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Magazine Issue

Business & Commercial Aviation, September 2016

VOL. 112 NO. 9 September 01, 2016

Viewpoint

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Opinion: New Aviation Offerings

Aug 23, 2016
The breath of offerings and technologies keeps expanding on the light end and beyond.

Readers' Feedback

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Reader's Feedback (September 2016)

Aug 23, 2016
BCA readers share their opinions on articles we published.

Intelligence

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Vision Jet SF50 Certification Imminent

Aug 23, 2016
Cirrus Aircraft reports FAA certification of its new Vision Jet SF50 single-engine jet is imminent.
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Airbus Group Innovations Flys E-Fan POC Electric Aircraft

Aug 23, 2016
Airbus Group Innovations has flown its E-Fan proof-of-concept electric aircraft with hybrid propulsion, adding an internal-combustion engine as a range extender.
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Tecnam Traveller Makes First Flight

Aug 23, 2016
The Tecnam P2012 Traveller, a high-wing piston twin-engine multi-role aircraft, flew for the first time July 21.
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West Star Awarded ADS-B Out STC

Aug 23, 2016
West Star Aviation has received a supplemental type certificate for Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast Out. The STC is applicable to CL-601-3A, CL-601-3R, Falcon 900B and Falcon 900EX aircraft with Honeywell GNSSU Global Position Sensors and Rockwell Collins TDR-94D transponders.
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Quest Expansion Completed

Aug 23, 2016
Quest Aircraft Co. recently completed a 27,000-sq.-ft. expansion of its Sandpoint, Idaho, production facility giving it a total of 110,000 sq. ft. under roof.
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Jet-A And Avgas Per-Gallon Fuel Prices August 2016

Aug 26, 2016
Jet-A And Avgas Per-Gallon Fuel Prices August 2016
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NTSB Preliminary Report On Bell 525 Crash

Aug 23, 2016
In a short preliminary report posted on Aug. 4, the National Transportation Safety Board says the Bell 525 that crashed in a flight test a month earlier broke up in flight.
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CAP Orders 17 Skylane 182T’s

Aug 25, 2016
The Civil Air Patrol recently ordered 17 Cessna Skylane 182Ts and two Turbo Stationair HD T206Hs.
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Thrush Launches ‘Ag Aviation — Feeding the World’

Aug 25, 2016
Thrush Aircraft is using a dual-seat 510G to help promote the agricultural aviation industry in an Ag Aviation—Feeding the World campaign.
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Famed API Founder Janice Barden Dies

Aug 25, 2016
Janice K. Barden, founder of Aviation Personnel International, a San Francisco-based aviation recruiting firm specializing in business aviation, an industry in which she was a major figure, died July 31.
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Pro Line Fusion For CJ3 Makes First Flight

Aug 25, 2016
A Cessna Citation CJ3 equipped with a Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion avionics upgrade made its first flight Aug. 2.
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ONE Aviation Unveils Upgraded Eclipse

Aug 25, 2016
ONE Aviation has unveiled an upgraded Eclipse that will be able to fly a pilot and two passengers 1,400 nm at high-speed cruise and land with 100-nm NBAA IFR reserves.
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Embraer’s Revises Its Forecast Downward

Aug 25, 2016
The challenging economic times are impacting Embraer. The Brazilian airframer has revised its business jet forecast downward due to a market that is more difficult than expected.
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Sun Flyer Airplane Has Orders

Aug 25, 2016
Alexandre Couvelaire, former owner of Mooney and creator of the TBM700, believes the electrically powered Sun Flyer, being developed by Aero Electric Aircraft Corp. in concert with Denver's Bye Aerospace, is emblematic of next-generation basic general aviation training aircraft and has backed up that by signing for three.
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Surf Air to Launch European Operations

Aug 25, 2016
Surf Air, the California-based air travel operator that offers all-you-can-fly private air travel, plans to launch operations in Europe beginning next month.
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Oshkosh By The Numbers

Aug 25, 2016
Despite some storms at midweek, the Experimental Aircraft Association's (EAA) AirVenture, held July 24-30, drew more attendees, exhibitors and show planes than last year, prompting CEO and Chairman Jack Pelton to declare it a magical week.
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Desert Jet Center Opens FBO

Aug 25, 2016
Desert Jet Center, based at Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport in Riverside County, California, has opened its FBO.
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Jet Aviation Earns Philippines’ CAA Approval For Falcon 900

Aug 25, 2016
The Philippines Civil Aviation Authority has given approval to Jet Aviation to support Falcon 900-series aircraft registered there at the company's maintenance, refurbishment and overhaul facility in Basel, Switzerland.
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Business Jet And Turboprop Accidents Down

Aug 25, 2016
The number of U.S.-registered business turbine-aircraft accidents fell by five during the first six months of 2016, although fatalities were up by four, according to data from Robert E. Breiling Associates.
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LHT Merges Real And Virtual For VIP Cabin Installations

Aug 25, 2016
Lufthansa Technik has introduced a laser-based system for use when equipping VIP aircraft cabins in the framework of its research and innovation projects.
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Astronautics Corp. Takes Lead In Cybersecurity Research In Wisconsin

Aug 25, 2016
Astronautics Corp. of America is planning to build a first-of-its-kind, cockpit-based cybersecurity research laboratory at its Milwaukee facility.
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Forecast Says Aviation Fuel Market Driven By Biofuels

