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Key Takeaways:

  • The FAA published a fact sheet to counter "myths" about its financing changes and advised the removal of certain DA42 wing-walk safety patches affecting climb performance.
  • NOAA's Hurricane Hunter aircraft will tour the East Coast with public viewings, while student Barrington Irving made it to Dubai on his solo round-the-world flight.
  • British Airways edits out rival mentions from in-flight movies, and Aviation Technology Group is raising $200 million through a private placement for its Javelin Mk-10 twinjet.
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The FAA “Fact Sheet” that tries to debunk the “myths” about the agency’s proposed changes to its financing methods, which AVweb told you about last week, has been posted online

NOAA’s Hurricane Hunter WP-3 Orion aircraft will tour the East Coast next week, offering public tours at five airports from Florida to Rhode Island…

When British Airways shows “Casino Royale” as an in-flight movie, cameo appearances by rival Richard Branson and a Virgin Atlantic aircraft are edited out

Barrington Irving, a Florida college student, has made it to Dubai so far on his solo flight around the world in a Columbia 400…Aviation Technology Group hired Citigroup to raise $200 million so it can get its tandem two-seat Javelin Mk-10 very light twinjet to market. The company is selling preferred shares to institutional investors through a private placement, a notice filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission reveals…

Some wing-walk safety patches installed on DA42 aircraft could affect single-engine climb performance, the FAA says, and should be removed.

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