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Magazine Issue

Business & Commercial Aviation, August 2016

VOL. 112 NO. 8 August 01, 2016

Viewpoint

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Viewpoint: Centennial Celebration

Jul 18, 2016
The Aviation Week Network, of which Business & Commercial Aviation is a member, is celebrating a major milestone this month. “Aviation and Aeronautical Engineering,” the progenitor of what ultimately became Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine first appeared 100 years ago, Aug. 1, 1916.

Readers' Feedback

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Reader's Feedback (August 2016)

Jul 28, 2016
BCA readers share their opinions on articles we published.

Intelligence

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Dassault Falcon 8X Wins EASA And FAA Certifications

Jul 25, 2016
The European Aviation Safety Agency and the FAA awarded certification in late June for Dassault Aviation’s Falcon 8X.
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Jet-A And Avgas Per-Gallon Fuel Prices July 2016

Jul 25, 2016
Jet-A And Avgas Per-Gallon Fuel Prices July 2016
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Piper’s M600 FAA Certified

Jul 25, 2016
Piper Aircraft in mid-June received FAA type certification for its M600 single-engine turboprop, which is a higher-performing version of its Meridian.
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Gulfstream Continues Trimming Employees

Jul 25, 2016
In a clear indication that these are not the best of times, Gulfstream Aerospace is continuing to trim its employee count through a voluntary separation program to “select” employees working in support roles in the U.S.
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Qatar Executive Buys Three G650ERs

Jul 25, 2016
On the opening day of last month's Farnborough Airshow, Qatar Executive, the business jet charter arm of Qatar Airways, announced a firm order for three Gulfstream G650ER aircraft, adding to the three now in service. With the additional aircraft, expected to be delivered in 2017, Qatar Executive will become the largest operator of the type.
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Pilatus Delivers 1,400th PC-12

Jul 25, 2016
Pilatus Aviation recently delivered its 1,400th PC-12, to an undisclosed customer in the Southwest U.S.
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Bell 525 Crash Investigation Underway

Jul 25, 2016
An investigation is underway to determine all the factors behind the July 6 crash of FTV1, the first prototype Bell Model 525 super-medium helicopter.
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FAA Authorization Legislation Passes, But Important Items Are Missing

Jul 25, 2016
Items missing from the legislation introduced in the U.S. Congress to keep the FAA operating into 2017 are variously the subjects of praise and disappointment.
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NetJets Begins Service With Latitude

Jul 25, 2016
NetJets' first Latitude—the 7,000th Citation delivered by Cessna since it entered the business jet market in 1972—has begun service and will soon be joined by others, apparently many others
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AirSprint Signs For 12 Legacy 450s

Jul 25, 2016
AirSprint, a Canadian-based privately held fractional-aircraft company, has signed an order with Embraer for 12 Legacy 450 midsize business jets.
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Signature Adds Stewart Airport To Its FBO Family

Jul 25, 2016
The recent addition of a facility at Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, New York, raised to 200 the number of FBO locations of Signature Flight Support.
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Honeywell’s Bateman Retires

Jul 25, 2016
C. Don Bateman, the engineer who led development of the Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System, retired from Honeywell in June, capping a nearly 60-year career.
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Bombardier’s New Biggin Hill Service Center

Jul 25, 2016
Bombardier Business Aircraft plans to soon open a wholly owned service center at London Biggin Hill Airport.
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Ross Aviation Acquires Six Former Landmark FBOs

Jul 25, 2016
Ross Aviation is back in the FBO business, having recently acquired six former Landmark Aviation bases.
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Switzerland’s Business Aviation Industry Promising

Jul 25, 2016
Switzerland’s business aviation sector is poised for further growth, as long as capacity and regulatory issues do not stifle potential, according to industry players gathered for the first Business Aviation National Forum in Switzerland.
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Signature Opens At Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport

Jul 25, 2016
Signature BKL’s campus spans four acres with a 6,000-sq.-ft. executive FBO terminal and an 18,750-sq.-ft. hangar featuring high-efficiency lighting.
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100th Series 400 Twin Otter Takes Flight

