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Magazine Issue

Business & Commercial Aviation, January 2019

VOL. 115 NO. 1 December 21, 2018

Viewpoint

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Taking The Pulse: A Community On The Move

Dec 24, 2018
At this point, business and general aviation constitute a pretty staid, predictable and, critics might say, unexciting industry. And by some measures, that's absolutely true.

Readers' Feedback

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Readers' Feedback

Dec 24, 2018
Readers comment on past articles.

Intelligence

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Jet-A And Avgas Per-Gallon Fuel Prices: December 2018

Dec 24, 2018
The tables show Jet-A and avgas prices from a survey of U.S. fuel suppliers conducted in December 2018.
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Bombardier Exploring Its Options

Dec 24, 2018
Bombardier says the company's focus will be on the high end of the business-jet market and building its aerostructures division around pacts with Airbus.
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Israel Aerospace Industries Reviewing Operations

Dec 24, 2018
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) President and CEO Nimrod Shefer says his company is reviewing all of its operations, including its business jet activity.
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Amprius Developing More Applications For Its Lithium-Ion Cells

Dec 24, 2018
Amprius, the provider of the batteries for Airbus’ record-breaking Zephyr solar-powered stratospheric unmanned aircraft says it is working with electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) developers on applications for its high energy-density lithium-ion cells.Where conventional lithium-ion batteries have graphite anodes and an energy density of 300-320 Wh/kg at best, Amprius’ cells use a silicon nanowire anode and have a specific energy of 435 Wh/kg.
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Dimor Group Acquires Waco Aircraft

Dec 24, 2018
Waco Aircraft Corp. has been acquired by the Dimor Group of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, which plans to grow the company.
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Honeywell To Move Headquarters To North Carolina

Dec 24, 2018
Honeywell plans to move its corporate headquarters to Charlotte, North Carolina, from Morris Plains, New Jersey, and also move its Safety and Productivity Solutions business group there from Fort Mill, South Carolina.
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Aerkomm Updates IFEC For Airbus Corporate Jet

Dec 24, 2018
Airbus and Aerkomm signed a new agreement regarding the Aerkomm K++ inflight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) system on Airbus Corporate Jets.
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Pilatus Delivers PC-24 Medevac

Dec 24, 2018
Pilatus recently delivered its first PC-24 aircraft with a medevac interior to the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia.
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PrivatAir Files For Insolvency

Dec 24, 2018
Europe's PrivatAir is clipping its wings. According to the carrier, a number of events have had a significant impact on the companies' business forecast and viability, which forced the companies to file for insolvency.
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One Aviation Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Dec 24, 2018
One Aviation, maker of the Eclipse 550 very light jet, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October.
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FAA Opens New Atlanta Flight Operations Facility

Dec 24, 2018
The FAA has opened its new Atlanta Flight Operations Facility at Cobb County International Airport in Kennesaw, Georgia.
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Greenpoint Completes Second V-VIP 787-7 Completion

Dec 24, 2018
Greenpoint Technologies, a business jet completion center, has delivered its second V-VIP 787-8 interior completion.
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Piaggio Aerospace Declares Insolvency

Dec 24, 2018
In late November, the Piaggio Aerospace board declared the Italian planemaker insolvent and requested it go into receivership.
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Nextant Gets STC For Collins Pro Fusion Upgrade On 604XT

Dec 24, 2018
Nextant Aerospace has received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the 604XT Pro Line Fusion flight deck.
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Dassault To Study Maritime Surveillance Falcon 2000 LXS

Dec 24, 2018
Dassault Aviation has been awarded a contract to study a future maritime surveillance aircraft based on its Falcon 2000 LXS business jet.
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Universal Avionics Earns TSO For Touchscreen Control Display

Dec 24, 2018
Universal Avionics has received an FAA Technical Standard Order (TSO) for its new touchscreen control display unit for the InSight Display System.
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HondaJet Elite Earns Japanese Approval

Dec 24, 2018
Honda Aircraft Co.'s HondaJet Elite has received type certification from Japanese authorities. Honda began sales in Japan in June through HondaJet Japan.
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Wilson Air Center Wins LEED Platinum Certification

Dec 24, 2018
In the arena of environmental responsibility, Wilson Air Center has become a showcase FBO.
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CPJ Draws Record Attendance

Dec 24, 2018
The Citation Jet Pilots Owner Pilot Association's 10th annual convention in San Antonio in October drew record attendance of 474 people and 65 exhibits.
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Jet Aviation Signs Service Agreement With Excellent Air

Dec 24, 2018
Jet Aviation has signed a preferred fixed-base operation service agreement with Excellent Air, a German-based charter service.
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PrivateFly Begins London-Geneva Flights For Ski Season

Dec 24, 2018
PrivateFly, an on-demand charter service provider, has begun private jet flights between London Luton Airport and Geneva during ski season.
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Air BP Upgrades Dolvik Fuel Terminal

Dec 24, 2018
Air BP has upgraded the infrastructure at its fuel terminal in Dolvik, Norway.
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Ethiopia’s Krimson Gets Its Business Aviation License

Dec 24, 2018
Krimson, based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, has obtained a business aviation license from the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA), one of the first business aviation licenses issued by the authority, it said.
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Tubreaux Aviation Joins Avfuel Network

