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Business & Commercial Aviation, February 2019

Viewpoint

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Help Wanted: Aviation Pipeline’s Flow Has Slowed Too Long

Jan 28, 2019
Here’s a matter you have never considered and a question you have never asked: Wherefrom will come the next generation of aviation writers?

Readers' Feedback

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Readers' Feedback

Jan 28, 2019
Readers comment on past articles.

Intelligence

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Jet-A And Avgas Per-Gallon Fuel Prices: January 2019

Jan 28, 2019
The tables show Jet-A and avgas prices from a survey of U.S. fuel suppliers conducted in January 2019.
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Citation Longitude Earns Provisional Type Certification

Jan 28, 2019
Textron Aviation's flagship $26.9 million Citation Longitude super-midsize business jet was granted provisional type certification by the FAA on Dec. 19.
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ADS-B Deadline: Less Than 11 Months

Jan 28, 2019
As of Feb. 1, aircraft operators have just 11 months remaining to meet the equipage mandate for automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) Out.
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Rolls-Royce Sets Sights On Electric-Aircraft Speed Record

Jan 28, 2019
Rolls-Royce is hoping to make its mark on the electric-aircraft speed record with a vision of breaking the 300-mph barrier in 2020.
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Subaru-SBI Innovation Fund Invests In Bye Aerospace

Jan 28, 2019
Bye Aerospace, which is developing a family of electric aircraft, received a major investment by the Subaru-SBI Innovation Fund.
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Bell Reveals Nexus Configuration At CES Show

Jan 28, 2019
Bell unveiled major configuration details of its Nexus on-demand urban air mobility concept at the recent Consumer Technology Association's CES 2019 show.
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Collins And Inmarsat Team Up For Jet ConneX

Jan 28, 2019
Collins Aerospace is teaming with Inmarsat to offer Jet ConneX high-speed internet service to business aircraft operators.
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EASA Certifies Tecnam P2012 Traveller

Jan 28, 2019
Tecnam, the Italian aircraft manufacturer, recently received full type certification for the P2012 Traveller from the European Aviation Safety Agency.
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ASTM Launches Cabin Crew Certification Program

Jan 28, 2019
ASTM International has launched a certification program for business jet cabin crews by affiliate National Center for Aerospace and Transportation Technologies.
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Textron Enhances Cessna And Beechcraft Electronics

Jan 28, 2019
Textron Aviation is enhancing the electronics on its Cessna and Beechcraft piston aircraft as part of Garmin’s G1000 NXi flight deck.
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Biggin Hill Business Aviation Activity Grew 12% In 2018

Jan 28, 2019
London Biggin Hill Airport reports its traffic grew by 12% in 2018, while it says there was a 1% decline in business aviation activity at other London airports.
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Gulfstream Sets Speed Record In G650ER

Jan 28, 2019
Gulfstream Aerospace set a world speed record in a G650ER on a flight from Teterboro, New Jersey, to Dubai, a distance of 6,142 nm, in 11 hr., 2 min.
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Klapmeier To Step Down As Cirrus CEO

Jan 28, 2019
Cirrus Aircraft cofounder and CEO Dale Klapmeier plans to relinquish his chief executive post and transition into a senior advisory role during the first half of this year.
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American Aero FBO Stands Tall In Texas

Jan 28, 2019
American Aero at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport has earned International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling Stage 3 certification.
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TAG Aviation Opens FBO In Macau

Jan 28, 2019
TAG Aviation has launched its first Asia-Pacific FBO. Located in Macau, the new facility represents the fourth FBO for TAG Aviation globally.
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AVIAA Signs Supplier Partnership With Jetex

Jan 28, 2019
AVIAA, an international business aviation group-purchasing organization, has signed a new preferred-supplier partnership with ground-handling specialist Jetex.
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Baker Aviation To Expand Fort Worth Facilities

Jan 28, 2019
Baker Aviation has begun construction of two new hangars at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport, with plans to centralize and expand its operations there.
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Yingling Aviation Expands By Adding Paint Services

Jan 28, 2019
Yingling Aviation has announced a 73,000-sq.-ft. expansion to its facilities at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport.
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Ajwa Aviation Services To Add Hangars

Jan 28, 2019
Ajwa Aviation Services, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, plans to construct a number of hangars on a secure site at Riyadh Airport as the number of customers grows.
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Japan Opens Its First Biojet Refinery

Jan 28, 2019
Japanese startup Euglena has completed construction of the country's first demonstration plant for producing renewable jet and diesel fuel.
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Lee Aerospace Expands Part 145 Capabilities And West Coast Presence

Jan 28, 2019
Lee Aerospace has announced the expansion of its FAR Part 145 capabilities and its presence across the U.S.
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TAG Celebrates 15 Years Of Maintenance At Farnborough

Jan 28, 2019
TAG Aviation Farnborough Maintenance Services has marked its 15th year of maintenance services operations from its base at TAG Farnborough Airport.
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Naples' Full-Service FBO Reveals New Name

