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AVweb‘s search of aviation news worldwide found announcements from Avidyne, Aero Electric Aircraft, Dassault Aviation and True Blue Power. Avidyne announced the winners of the $55,000 Dream Panel Giveaway contest that ran from May 1 – Sept. 30, 2016. The Grand Prize winner was David Mullins of Texas, who won a Full Avidyne IFR & ADS-B-Compliant Stack. Aero Electric Aircraft Corporation (AEAC), which is developing the “Sun Flyer” solar-electric training aircraft, and TC Aero Group, which offers full-service maintenance, repair and overhaul with facilities in Florida and Minnesota, announced the launch of a Sun Flyer sales and service center for the State of Florida.

Dassault Aviation’s revolutionary Combined Vision System – dubbed FalconEye -has been certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency and the Federal Aviation Administration for use on the Falcon 2000S and LXS twinjet aircraft. FalconEye will also be certified soon on the new Falcon 8X ultra-long-range trijet. True Blue Power announced the FAA has granted a Supplemental Type Certificate for the company’s TB17 (17-amp hour) lithium-ion batteries on Robinson R44 helicopters. This is the first STC granted by the FAA for lithium-ion battery use as a primary electrical power source, including engine start.

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