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AVweb’s weekly review of what’s going on in aviation turned up news of everything from Beech’s delivery of new airplanes to the Mexican Navy, through word of CTI Professional Flight Training’s new training approval, to a new national commander of the Civil Air Patrol, to PlaneLogiX going live with its maintenance backup program. Beechcraft Corporation, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., announced it has delivered two Beechcraft T-6C+ military trainers ordered earlier this year to the Mexican Navy Secretaria de Marina (SEMAR), as well as one King Air 350ER, the second of four on order, as part of the Mexican Navy’s ongoing fixed-wing aircraft modernization program. “Being chosen by the Mexican Navy for this modernization program shows a superior level of confidence not only in Beechcraft products to fill its mission requirements, but in the product support we’ll provide as part of the agreement,” said Russ Bartlett, president, Beechcraft Defense Company. CTI Professional Flight Training LLC has been approved from the CAAV to train Vietnamese students in the United States. CTI Professional Flight Training’s Vietnamese students will receive an identical training curriculum as U.S. students while being immersed in English, the mandated international language of aviation. With this CAAV approval CTI Professional Flight Training joins a short list of only fifteen other CAAV-approved flight schools worldwide.

The Civil Air Patrol has a new national commander and CEO — Maj. Gen. Joe Vazquez of Henrico, Virginia, sworn in last Friday at the organization’s 2014 National Conference. “It will be my privilege to lead the team of national staff, wing and region commanders who make CAP simply the best nonprofit corporation in the country today,” said Vazquez, minutes after taking the guidon as national commander. As CAP’s 23rd national commander, Vazquez will lead 60,000 volunteers across the nation in fulfilling the organization’s three congressionally chartered missions — emergency services, cadet programs and aerospace education. Finally, PlaneLogiX announced that it is poised to bring GA aircraft maintenance record-keeping into the 21st century. The company has gone live with its aircraft maintenance record backup and transcription program, known as “PlaneLogiX.” “The idea is to encapsulate the aircraft ownership and management experience by digitizing and backing up aircraft maintenance records, while simultaneously providing a set of management tools for the owner pilots and operators,” said company co-owner Robert Wilkes.

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