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Gulfstream Unveils Flight
Planning App AAR to Provide Landing Gear Maintenance to Asiana Airlines
The first phase in the development of Asian carrier Asiana Airlines has signed growing aviation markets in the world,”
the ‘Performance iPad App’, an intuitive up with global aerospace leader AAR for says Peter Loeb, Vice President, Global
mobile application, designed to help the first time for landing gear overhaul Sales and Marketing, AAR Landing Gear
Gulfstream operators streamline flight and exchange services for 767-38EF-300 Services. The five-year agreement also
operations has been completed by and 777-200ER jetliners. “AAR’s strong covers landing gear assemblies and sub-
Gulfstream Aerospace. The airframer reputation, competitive shop turnaround assemblies for Asiana’s Boeing 767 and 777
announced that the new app will be a time and proven quality has allowed us to fleet, with AAR performing the landing gear
companion to Gulfstream’s PlaneBook forge relationships with new customers in overhauls in its dedicated Miami landing
electronic suite of flight crew information. the Asia Pacific region, one of the fastest- gear overhaul facility.
“The Gulfstream Performance app makes
complex information easy to consume for
the flight crew because it is presented in a
clear and simple visual format,” said Derek
Zimmerman, president, Gulfstream
Product Support. “The accuracy of the
data, the intuitive visual interface and
the time-saving features make this app
unique and invaluable.” Gulfstream G650
or G650ER flight crew will be able to
utilise the new Performance iPad App to
quickly calculate precise performance
data for the takeoff and landing phases of
flight, replacing paper charts and manual
calculations. The data is displayed in
simple, easy-to-understand graphics and
a model-specific weight-and-balance
file validated by Gulfstream Flight
Operations, is used by the Gulfstream
Performance app, allowing operators
to quickly determine their takeoff and Jet Aviation Installs Advanced Dish Washer on VVIP Aircraft
landing weights after inputting the Leading business aviation services super mid-size business jets,” says Johannes
number of passengers along with cargo company Jet Aviation, has announced the Turzer, senior vice president and general
and fuel load. recent installation of the first in-flight manager of Jet Aviation’s Maintenance
dishwasher developed in-house at its Center in Basel. The ADW 600 compatible
Basel facility on a VVIP Airbus 330-200ER. with a gentle, eco-friendly soap suitable
The Aviation DishWasher (ADW 600) for both silver and aluminium and with a
installation was certified through the EASA 3-minute wash cycle, significantly reduces
PART-21 DOA minor modification approval the number of dishes on the aircraft, while
process. “We are currently finalizing liberating additional storage space. It
development of the ADW 450, a lighter 450 can also be used to heat up dishes before
mm-wide model, which will fit all mid- and serving meals.

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