Gallery: The Week In Business Aviation 2021 Nov, 8-12

What happens when confidence exceeds one’s actual abilities and talent? Read the full story. 

 Credit: U.S. Air Force

Bombardier is constructing a new $400 million manufacturing center at the Toronto Pearson International Airport. The center is on track for completion in 2023. Read the full story.

U.S.-based satellite communications provider Viasat  is to acquire UK-based Inmarsat. The deal worth $7.3 billion will create a multiband space and terrestrial network serving aviation, maritime and other markets. Read the full story. 

Credit: Inmarsat

There is considerable uncertainty about the health risks due to the cumulative exposure to low-dose, high-energy cosmic radiation. How can pilots protect themselves when flying polar routes? Read the full story.

Credit: Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire

Inside the RedTail Flight Academy that is training young Black pilots. Read the full story.

Traye Jackson and Jasmine Frederick keep the Piper Pilot 100i clean. Photo credit: RedTail Flight Academy.

It alienates the crew and shuts down Crew Resource Management (CRM). The key to preventing your ego from consuming your inner principles, keeping you true to the foundations of crew resource management and to always ensure that you put a priority on staying safe. Read the full story.

Runway excursions could be prevented if pilots stay aware of conditions at the airport, keep to established procedures and execute go-arounds when an aircraft falls short of stabilized approach criteria. Read the full story.

Credit: Advanced Aircrew Academy

The coming low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations promise to revolutionize inflight connectivity (IFC). Antenna OEMs see business jet retrofits and challenges. Read the full story.

Credit: Honeywell Aerospace

First published last November, this story serves as a reminder not to recruit familial connections as a stand in for a second in command. While a replacement pilot may be qualified according to FAR Part 61.55, he/she may not actually be ready to serve as an effective crewmember. Read the full story.

Credit: NTSB