Pentastar Aviation Partners with Chicago Jet Group to Provide CPDLC/FANS-1/A+ Solution for Gulfstream Aircraft

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Pentastar Aviation announced today it has entered into a strategic alliance with Chicago Jet Group (CJG) to market and install CJG’s Controller Pilot Data Link (CPDLC) Future Air Navigation System (FANS) 1/A+ Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for Gulfstream aircraft.
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Pentastar Aviation Successfully Renews Stage 2 IS-BAO Registration

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Following an in-depth audit conducted by third party International Standards for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO) accredited auditors, Pentastar Aviation, LLC and Pentastar Aviation Charter, Inc. successfully renewed their Stage 2 IS-BAO Registration. Pentastar’s operations have been IS-BAO Registered since April 2010. 
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Atlantic Aviation Expands In Mountain Region

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Atlantic Aviation announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase the assets of Black Canyon Jet Center in Montrose, Colorado (KMTJ).  The transaction is expected to close on or about June 1, 2016, subject to satisfaction of usual and customary airport consents. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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NBAA Names Recipients of 2016 Maintenance Scholarships

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The Maintenance Committee of the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) is awarding the 2016 Maintenance Technical Reward and Career Scholarships (TRACS) at the Association’s Maintenance Management Conference, opening today in Kansas City, MO.
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Gama Aviation Gears Up for Surge in Flights Around Kentucky Derby

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Gama Aviation, has increased its AOG peak period support in preparation for the large wave of private jets and spectators expected to travel into Louisville this coming weekend for the Kentucky Derby. As one of the biggest sporting events of the year, drawing crowds of over 150,000, the race weekend is expected to see around 300 private aircraft fly in racegoers from across the globe.
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General Aviation Community Praises FAA Part 23 Rulemaking and Urges Rule Completion in 2016

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On the eve of an FAA public hearing in College Park, GA on the Part 23 notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), a coalition of general aviation leaders today applauded the FAA’s efforts to improve safety and make it easier to bring new products to market for the light general aviation sector, while strongly encouraging the agency to finish its work on the issue by the end of 2016.
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Sheltair develops new facilities at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)

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Having recently announced expansion plans at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) and Republic Airport (FRG) in New York, Sheltair is now expanding at the Savannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV) with a $3.1 million state-of-the-art hangar and office complex of nearly 25,000 square feet of space strategically located adjacent to the Sheltair FBO and Gulfstream Service Center.
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Pentastar Aviation Sponsorship of the Bell’s Beer Bayview Mackinac Race Renewed to 2017

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Pentastar Aviation announced today that it will extend its sponsorship of the Bell’s Beer Bayview Mackinac Race until 2017.  Pentastar first became a sponsor of the race in 2015. The race, organized by the century-old Bayview Yacht Club, is in its 92nd running and begins July 16 in Port Huron and concludes at Mackinac Island on July 22.
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NBAA Names Recipient of Dale 'Potsy' McBurney Aviation Scholarship

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National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Charities today announced Marne Burghoffer as this year’s recipient of the Dale “Potsy” McBurney Aviation Scholarship. The award will be presented at NBAA's Flight Attendants/Flight Technicians Conference in Delray Beach, FL, June 21 to 23.
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Pentastar Aviation to Bring Clean Air to Aircraft Cabins

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Pentastar Aviation announced today they have  established a marketing and distribution relationship with Aviation Clean Air, creator of the only proactive air and surface purification system available for any aircraft.  Pentastar Aviation will distribute and install the Clean Air Cabin ionization system from its repair station based at Oakland County International Airport (KPTK).
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Corporate Angel Network Celebrates Milestone Flight at Meridian

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Meridian was honored to be part of an historical milestone event last week when the Corporate Angel Network (CAN) celebrated its 50,000th flight on Thursday, April 14, 2016. The empty leg flight, which departed from Meridian Teterboro, was arranged for toddler Baron Yerby and his parents Jonathan and Casey. Baron had been in New York City receiving cancer treatments at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, and the family was traveling back to their home in Georgia. 
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Ask ACUKWIK: The Difference Between ASOS and AWOS

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I often see ASOS and AWOS frequencies and telephone numbers listed in AC-U-KWIK. While I know these are automated weather reporting systems at airports, what exactly is the difference between the two systems?

AWOS (Automated Weather Observation System) units began to be deployed at airports in the 1970s. This equipment continuously monitors on-site meteorological conditions at airports, and a computer generated

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