West Star Aviation Receives Organization Designation Authorization FAA Approval

West Star Aviation announces its Organization Designation Authorization procedures manual received FAA Approval! East Alton, IL, March 21, 2017- West Star Aviation is pleased to announce its Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) Procedures Manual (PM) Rev. C received FAA approval. West Star is now delegated to accept Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICAs). The ICA delegated acceptance…

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The First Bombardier Global 7000 Amassed 100 Hours of Flying

The first Bombardier Global 7000 flight test vehicle, FTV1, has now amassed more than 100 hours of flying! Bombardier Aerospace’s Global 7000 program is “progressing” solidly, with the sole flight-test vehicle, FTV1, having completed more than 100 hours of flight testing to date, the Canadian aircraft manufacturer announced today. FTV2 is also now complete and…

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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Researchers Evaluating New Hybrid Electric Turboprop Aircraft

Graduate students perform a test-run of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s E-Spirit of St. Louis, read more below about the new Hybrid. A Florida aviation college is leading the fusion of fossil-fuel engines with electric propulsion. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University researchers have become the nucleus around which a new nine-seat hybrid electric turboprop aircraft could be built in…

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