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
The paperless cockpit goal of Honeywell Primus Epic, as implemented in Dassault EASy and Gulfstream PlaneView cockpits, is coming closer to reality, with the recent signing of an agreement between Honey-well and Jeppesen to incorporate Jeppesen navigation data into these systems. Epic cockpits also will be able to display obstructions, geopolitical boundaries, airport information and special-use airspace boundaries.

Fred George
Adam Aircraft, Denver-based de-velopers of the composite construction, push-pull, twin piston A500, is developing a derivative aircraft, the A700 fanjet. The company says the six-seater will be powered by a pair of 1,200-pound-thrust Williams/Rolls-Royce FJ33-1 turbofan engines and will feature a fully integrated avionics suite, including two large-format LCDs. The A700 is priced at $1.995 million.

Edited by David RimmerFred George
The U.S. National Aeronautical and Space Administration has selected Bombardier Flexjet to provide fractional ownership business jet transportation services to the organization for a two-year test period, according to Clifford Dickman, president of Bombardier Business Jet Solutions. The agreement provides NASA with a one-half share of a Bombardier Learjet 31A and a one-sixteenth share of a Learjet 60, equivalent to about 450 flight hours.