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Magazine Issue

Business & Commercial Aviation, July 2015

VOL. 111 NO. 7 July 01, 2015

Viewpoint

Southern Incentives

Jul 01, 2015

It’s beginning to heat up now. I’m told this is the prelude to the scorching that’s coming in August, a condition I readily accept as just penance for fleeing south before the winter of all winters turned my New England hometown into an ice locker buried in towering snowdrifts.

Reader's Feedback

Readers’ Feedback (July 2015)

Jul 01, 2015

Well Done

Fast Five

Questions for Marc Parent

Jul 01, 2015

Marc Parent CAE president and CEO Saint-Laurent, Quebec

Operators Survey

Embraer Legacy 650 Operators Survey

Jul 01, 2015

Embraer Legacy 650 operators concede that there are more luxurious, larger cabin, higher flying, faster cruising and longer range large-cabin business aircraft than the aircraft they fly. But nothing comes close in terms of “value for money.”

Legacy 600 Ops Report

Jul 01, 2015

This article was originally published in the June 2009 issue of BC&A. June 2009

Safety

How Pilots Can Manage Their Health Care

Jul 01, 2015

Airport ramps can be hazardous to a pilot’s health. On an icy ramp one winter day, a good friend slipped while manipulating the door on his business jet, causing him to hit the pavement, wrists first.

DOM Notebook

Are You a Micromanager?

Jul 01, 2015

A common trait among maintenance managers is a kind of career blindness. Most enter aviation because of the airplanes, or their talent for fixing things.

Be a Better Aviation Manager

Jul 01, 2015

Looking for help to become a better manager and leader?

Operations

Crossing Over: Border Issues Between the U.S. and Canada

Jul 01, 2015

Like it or not, Canada and the U.S. are joined at the hip. Each is the other’s largest trading partner ($500 billion+ total), and our financial, electrical and transportation infrastructure are fully integrated.

The Guys with the Guns

Jul 01, 2015

Everyone has their Customs clearance story, which often involves allegedly being hassled or otherwise inconvenienced by Customs and Border Protection agents on a rainy night after a 10-hour international flight.

Accident Free: Are You Lucky or Truly Safe?

Succession Planning Essential for Flight Departments

Jul 01, 2015

Succession planning in any flight department, like developing other essential disciplines, is a lengthy, comprehensive process. The sooner you start planning and grooming potential successors, the more likely the high standards you’ve set for your organization will endure after your departure.

Benchmarking

Jul 01, 2015

Many flight departments also coordinate with other aviation organizations, comparing standards and practices. Participating teams often are led by people who want to move up the chain of command, perhaps becoming flight department managers themselves.

Management

Falcon 5X Rolls Out at Merignac

Jul 01, 2015

Dassault Aviation’s Falcon 5X, the first in a line of next-generation business aircraft from the French firm, rolled out in front of 500 company guests, employees and partners at its Bordeaux Merignac plant on June 2nd.

Cause & Circumstance

Helicopter Night Obstacle-Avoidance Accident

Jul 01, 2015

Investigating a major helicopter accident is rarely easy. Helicopters go where no other aircraft can.

Accidents in Brief (July 2015)

Jul 01, 2015

Selected Accidents and Incidents in June and May 2015. The following NTSB information is preliminary.

20/Twenty

A Look At The Embraer Legacy 600

Jul 01, 2015

The Legacy 600, built from 2002 to 2012, is one of the most successful jetliner conversions yet produced for the business aircraft market.

Point of Law

Company Shuttles Yield Political and Tax Advantages

Jul 01, 2015

Setting up a company shuttle can be an economic, legal and logistical challenge, but the long-term benefits can make the effort worthwhile.

On Duty

News of promotions, appointments and honors (July 2015)

Jul 01, 2015

News of promotions, appointments and honors involving professionals within the business aviation community

Products & Services Previews

Products & Services Previews (July 2015)

Jul 01, 2015

1. Universal Avionics-Equipped CHC S-92 Completes First EGNOS LPV Approach

B&CA 50 Years Ago

July 1965 News

Jul 01, 2015

It wasn’t long after B&CA was born that we began to get the feeling that we were the best magazine in the growing field of business aviation.

Intelligence

Citation Latitude Gets Certified

Jul 01, 2015

The FAA awarded the new Citation Latitude its type certification on June 5.

Sikorsky Will Cut More Than 1,400 Jobs

Jul 01, 2015

Citing a slump in offshore oil exploration and production activity, Sikorsky Aircraft will cut more than 1,400 production-related jobs

Gulfstream Aerospace Wins The Collier

Jul 01, 2015

Gulfstream Aerospace celebrated its third win of the Robert J. Collier Trophy by setting a city-pair record with its G650ER between Paris and Washington, D.C., where the trophy was awarded June 3.

Jetcraft Sees Continued Growth

Jul 01, 2015

Jetcraft reports that last year it handled 85 aircraft transactions, the highest number in the Raleigh, North Carolina outfit’s 53-year history.

Two Killed in Sonex Aircraft Accident

Jul 01, 2015

Sonex Aircraft CEO Jeremy Monnett and Sonex assembly mechanic Mike Clark were killed June 2 in an accident involving a Sonex Sport Acro at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

FSI Gulfstream G550 Sim Qualified For UPRT

Jul 01, 2015

FlightSafety International’s Gulfstream G550 simulator has received qualification from the FAA’s National Simulator Program for Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT), the first such approval.

New Facility For Bell In Fort Worth

Jul 01, 2015

Bell’s Training Academy has opened a 85,950-sq.-ft. pilot and maintenance training facility at a new location in Fort Worth, Texas.

Google’s Titan Solara 50 UV

Jul 01, 2015

Google says it will continue to develop a solar-powered stratospheric unmanned aircraft for Internet delivery

Wheels Up Winner

Jul 01, 2015

Wheels Up came up a winner June 6 when American Pharoah won the Belmont Stakes.

New Regional-Distribution Center For Dassault

Jul 01, 2015

Dassault Falcon Jet plans to open a regional-distribution center for spare parts in Louisville, Kentucky

Bombardier’s Bellemare Focuses On Big Ticket Items

Jul 01, 2015

The future of the “paused” Learjet 85 project and of Learjet overall is unclear

Penton’s Aviation Week Network Wins Big At Paris Awards Dinner

Jul 01, 2015

At the 2015 Aerospace Media Awards dinner held June 14 at Les Salons de L’Aero-Club de France in Paris

Cirrus Delivers Number 6,000

Jul 01, 2015

Cirrus Aircraft reached a major milestone June 15 when it delivered its 6,000th new airplane.

Eagle Aviation Building FBO At St. Croix’s Rohlsen Air

Jul 01, 2015

Eagle Aviation, a fixed-base operator, is constructing a new facility at Rohlsen Airport on St. Croix

EPA, ICAO And CO2 Standards

Jul 01, 2015

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed finding that aircraft emissions contribute to climate change and endanger public health

Daher Delivers First TBM 900 To Spain

Jul 01, 2015

Daher has delivered a TBM 900 turboprop aircraft to its first customer in Spain.

Split Scimitar Winglets Approved For BBJ

Jul 01, 2015

The FAA has granted Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) — the joint venture of Aviation Partners, Inc.

Flight Safety Foundation Expands Basic Aviation Risk Standard For Offshore Helicopter Operations

Jul 01, 2015

The Flight Safety Foundation is expanding its Basic Aviation Risk Standard, or BARS, suite of documents aimed at managing aviation risk for contracted aircraft operations.