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Magazine Issue

Business & Commercial Aviation, November 2017

Viewpoint

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The Phalanx: At The Tipping Point With A Dangerous Proposal

Oct 23, 2017
Our editor-in-chief joins other aviation luminaries in opposing the privatization of U.S. air traffic control.

Readers’ Feedback

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Readers' Feedback (November 2017): Letters To The Editor

Oct 23, 2017
Readers' Feedback (November 2017): Letters To The Editor

Intelligence

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NBAA-BACE Celebrates 70th Anniversary; Convention A Special Event

Oct 23, 2017
The NBAA's 2017 Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition attracted around 27,000 attendees and some 100 aircraft on display at Henderson (Nevada) Executive Airport and within the convention hall.
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Pratt & Whitney Canada Provides Details On New PT6

Oct 23, 2017
Pratt & Whitney Canada unveils the first significant information and images about research and development tests of electronic engine controls and an integrated propeller controller for a new 2,000-shp-rated PT6.
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Jet-A And Avgas Per-Gallon Fuel Prices: October 2017

Oct 23, 2017
The tables show results of a price survey of U.S. fuel suppliers conducted in October 2017 by Aviation Research Group/U.S. It reflects prices reported from over 200 FBOs located within the 48 contiguous states.
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Honeywell HTF7700L Turbofan Gets Nod On Cessna Longitude

Oct 23, 2017
With Honeywell's HTF7700L turbofan newly certified for the Cessna Longitude, the engine family powers almost all super-midsize jets on the market today.
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Textron Aviation Delivers 100th Cessna Citation Latitude

Oct 23, 2017
Textron Aviation has delivered its 100th Cessna Citation Latitude. The delivery, which went to NetJets, occurred 26 months after the first CE-680A entered service.
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Corporate Angel Network Raises The Bar

Oct 23, 2017
The Corporate Angel Network raised $435,000 during its charity auction at the NBAA-BACE on Oct. 11.
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Textron Delivers First Hawker 400XPR

Oct 23, 2017
Textron Aviation has delivered its first fully configured Hawker 400XPR. The aircraft, which is owned by a Seattle-based company, was upgraded at Textron's Wichita Service Center with new winglets, Williams International FJ-44 engines, a refurbished interior and a new paint scheme.
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Dassault’s Falcon 5X Engine Delays Continue

Oct 23, 2017
Dassault Aviation's long-delayed Falcon 5X development program is facing a further holdup after Safran Aircraft Engines encounters new problems with the aircraft's Silvercrest turbofans during recent ground and flight tests.
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TAG Aviation Adds Services

Oct 23, 2017
The TAG Aviation Maintenance Service Center in Geneva has expanded its on-site aircraft refurbishment services by adding an off-the-shelf cabin wood revarnishing process for aircraft cabin interiors.
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Bombardier, Machinists Sign Five-Year Labor Contract

Oct 23, 2017
Bombardier Aerospace and its largest union, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, have reached a new collective labor agreement at its Wichita facility.
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Zetta Jet Getting Bankruptcy Trustee

Oct 23, 2017
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court in California has approved Zetta Jet's request to appoint a Chapter 11 trustee and the U.S. Trustee's Office was expected to act accordingly and quickly.
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Honeywell And Jetcraft Issue New Business Aircraft Forecasts

Oct 23, 2017
Jetcraft, the international aircraft sales, marketing and ownership strategies consultancy, forecasts that—excepting at least four potential supersonic business aircraft already announced—as many as 19 new or updated aircraft will enter service from next year through 2023.
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Leonardo Moves Closer To Bringing AW609 To Market

Oct 23, 2017
Italy's Leonardo has moved another step toward bringing its AW609 tiltrotor to market with the certification of the aircraft's Pratt & Whitney Canada powerplant.
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Satcom Direct Transitioning TrueNorth Avionics Branding

Oct 23, 2017
The TrueNorth Avionics brand will be transitioning to Satcom Direct in the coming months, reflecting the integration of the two companies.
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Duncan Aviation Offers LoPresti Lighting Installations

Oct 23, 2017
Duncan Aviation's satellite avionics shops will offer flat-rate installations of LoPresti's BoomBeam High Intensity Discharge lighting systems on a variety of business aircraft.
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Wheels Up Obtains Another Round of Financing