Aug 25, 2016
Market research provider ReportsnReports.com forecasts the global aviation fuel market to grow at a compound annual rate of 3.13% through 2020.
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InterFlight Global’s Garcia To Speak At SpeedNews Conference

Aug 25, 2016
Oscar Garcia, chairman and CEO of InterFlight Global Corp., is scheduled to address market potential and obstacles to supersonic business aircraft at the SpeedNews annual Business and General Aviation Industry Suppliers Conference, Oct. 4-5 , in Los Angeles.
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Gulfstream Focusing On Flat Earning For 2016

Aug 25, 2016
Gulfstream likely will achieve its goal of keeping earnings flat in 2016 with 2015, and 2017 earnings could be near flat as well, Jefferies analyst Howard Rubel says.
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Tag Aviation Partners With Stratajet

Aug 25, 2016
Geneva-based Tag Aviation has joined Stratagem's booking platform, to give Tag Aviation customers access to Stratajet customers as part of their booking options.
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Equity Firm Buys Honeywell Technology Solutions

Aug 25, 2016
Honeywell International has sold its government-focused engineering and operations services business unit to a private equity giant KBR for roughly $300 million, the companies said.

Fast Five

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Questions For Dean Rush

Aug 25, 2016
Dean Rush, pastor and executive director, of faith breakthroughs, Kingsland Baptist Church, Katy, Texas.

Operations

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Operating With FANS In Oceanic Airspace

Aug 25, 2016
What crews should know about the Future Air Navigation System
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A ‘Serious Human Factors Issue’?

Aug 25, 2016
While the advantages of ADS-C/CPDLC (or FANS 1/A) are legion, the datalink component is not without its pitfalls that can confuse the inattentive flight crew or one grown complacent due to the automation that characterizes the system.
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It's About Efficiency

Aug 25, 2016
Ultimately you're going to have to upgrade to ADS-C and CPDLC to operate above FL 280 in most oceanic airspace anyway (e.g., by Jan. 1, 2020, in the North Atlantic), but here's what you're missing out on now in the North Atlantic Track System.
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Understanding The Angle-Of-Attack

Sep 30, 2020
It’s reasonable to ask why the aviation industry hasn’t made the transition from indicated air speed to Angle of Attack as the primary performance indicator for target V speeds.
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All The Way With AoA

Aug 25, 2016
Cruising with autothrottles set for a certain angle-of-attack can save enough Jet-A to avoid a refueling stop.
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How Reliable Is FANS?

Aug 26, 2016
It’s reasonable to ask just how reliable are FANS and its constituent parts.

DOM Notebook

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Turbine Engine Maintenance Tips – Removals

Aug 25, 2016
Unless an engine exhibits gross damage or erosion, you may want to hire a qualified inspector from an approved service provider to pull an engine.

Piloting

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Managing Automation In The Cockpit

Aug 25, 2016
With each new generation of aircraft, we are treated to levels of automation unparalleled in performance and reliability.

Cause & Circumstance

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Checklists Exist For Your Protection

Aug 25, 2016
The few seconds it takes to run a full checklist are well worth investing, not only after maintenance but every time.

Accidents in Brief

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Accidents In Brief

Aug 25, 2016
Selected accidents and incidents in July 2016. The following NTSB information is preliminary.

Are you lucky? Or are you safe?

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The Proficient Contract Copilot

Sep 15, 2016
I realized I was falling into an all-too-common, part-time, contract copilot trap. I could put everyone on the aircraft at risk if I blindly assumed that my basic FAR Part 61.55 legal compliance truly prepared me to belt into the right seat.

Pilot Report

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Flying Piper’s New M600 Turboprop

Sep 01, 2016
As the value leader in the single-engine turboprop class, the M600 has potential to carve out a considerably larger share of this market segment for Piper.
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Piper M600 Comparison Profile

Aug 25, 2016
Designers attempt to give exceptional capabilities in all areas, including price, but the laws of physics, thermodynamics and aerodynamics do not allow one aircraft to do all missions with equal efficiency. Tradeoffs are a reality of aircraft design.
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Piper M600 Performance

Aug 25, 2016
Graphs are designed to illustrate the performance of Piper M600 [PA-46-600TP] under a variety of range, payload, speed and density altitude conditions. Do not use these data for flight planning because they are gross approximations of actual aircraft performance.

Point of Law

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UAS (Drone) Regulations

Aug 25, 2016
Tired of climbing into a cramped cockpit and contending with cumulonimbus and demanding passengers? Why not instead don a pair of fuzzy slippers, settle into a recliner and become a remote pilot in command?

20/Twenty

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Used Aircraft Report: Challenger 604

Aug 25, 2016
Operators say that cabin and cockpit width, range performance, low profile ramp presence, solid dispatch reliability and good product support from Bombardier are among the 604's best features.

On Duty

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News Of Promotions, Appointments And Honors (September 2016)

Aug 25, 2016
News of promotions, appointments and honors involving professionals within the business aviation community.

50 Years Ago

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Business & Commercial Aviation News From September 1966

Aug 25, 2016
Futuristic jet fuel that can change from liquid to jelly quickly is now being tested in simulated accident conditions by the FAA, reported BCA in September 1966.