Fred George

Chief Aircraft Evaluation Editor

Redmond, Oregon

Summary

Fred formerly served as senior editor and chief pilot with Business & Commercial Aviation and as Aviation Week & Space Technology's chief aircraft evaluation pilot. He has flown left seat in virtually every turbine-powered business jet produced in the past three decades. He now is managing member of Fred George Aero LLC of Redmond, Oregon.

He has flown more than 195 makes, models and variants, ranging from the Piper J-3 Cub through the latest Boeing and Airbus large twins, logging more than 7,000 hours of flight time. He has earned an Airline Transport Pilot certificate and six jet aircraft type ratings, and he remains an active pilot. Fred also specializes in avionics, aircraft systems and pilot technique reports.

Fred was the first aviation journalist to fly the Boeing 787, Airbus A350 and Gulfstream G650, among other new turbofan aircraft. He’s also flown the Airbus A400M, Howard 500, Airship 600, Dassault Rafale, Grumman HU-16 Albatross and Lockheed Constellation.

Prior to joining Aviation Week, he was an FAA designated pilot examiner [CE-500], instrument flight instructor and jet charter pilot and former U.S. Naval Aviator who made three cruises to the western Pacific while flying the McDonnell-Douglas F-4J Phantom II.

Fred has won numerous aviation journalism awards, including NBAA’s David W. Ewald Platinum Wing Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Articles

Fred George
In the early 1990s, Cessna's highly successful Citation Ultra faced a formidable challenge from Bombardier's clean-sheet Learjet 45, which was positioned as a "super-light" jet with a large cabin, state-of-the-art systems and 440-knot speeds. But Cessna, the undisputed master of model iteration, had an ace up its sleeve. At the 1994 NBAA Convention it unveiled the Citation Excel, a Model 560 variant that combined a shortened Citation X fuselage and widened Citation V wing.

Fred George
These are the options that are currently planned for the Hawker 4000. We do not have finalized prices on everything yet so we have not included any. Avionics Options - Third crewmember audio and oxygen - Honeywell third comm - Honeywell MCS-4200 satcom - Honeywell CMS (communication management function) - AirCell ST Iridium phone system - FA2100 flight data recorder - 2nd Honeywell ADF - FAR Part 135 options

Fred George
The Hawker 4000 comes with an impressive list of standard avionics equipment, plus an unprecedented level of avionics/systems integration in the super midsize class. The basic aircraft is fitted with five, eight-by-10-inch displays in the instrument panel, twin FMS multi-function CDUs in the center console and twin armrest-mounted cursor control devices. The CDUs are used for FMS programming, radio tuning and control-display functions for certain airframe systems, including some electrical components.