Oct 23, 2017
Wheels Up, the private membership lift provider, reports it closed an equity-based fund raising round of $117.5 million and increased its enterprise value to $1 billion—making it akin to a so-called unicorn in start-up investment circles.
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Nexa Study: Business Aviation Helps Companies Outperform Non-Operators

Oct 23, 2017
Companies that use business aviation to further their success outperform those that do not, according to a new Nexa Advisors study of S&P 500 companies.
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Raisbeck Gets STC For Hartzell Propeller

Oct 23, 2017
Raisbeck Engineering has earned an FAA Supplemental Type Certificate for Hartnzell Propeller's new 106-in.-dia., five-blade composite propeller designed for the Beechraft King Air 350.
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JSSI And Metrojet Sign Airframe Agreement

Oct 23, 2017
Jet Support Services Inc. (JSSI) and Hong Kong-based Metrojet, a business aircraft services provider, have signed an airframe maintenance agreement to offer customers on JSSI maintenance programs the ability to access airframe maintenance service at a Metrojet facility.
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Embraer Begins Delivering Legacy 500s From Melbourne Facility

Oct 23, 2017
Embraer has begun delivering the initial Legacy 500 jets assembled at its Melbourne, Florida, facility. The first was handed over to an undisclosed customer in the U.S.
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Boeing Acquires Aurora Flight Sciences In Surprise Purchase

Oct 23, 2017
Boeing is acquiring Aurora Flight Sciences and bringing in-house one of the most diverse and innovative portfolios of research programs in aerospace.
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Flying Colours Wins 120-Month Maintenance Checks On Three Globals

Oct 23, 2017
Flying Colours Corp. is working on three 120-month maintenance inspections for three Bombardier Global aircraft at its Peterborough, Ontario, facility.
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Honeywell Revamps MyAerospace

Oct 23, 2017
Honeywell has updated its MyAerospace e-commerce portal to simplify online ordering and tracking processes. It cuts the steps required by more than 20% and improves turnaround time by 50%, the company said.
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Fourth Global 7000 Arrives In Wichita For Flight Testing

Oct 23, 2017
Bombardier Aerospace's fourth Global 7000 arrived at its Flight Test Center in Wichita on Sept. 30 to join the first three flight test aircraft currently in evaluation.
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Embraer’s Phenom 300E Sets New Standards For Comfort

Oct 23, 2017
Embraer's new Phenom 300E inherits the company's DNA design, first introduced on Embraer Executive Jets 450 and 500.
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Gulfstream Introduces Aircraft Ownership Service

Oct 23, 2017
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. has a program called Aircraft Ownership Service, a suite of aircraft maintenance and flight operations services that allow aircraft owners, flight departments and management companies to customize to their needs, the company said.
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Garmin Introduces G1000 NXi For Citation Mustang

Oct 23, 2017
Garmin Introduces G1000 NXi for the Citation Mustang.
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AMSTAT Launches Aircraft Valuation Tool

Oct 23, 2017
AMSTAT has launched its Aircraft Valuation Tool to help evaluate business aircraft through a partnership with Vangas, a joint venture of Van Buren Advisors and General Aviation Services.
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CHC, Leonardo, SkyTrac Team To Provide AW139 Upgrades

Oct 23, 2017
CHC Helicopter, along with Leonardo and SkyTrac, have completed testing of a real-time health and usage monitoring system and cockpit electronic flight bag for the AW139.
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EASA, FAA, Transport Canada Sign Safety Agreements

Oct 23, 2017
The European Aviation Safety Agency, the FAA and Transport Canada Civil Aviation have signed new bilateral aviation safety procedure agreements expected to reduce cost and delivery times for exports.
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Pilots Save Animals In Wake of Hurricanes

Oct 23, 2017
Authorities estimate some 100,000 pets have been displaced by the hurricanes that devastated Puerto Rico in September, and aviation in the form of Wings of Rescue is leading the relief effort.
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Order Book Opens For Textron Hemisphere

Oct 23, 2017
Textron Aviation is opening the order book for its new large-cabin Citation Hemisphere. The company says it has received interest in the $35 million aircraft, its largest to date, from large fleet operators, corporate operators and individuals.

