Aviation


Piper Aircraft Announces Authorized Service Center in Southeast Asia

Posted on February 18, 2016

Source: Piper Aircraft – Singapore, Feb. 18, 2016 Piper Aircraft has announced the selection and appointment of WingsOverAsia as its authorized service center in Singapore. WingsOverAsia (WOA) has served as Piper Aircraft’s dealer in the region for nearly 3-years. The aircraft service center, located at Seletar Airport, is the first service dealer associated service facility […]

 
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Piper Receives Approval of M500 from JCAB Japan

Posted on February 17, 2016

Source: Piper Aircraft, Vero Beach, Fla. – Feb. 17, 2016 Piper Aircraft, Inc. has announced the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) has awarded type certification to the company for the M500. This marks the first time that a Piper Type Certificate has been fully validated in Japan. “M500 validation is excellent news for Piper and […]

 
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Singapore Airshow: Project Zero goes hybrid (video)

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Singapore Airshow: Project Zero goes hybrid (video) 17th February 2016 –  by Tony Skinner in Singpore https://youtu.be/Wlv-q_T95HA The team behind the Project Zero tiltrotor is developing a hybrid drive that will use a diesel engine to supplement and recharge the aircraft’s batteries. Displaying the Project Zero unmanned technology demonstrator in Asia for the first time […]

 
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RUAG Modernizes Geneva University Hospital’s Rescue Helicopter

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Source: RUAG Aviation February 17 –  2016 Swiss technology company RUAG has successfully completed a cockpit modernization project on an Airbus EC135 T2+ rescue helicopter for Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland’s largest university medical facility. The comprehensive refurbishment included the installation of two, state-of-the-art Garmin GTN 750 GPS/NAV/COMM multifunction display systems combined with a GTX 33es […]

 
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Singapore Airshow News: Viking Promotes New Twin Otter S Series

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by Jennifer Meszaros February 17, 2016 British Columbia, Canada-based Viking Air (Chalet CD11) is expanding its line of the popular Series 400 Twin Otter with a dedicated seaplane version, which the company says is the first ever to be offered in the 15- to 19-passenger category. Named the 400S, the seaplane derivative is offered (for […]

 
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Singapore Airshow News: PAL eyes long-haul expansion with A350s

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17 February, 2016 BY: Mavis Toh Philippine Airlines (PAL) is targeting to expand its footprint in Europe and the USA, with its latest commitment for up to 12 Airbus A350-900s. The airline signed a memorandum of understanding to acquire six of the type at the Singapore air show, with options for another six aircraft, in […]

 
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Piper Announces Delivery of Archer and Seneca Aircraft to Indonesian Government Flight Program

Posted on February 16, 2016

Source: Piper Aircraft, Singapore – February 16, 2016 Piper Aircraft has recently delivered 12 single-engine and 3 multi-engine training aircraft to Sekolah Tinggi Penerbang Indonesia (STPI), the government flight school at Budiarto Airport in Curug, Indonesia, as the first part of a 20 single-engine Archer and 5 multi-engine Seneca V sale completed in December 2015. […]

 
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Singapore Airshow News: Falcons Have The Range Asian Business Aviation Needs

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by Thierry Dubois  Dassault’s Falcon 7X offers range of up to 5,950 nm carrying eight passengers and three crew at Mach 0.80. Dassault Falcon Jet is seeing a surge of interest in its Falcon business jets in Southeast Asia, according to president and CEO John Rosanvallon, who highlighted Indonesia as the latest market hotspot on […]

 
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Singapore Airshow News: First flight completed by Airbus A321neo after engine switch

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SOURCE AIN Airbus commented that its A321neo jetliner completed its first flight on Tuesday, making the trip using engines supplied by CFM International after a last-minute switch from turbines supplied by competitor Pratt & Whitney. This flight took off from Hamburg, Germany and landed five and a half hours later. This marks the beginning of […]

 
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Singapore Airshow News: New garmin transponders add ADS-B solutions for G1000s

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Source: AIN Garmin today announced its ADS-B solution for G1000 avionics systems: the new GTX 335 and 345 transponders, which also will serve ADS-B OUT needs for a variety of Garmin products, including the G500/G600, GNS 430W/530W, GNS 480 and G3X Touch The GTX is an all-in-one transponder and 1090-MHz ADS-B OUT unit; the GTX […]

 
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