginia, on July 17 and was overseen by the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership using its certificate of authorization as an FAA-designated UAV test site.
In the next step toward bringing a supersonic business jet to market, Aerion Corp. has appointed Equus Global Aviation as its exclusive authorized sales representative for Central and South America, parts of the Caribbean and Mexico, the company said.
In a public announcement on July 23 in downtown Manhattan, the City Council said this legislation “will regulate the tourist helicopter industry in New York City to reduce noise and air pollution for New Yorkers who live and use public parks along the tourist-helicopter routes.”
All three passengers—who were members of the Bin Laden family—and the Jordanian-born pilot were killed in the accident at Blackbushe airfield, west of London, on July 31.
