AVweb’s search of aviation news around the world found announcements from Vector Aerospace, McKinney Air Center,LifeStyle Aviation and Flightglobal. Vector Aerospace Corporation, a global independent provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, announced the grand opening of a new engine test cell at its Summerside facility in Prince Edward Island, Canada. It joins three existing test stands at Summerside, two dedicated to turboprops and one to turbofans. McKinney Air Center earned the top spot in the 2016 Pilots’ Choice Awards survey. Now in its seventh year, the survey is open to all of FltPlan’s 157,000-plus registered users. In addition to U.S. FBOs, the survey ranks FBO chains, Canadian, Caribbean, and Mexican FBOs, ATC Centers, ATC Towers, and airport-based U.S. Customs & Border Protection facilities.
LifeStyle Aviation announced the expansion of their popular DiamondShare aircraft access program to include the all-new Diamond DA62 and the Diamond DA40 NG and DA42-VI modern aircraft. The company is highlighting the availability to purchase the new seven-place DA62 as well as the expansion of the DiamondShare Program during an East Coast Demo Tour. Flightglobal’s second annual Flight Safety Symposium takes place from Sept. 13-14 at the Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow Airport in London. This unique symposium showcases the importance of the continued improvement in global aviation safety through a three-conference-in-one format showcasing a range of issues within the industry from SMS and ‘Just Cause’ to Safety II and the regulation issues.
