Gallery: The Week In Business Aviation 2021 Nov, 8-12
November 12, 2021
Unchecked Ego In The Cockpit
What happens when confidence exceeds one’s actual abilities and talent? Read the full story.
Credit: U.S. Air Force

Bombardier's New Assembly Plant On Track For 2023
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.

Viasat Buying Inmarsat In Satcom Mega-Acquisition
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

Cosmic Radiation Exposure On Polar Flights, Part 2
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

Next Generation of Tuskegee Airmen, Part 1
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.

The Case Against Unchecked Ego
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.

Bizav Addresses Runway Excursions
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

LEO Rising
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

Brotherly Distractions Produce An Overrun
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
Take a look at this gallery of images from the stories that made the headlines this week in the business aviation sector, including the effects of cosmic radiation on pilots, a winglet malfunction which caused a fatal crash and the dangers of runway debris.