NBAA Develops Security Risk
Assessment Process
This security risk
assessment process,
developed and
produced by the
NBAA Security
Council specifically
for business aviation
professionals,
provides a simple
product for assessing
risk in a variety of
business aviation-
related areas. This assessment does not require significant
security training or background, making it a useful tool across
any organization. The instructions and format are designed to
allow users from across an organization to be effective risk
assessors with minimal additional training. It covers all aspects
of aviation operations, from damage to assets and threats to
personnel to identification and documentation vulnerabilities
and public relations exposure
http://www.nbaa.orgPlanet Nine Celebrates
Anniversary
Van Nuys-based
Planet Nine Private Air
(“Planet 9”), private
charter operator and
aircraft management
company celebrated its
first birthday last month.
In the eleven months
since it first took to the
air it has touched down in 262 different airports with its
Dassault Falcon 7X fleet. Its longest charter routes have
connected Tokyo, Japan with Dundee in Scotland and
Washington Dulles International with Tahiti in the South Pacific
http://www.flyplanet 9 .comP&W to Invest $45M in Florida
Facility
Pratt & Whitney is
investing as much as
$45 million over two
years to convert its
South Florida engine-
build center to
perform overhauls.
Joe Sylvestro, vice
president of
aftermarket
operations, said
investment in
converting the West Palm Beach facility from geared turbofan
engine production to overhaul began in 2018 and ends in- Once in customers’ hands, Pratt engines provide a
lucrative source of ongoing revenue from the sale of spare and
replacement parts, and engine-maintenance and engine-
overhaul contracts
http://www.pw.utc.com
Oriens Secures 3 Delivery
Positions for PC-24
Oriens, the exclusive
UK and Ireland sales
distributor and
Authorised Pilatus
Centre, headquartered
at London Biggin Hill
Airport, has already sold
one of the three
positions available for
the PC-24 Super Versatile Jet. Prospective customers still have
an opportunity to order and fully customise the next available
positions, the first of which is in July 2020. The second available
delivery slot is in mid-2021.
Oriens’ first PC-24 was sold to a private UK customer, an
existing PC-12 operator, CEO Edwin Brenninkmeyer confirmed.
“Customers interested in the other two are encouraged to
commit with deposits and spec their interiors in good time.”
http://www. 0 riensaviation.comPPG Solaron UV Protection
PPG has developed breakthrough
technology for aircraft windows that
significantly blocks
harmful ultraviolet (UV)
radiation and high-
energy visible (HEV) light
to help protect aircrews,
passengers and aircraft
interiors from solar
radiation. PPG windows
with PPG SOLARON
BLUE PROTECTION UV+ blocking technology block 99% of
UVA and UVB radiation and more than 50% of HEV (blue) light,
the company claims
http://www.ppgaerospace.comRolls-Royce use 'snakes on a
plane' for Engine Repair
Rolls-Royce is
increasingly turning
to robotics to effect
repairs on parts of
an engine that are
otherwise
inaccessible without
tearing it down.
Working with
partners including
the University of
Nottingham, the
UK-headquartered
firm has developed
a pair of continuum designs, more simply known as snake
robots, to access an engine's interior.
FLARE – or Flame Spray Adder for In-situ Patch Repair of
Aero-Engine Combustors, is a pair of robots designed to enter
the combustor, examine the liner for damage and then add a
patch using ceramic material melted with a 3,000°C (5,430°F)
flame
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