The Week In Business Aviation - August 6, 2021

Aerobility’s First Project Able Grob Makes Public Debut

Credit: Aerobility

LONDON—The first fruits of Project Able–British charity Aerobility’s program to refurbish former Royal Air Force Grob Vigilant motor gliders to sell and use in the charity’s own fleet–was on public display for the first time on Aug. 6. 

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Sky Harbour Group To Become Public Following Sale To Yellowstone

Credit: Sky Harbour Group

Yellowstone Acquisition Co., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, has signed an agreement to acquire Sky Harbour Group (SHG), developer and lessor of private aviation hangars.

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Swiss Low Helicopter Flight Network To Expand

Credit: Rega

Switzerland is to double the size of its national flight route network for helicopters, increasing the number of regions in the Alpine which can be reached by rescue helicopters.

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Bombardier Raises Guidance As Orders Rebound

Credit: Bombardier

Bombardier is raising its forecast for business jet deliveries, revenue and profits in 2021, following a strong first half of the year and positive momentum. 

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The Centennial Of Aerial Application

Credit: Air Tractor

A century after an Army pilot helped spread a powder of lead arsenate dust from a Curtiss biplane to stop a caterpillar outbreak—logging the first recorded aerial application flight in the U.S.—aviation remains a steadfast component of the agricultural economy.

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Aviation Industry Remains Focused On Sustainable Aviation Fuels

Credit: Farnborough Airport

As work continues to develop viable electric or hydrogen power plants for passenger aircraft, the industry’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions remain focused on sustainable aviation fuels (SAF).

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AeroTEC Joins UH2 To Convert Dash 8 To Hydrogen Propulsion

Credit: Universal Hydrogen

Aircraft modification specialist AeroTEC is to lead conversion, flight test and certification of the De Havilland Canada Dash 8 regional turboprop to hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion under a joint effort with Universal Hydrogen.

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Sounding Board: Five Minutes With Pat Gallagher, NetJets President Of Sales, Marketing And Service

Credit: NetJets

Pat Gallagher joined NetJets in 2010 after serving as executive vice president and head of sales at Marquis Jet Partners. Before Marquis, he served as vice president of sales for Flight Options and held positions with Jet Aviation and United Airlines.

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UK Royal Air Force Begins Hunt For VIP Business Jets

Credit: Bombardier

LONDON–The UK Royal Air Force has begun a search for new VIP aircraft to replace its BAe 146s. 

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Ag Aviation Marks 100th Anniversary

Credit: Bill Carey

LEESBURG, Virginia—Principals of agricultural aviation in the U.S., family members and others gathered Aug. 3 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the industry during an event at Leesburg Executive Airport (JYO) outside of Washington, D.C.

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Lithium-Sulfur Battery Pioneer Finds Buyer

Credit: Bye Aerospace

With electric aircraft developers continuously seeking better batteries, the assets of a UK developer of high energy-density lithium-sulfur cells have been acquired by Johnson Matthey, a British multinational focused on sustainable technologies.

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Air Methods, Wingcopter Partner On Drone Delivery

Credit: Wingcopter

Air medical helicopter operator Air Methods on Aug. 3 announced a collaboration with German drone manufacturer Wingcopter to develop a drone delivery network for medical supplies.

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Korean Air Teams With Incheon Airport, KARI To Advance UAM

Credit: Korea Aerospace Research Institute

Korean Air has teamed with the operator of Incheon International Airport and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) to establish an urban air mobility (UAM) transportation management system.

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Elroy Secures Funding Boost For Unmanned Cargo EVTOL

Credit: Elroy Air

With analysts projecting that express logistics will be an early and potentially large market for electric aircraft, U.S. autonomous cargo aircraft developer Elroy Air has completed a $40 million Series A funding round.

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From Sky Harbour Group becoming public following sale to Yellowstone to Swiss low helicopter flight network to expand. Take a look at the weekly roundup of business aviation news.

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