The Week in Business Aviation - June 29

Diamond Aircraft has unveiled its new jet-fuel-burning, five-seat, carbon-fiber DA50 RG aircraft with retractable gear, with features adopted from its twin-engine DA62 aircraft. 

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Be The Match, a not-for-profit operated by the National Marrow Donor Program, has a particular shortage of volunteer pilots to fly donors or bone marrow and their couriers in the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain regions of the U.S. and between Canada and the U.S. 

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Bombardier has announced the entry-into-service of its long-range, large-cabin Global 5500, with a recent delivery to a customer that it did not identify.

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Flying privately eliminates as many as 680 “person-to-person touch points” rather than traveling by commercial airline—potentially reducing the chances of contracting the coronavirus leading to COVID-19, according to Colibri Aircraft, a London-based private jet broker. 

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With more than three months to go before opening day, the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) plans to provide an update in early July on the NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE), the world’s largest business aviation show. 

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a citation and penalty to Textron Aviation as part of its investigation into a December explosion at its Wichita Plant 3 facility that injured 15 employees. 

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Now owned by Chinese automaker Geely, flying-car developer Terrafugia has unveiled the design of the full-scale prototype for its TF-2A all-electric urban air taxi.

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