Kirby Harrison is a freelance writer for The Weekly of Business Aviation, Business & Commercial Aviation and others in the Informa publishing chain. Harrison joined the Navy in 1962 and spent 20 years in the service, virtually all of it as a photojournalist, traveling from small islands in the South Pacific to Vietnam to the bombing of the Marine barracks in Lebanon. When Harrison retired from the Navy, he went back to college and graduated in 1971 from Syracuse University with a Bachelor's Degree in Photojournalism. Along the way, he spent two years as a news photographer at the Daily Press & Times Herald in Newport News, Virginia, and three years working for Studio Sebe in Nice, France as a photographer. More recently, before retiring, he worked nearly 20 years for Naval Aviation News.
The Air Ambulance division of German special mission operator FAI rent-a-jet Aviation Group has reported record operational and financial results for 2016, with revenues in excess of $47.51 million (€45 million) for the first time in the company’s history.
According to Hawkeye President Mike McCracken, "We wanted a simple method that would allow first-time buyers of private aviation travel solutions an easy way to see the value added, whether charter, time-share or full ownership." It was also important for existing flight departments to track these metrics for justifying their current aircraft or increase use of their aircraft, he added.