Jan 28, 2019
The sole full-service FBO at Naples Airport in Florida has announced a name change to Naples Aviation from Naples Airport Authority.
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Bombardier Delivers First Global 7500

Jan 28, 2019
Bombardier Aerospace delivered its first flagship Global 7500 long-range business jet Dec. 20 at a ceremony at its Montreal headquarters.
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Bill Juvonen: 1936-2018

Jan 28, 2019
William "Bill" Juvonen, a former U.S. Marine Corps pilot and business aviation executive, died at home in Stamford, Connecticut, on Dec. 22, 2018, after a long illness. He was 81.
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Middle East Bizjet Deliveries To Grow Over Next Decade

Jan 28, 2019
Business jet deliveries to the Middle East are expected to total nearly 200 aircraft over the next decade, with 12 deliveries in 2019 rising to 20 in 2028.
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Textron Upgrades Cessna Caravan Flight Deck

Jan 28, 2019
Textron Aviation is upgrading flight-deck capabilities with new-production Cessna Caravan and Grand Caravan EX turboprops.
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iAero Group Adds Swift Air Charter Business

Jan 28, 2019
New aviation rollup iAero Group has signed a definitive agreement to purchase nearby Swift Air, an independent U.S. airline charter business.

Fast Five

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Questions For API's Sheryl Barden

Jan 28, 2019
Questions for Sheryl Barden, president and CEO of Aviation Personnel International (API) in San Francisco.

Cause & Circumstance

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When Irish Eyes: The Importance Of Seeing Things Clearly

Jan 28, 2019
Pilots found themselves impaired visibility as they peered through scratched and degraded oxygen masks while shooting a CAT II approach.
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Accidents In Brief: Selected Accidents And Incidents

Jan 28, 2019
Selected accidents and incidents from December and November 2018. The NTSB information is preliminary.

Safety

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Paranoid Pilots Club: A Few Techniques From A Charter Member

Jan 28, 2019
As far as I can see, we pilots fit into two groups. Half of us are compelled to double-check things that have already been checked.
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MIT Aims To STAMP Out Accidents

Jan 28, 2019
Nancy Leveson, professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT, has been on a 30-plus-year quest to engineer out hazards that can lead to aircraft accidents.

Piloting

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An Emergency Is Not When To Discover Your Oxygen Masks Don’t Work

Jan 28, 2019
A flight crew’s timely response to a loss of cabin pressurization or to smoke or fumes is critical and certainly not the time to discover that your supplemental oxygen system isn’t working.
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The Right Button Positions On Oxygen Masks

Jan 28, 2019
Oxygen flow to each individual mask is controlled by a regulator mounted on the mask. Masks commonly have two regulator switches.
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How Temperature Affects Oxygen Cylinder Pressure

Jan 28, 2019
When performing a preflight, it is important to review the temperature compensation chart next to the oxygen cylinder to ensure you have a full supply.
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Weak Points On Oxygen Masks That Are Failing

Jan 28, 2019
The most common oxygen mask components that fail are around valves, fittings, and connections involving rubber seals, tubing and hoses.

Interiors

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Aircraft Leather: It Looks And Feels Fabulous

Jan 28, 2019
Genuine leather remains the preferred product for aircraft seating upholstery, while textiles are usually specified for headliners and sidewalls.
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How To Determine Genuine Leather

Jan 28, 2019
How can you tell if it’s genuine leather? Touch it. Depending on the quality, the real McCoy can feel coarse or smooth, or anywhere in between.
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The Grades Of Leather

Jan 28, 2019
Leather grades can seem cryptic at first but basically they differ only by their handling and the chemical procedures applied to the material.

Operations

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Operating In Argentina: Prosperity Appears At Hand

Jan 28, 2019
Buenos Aires and Cordoba are the magnet destinations of the majority of business aviation flights to Argentina, while a lesser number head to the huge country’s many scenic wonders.

Pilot Report

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Vision Jet 2.0: Cirrus Makes It Fly Higher, Farther And Quieter

Jan 28, 2019
The Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet only has been in production for 15 months and the planemaker already is announcing a Generation 2 version.

20/Twenty

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Focus On Citation Sovereign: Large Cabin, Near Transcontinental Range

Jan 28, 2019
The Cessna Citation Sovereign has earned a reputation for rock-solid reliability, plus it has the largest cabin of any midsize jet of its vintage.

Point of Law

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FAA Reauthorization — Finally: Agency Gets Funding, Many New Tasks

Jan 28, 2019
The business aviation community has mostly focused on what the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 does not contain: ATC privatization.

On Duty

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News Of Business Aviation Promotions, Appointments And Honors

Jan 28, 2019
News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

BCA 50 Years Ago

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Business & Commercial Aviation News From February 1969

Jan 28, 2019
Business & Commercial Aviation news from February 1969.​