Dec 24, 2018
Tubreaux Aviation Services, based in Shreveport, Louisiana, has joined the Avfuel branded fixed-base operator network, including Avuel Contract Fuel and AvTrip rewards.
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Vertis Aviation Adds Second BBJ

Dec 24, 2018
Vertis Aviation in Switzerland has added a second Boeing Business Jet to its international charter fleet.
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Cutter Takes Delivery Of 20th HondaJet

Dec 24, 2018
Jet Aviation has signed a preferred fixed base operation service agreement with Excellent Air, a German-based charter service operating what it says is Europe’s largest fleet of Cessna Citation CJ2 aircraft, along with several Citation XLSs. The aircraft are based in Memmingen, Germany.
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B-29 ‘Doc’ Has New Home

Dec 24, 2018
The B-29 Superfortress known has "Doc" has a new home in Wichita.
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Huron FBO Has New Owner And Name

Dec 24, 2018
Huron Regional Airport’s fixed-base operator in South Dakota has a new owner and a new name.
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West Star Expands Chattanooga MRO Facility

Dec 24, 2018
West Star Aviation has expanded its MRO Chattanooga facility with 40,000 sq. ft. of hangar space and more than 25,000 sq. ft. of office and support space.
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CPJ Draws Record Attendance

Dec 24, 2018
The Citation Jet Pilots Owner Pilot Association's 10th annual convention in San Antonio in October drew record attendance of 474 people and 65 exhibits.

Fast Five

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Questions For JetNet iQ's Rolland Vincent

Dec 24, 2018
Questions for Rolland Vincent, president of Rolland Vincent Associates, JetNet iQ creator/director and former executive at Textron, Bombardier and ICAO.

Cause & Circumstance

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A ‘Go’ Gone Wrong: A Faulty Decision Made Under Pressure

Dec 24, 2018
Too often we see an NTSB finding that states: "The probable cause(s) of this accident [involving a highly experienced airman] is determined to be the pilot's decision to initiate and continue flight into known adverse weather conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation, a loss of airplane control and a subsequent inflight breakup."
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The Spatial Disorientation Trap

Dec 24, 2018
When this spatial disorientation occurs, sensory conflicts and optical illusions often make it difficult for a pilot to tell which way is up.
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Accidents In Brief: Selected Accidents And Incidents

Dec 24, 2018
Selected accidents and incidents from November 2018. The NTSB information is preliminary.

Pilot Report

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Quest Kodiak 100 Series II: Still Rugged As A Bear But Without Claws

Dec 24, 2018
Walk up to a Series II Kodiak and you will be hard-pressed to notice differences between it and the original model unless you have logged hundreds of hours in the type.

Charter Ops

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Seeing Red Over ‘Gray’: Illegal Air Charter Endangers The Public

Dec 24, 2018
The assessment of a $3.3 million fine against a business aircraft operator for performing hundreds of bogus charters has put U.S. aviation communities on notice.
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Publications That Offer Guidelines For Operators And Consumers

Dec 24, 2018
The NBAA and National Air Transportation Association have published consumer guides to explain the ins and outs of air charter and how to evaluate providers.
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The Illegal Charter Reporting Hot Line

Dec 24, 2018
Operated by the Air Charter Safety Foundation, the Illegal Charter Reporting Hotline is open to employees or agents of FAR Part 135 on-demand certificate holders and the general public to file reports of suspected illegal commercial flights.
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Illegal Charter: The European Perspective

Dec 24, 2018
Baltic Air Charter Association was started in the 1930s by the Baltic Exchange to represent the needs of British air charter operators.

Safety

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Checking Your Angst: Dealing With Check-Ride Nerves, Inflight Mistakes

Jan 22, 2019
A check ride is more of an evaluation of the training program than of the student. If the trainers did a good job, the student will pass.

Operations

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Thin Margins In Wintry Takeoffs

Dec 24, 2018
While anti-icing fluids negate the serious effects of wing icing, recent research has determined the fluids themselves extract a significant penalty from the wing's aerodynamic capabilities.

Lucky or Safe?

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Dying to Get There? Risk Reduction For Single-Pilot Ops

Dec 24, 2018
The NTSB concluded that Fleming “likely experienced some level of spatial disorientation” and he also perhaps thought the autopilot was engaged when it was not.

Operators Safety

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Boeing Business Jet: Why Go Big? Because You Can

Jan 07, 2019
Nearly 150 BBJ, BBJ2 and BBJ3 aircraft have entered service since 1999, triple the number forecast by Borge Boeskov, first president of Boeing Business Jets.

Point of Law

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ADS-B, Or Not To Be: What If You Miss The Deadline?

Dec 24, 2018
The FAA is still offering $500 rebates to owners of fixed-wing, single-engine piston aircraft based on their purchase of certain avionics.

20/Twenty

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Gulfstream V: Tokyo To New York Range For $10 Million

Dec 24, 2018
The Gulfstream V, similar to the company's previous large-cabin aircraft, makes no apologies for its size, thirst or operating costs.

On Duty

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News Of Business Aviation Promotions, Appointments And Honors

Dec 24, 2018
News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

Product & Services Previews

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BCA Business Aviation Product And Service Previews

Dec 24, 2018
BCA business aviation product and service previews

BCA 50 Years Ago

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Business & Commercial Aviation News From January 1969

Dec 24, 2018
Business & Commercial Aviation news from January 1969.​