The Month In Business Aviation: March 2021

I long ago lost track of the names and faces of the instructors who taught me how to properly trim an airplane, but their method was firmly imprinted. In that era of U.S. Air Force pilot training, if you left your thumb on the trim button for more than a second, you could get your hand slapped.

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William Powell Lear, Sr., an inventor and entrepreneur, arrived in Wichita in 1962 with plans to revolutionize business aviation. From the rollout of the first Learjet 23 to being featured in films and TV shows including James Bond and Mad Men, explore the adventurous journey of how this happened.

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Explore the Legacy 450, a super-midsize category business jet produced by Brazilian manufacturer Embraer that are based on the company’s EMB-545 type. Read the BCA pilot report and take a look at key data including in-service fleet and historical values.

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My house sits in open country with a big sky overhead and two airports— one a joint military-commercial operation, the other an executive general aviation facility—nearby. The satisfying consequence is a daily air show viewed from my office balcony. 

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Hear from Don Grommesh, Bill Lear's employee number 8, Al Higdon who joined in 1964 and who helped make Learjet a household name and Dave Franson who joined in 1997 as director of public affairs.

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Russ Meyer, Cessna Aircraft chairman emeritus, his son, Russ Meyer III, a former Citation Mustang and CJ3 program manager, and Gary Hay, former Cessna chairman, have joined together to form CitationPartners, a program to renew pre-owned Citation Excels into the Excel Eagle.

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The crash of a cargo airplane at Charleston, West Virginia in 2017 raised issues that must be troubling chief pilots all over the country. How do air carriers, particularly smaller ones, ensure the pilots they hire have the necessary skills and judgment to do the job safely?

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For business aircraft operators considering flying to Canada, there are a few more steps than before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out. For instance, as of Feb. 22, all travelers, arriving in Canada via air or ground, must report their travel plans and contact information, “including a suitable quarantine plan,” electronically via ArriveCAN before crossing the border or boarding a flight.

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Distracted by the cost of buying a business jet, it’s easy for new owners to focus their thoughts on the moment of purchase and not think too much about what happens next. 

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The 49th Iditarod trail sled dog race commences on March 6 and covers about 1,000 miles of Alaska. Kimberly Henneman, who has been an Iditarod Trail and checkpoint senior veterinarian for nine years, shows scenes from the races and how the Iditarod Air Force is crucial to this event.

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