Fast Five

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Questions For Par Avion Founder Janine Iannarelli

Oct 23, 2017
Questions for Par Avion Founder Janine Iannarelli

Cause & Circumstance

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Workload Mishaps: Flap Mismanagement Leads To Near Stall Of An ATR

Oct 23, 2017
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is reminding pilots to remain alert during high-workload approaches with special attention paid to aircraft configuration.
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Accidents in Brief

Oct 27, 2017
Selected accidents and incidents in September 2017. The following NTSB information is preliminary.

Piloting

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What To Do If The Keys To Your Livelihood Are Suddenly At Risk

Oct 23, 2017
The envelope from the FAA looks innocent enough, but upon opening it, the subject line — “Letter of Investigation” — strikes hard. What do you do first? The right thing is to talk to a qualified lawyer.
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NTSB: A Stepping Stone?

Oct 23, 2017
Despite the act that created its independence, the NTSB is very much a part of the Department of Transportation and in many ways not all that distant from its sister agency, the FAA.
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Administrative Law: How It Works And What It Does

Oct 23, 2017
Administrative Law: How it works for U.S. aviation cases and what it does.
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Pilot’s Bill Of Rights Enacted To Fight FAA Overreach

Oct 23, 2017
Pilot’s Bill of Rights was intended to address a range of practices in the aviation rule enforcement system and increase fairness.

Safety

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A New Standards Captain: The Role Is Really That Of Top Instructor

Oct 23, 2017
A standards captain with the right attitude can be the best instructor in any flight department.

International Operations

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Operating In China: Business Aviation Ops Becoming Easier — But Slowly

Oct 23, 2017
Chinese aviation infrastructure — especially air traffic control — is not set up to accommodate the ad hoc, non-scheduled movement that is key to business aviation.
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A Different World: Hong Kong For Business Aviation

Oct 23, 2017
Hong Kong is a world unto itself, classified since the U.K. turned it back to China as a Special Administrative Region. At least in terms of aviation, China regards Hong Kong as a foreign country and handles all flights from there as international arrivals, and all that they entail.
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China Promises To Build 2,000 Small Airports By 2030

Oct 23, 2017
China's ambitious plan to create a general aviation infrastructure includes promises to build a network of 2,000 small airports throughout the country by 2030.
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China’s Indigenous Business Aviation

Oct 23, 2017
High personal wealth and a growing recognition within Chinese government and industry of the value of business aviation are galvanizing a slowly growing based business jet population in China and Hong Kong.
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Business Aviation Flights In China Require Thorough Planning

Oct 23, 2017
As with any international destination, getting the most out of a trip into Chinese airspace—and not winding up sideways with the aviation authorities—demands thorough advance planning.

Pilot Report

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Cirrus SF50: Personal Jet Sets High Standards

Oct 23, 2017
Pilots and passengers of Cirrus SR20/SR22 single-engine aircraft are going to feel right at home when they belt into the 5-7-seat Cirrus Vision Jet.
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Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet Specifications

Oct 23, 2017
Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet specifications
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Graphs: Cirrus Vision Jet Performance

Oct 23, 2017
These graphs are designed to illustrate the performance of Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet under a variety of range, payload, speed and density altitude conditions.

Operations

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Good Eats At FL 400: Passenger Expectations Drive Move To Fine Dining

Oct 23, 2017
After all, shouldn’t dining en route to Paris be no less elegant than the $60 million private jet that is whisking its passengers across the Atlantic at Mach 0.85?

20/Twenty

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Eclipse 400: Pioneering Single-Turbofan Aircraft Of 2007

Oct 23, 2017
The contrasts between Eclipse 400 and Vision Jet could not be clearer. Masefield’s diminutive jet was all about speed, range and efficiency. Vision Jet is all about generous passenger accommodations, docile handling qualities and cockpit comfort.

On Duty

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News Of Business Aviation Promotions, Appointments And Honors

Oct 23, 2017
News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

Products & Services Previews

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BCA Business Aviation Product And Service Previews

Oct 23, 2017
BCA shares news of the latest products and services for the business aviation industry.

BCA 50 Years Ago

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Business & Commercial Aviation News From November 1967

Oct 23, 2017
Business & Commercial Aviation news from November 1967.