The Week in Business Aviation - June 29
June 29, 2020
Diamond Aircraft Introduces DA50 RG
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.

Be The Match Seeks Volunteer Pilots For Pacific NW, Canada
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.

Bombardier’s Global 5500 Enters Service With ExecuJet Delivery
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.


Flying Privately? You’ll Save 100s Of ‘Touch Points,’ Colibri Says
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.



NBAA Partners With CrowdRx; Show Update Coming Soon
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.

OSHA Cites Textron Aviation In Plant Explosion
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.

Terrafugia Unveils Prototype Design For TF-2A EVTOL
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.
Bombardier’s Global 5500 enters service, EBAA, GAMA seek post-COVID-19 EU support, Kopter restarts SH09 flight tests and more. Find out what happened last week in business aviation.