Jul 25, 2016
The 100th Series 400 Twin Otter took flight recently from Viking Air’s production facility in Canada.
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P&WC To Provide New Version Of PW150A For An-132 Aircraft

Jul 25, 2016
Pratt and Whitney Canada last month agreed to provide Antonov’s An-132 multipurpose aircraft program with a new version of the PW150A turboprop.
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FAA To Transition To ICAO IFR Flight Plan Form

Jul 25, 2016
On Oct. 1, FAA will make the transition from its traditional domestic IFR flight plan (Form 7233-1) to the International Civil Aviation Organization IFR flight plan (Form 7233-4) for domestic flights.
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MAC Jets Opens For Business in Portland, Maine

Jul 25, 2016
MAC Air Group of the Maine Aviation Corp., joined the AvFuel Network as it opened its new FBO facility—MAC Jets LLC—in late June.
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Duncan Publishes Certification Straight Talk Book

Jul 25, 2016
Duncan Aviation has released the Certification Straight Talk Book, which is aimed at making the cumbersome process of certifying work on an aircraft a little clearer and less frustrating for operators.
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Daher Appoints 208 Aviation As TBM Service Center

Jul 25, 2016
Daher announced that 208 Aviation, a private company, has been appointed as a TBM service center for southern Africa.
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Executive AirShare Changes Owners

Jul 25, 2016
Executive AirShare, the Kansas-based regional fractional aircraft program, has changed owners and received a hefty investment in the process.
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BCA Editors Win Aerospace Media Awards

Jul 25, 2016
“Understanding International Medevac,” a feature published in the January 2016 edition of Business & Commercial Aviation was named the Best Business Aviation submission.
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Embraer Executive Jets Selects Japanese Rep

Jul 25, 2016
Embraer Executive Jets has boosted its Asia-Pacific sales network with the appointment of Japan Aerospace Corp. as the authorized sales representative for Japan.

Fast Five

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Questions for Elliot Seguin

Jul 29, 2016
Elliot Sequin, experimental test pilot, Mooney Aircraft; founder/pilot Wasabi Air Racing, Mojave Air & Space Port, Mojave, California; [email protected]

2016 Operations Planning Guide

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Download and Use the 2016 BCA Operations Planning Guide

Jul 27, 2016
Aircraft operating costs are presented in a format that separates the data into seven areas: Mission Costs, Variable Costs, Fixed Annual Costs, Periodic Costs, Personnel Costs, Training Costs and Facilities Costs.

Pilot Report

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Embraer Lineage 1000E Evaluation Flight Reveals Improvements

Aug 23, 2016
The Lineage 1000E is a substantially upgraded and more capable version of the Embraer Corporate Jet.

Cause & Circumstance

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Two Boeing 737-800s Bust Minimums At Australian Airport In Bad Weather

Aug 31, 2016
At the end of a remarkable chain of inaccurate weather forecasts and missed communications opportunities, two Boeing 737-800s operated by different Australian airlines had to bust minimums within minutes of each other to prevent really bad outcomes.

Accidents in Brief

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Accidents In Brief

Jul 29, 2016
Selected accidents and incidents in June 2016. The following NTSB information is preliminary.

Safety

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Analyzing Problems, Finding Solutions Before They Cause Accidents

Jul 28, 2016
The primary purpose of investigating any aircraft accident is to prevent recurrence. Legal teams may wrestle with "who" when assigning blame, but investigators are focused on the "why" to make sure the "what" never happens again.

Operations

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Managing Monitors

Jul 27, 2016
Managing an aircraft flight path, along with its energy level, is a basic piloting responsibility. The professional pilot community has been told for decades about the importance of the stabilized approach. It has been a consistent message from aviation safety organizations around the world. And yet the problem of unstabilized approaches continues.

On Duty

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News Of Promotions, Appointments And Honors (August 2016)

Jul 26, 2016
News of promotions, appointments and honors involving professionals within the business aviation community

20/Twenty

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Used Aircraft Report: Dornier 328 Turboprop

Jul 26, 2016
Despite there being only a handful of the 30-seat regional turboprops still in service, it is such an extraordinary machine that we decided to focus on it for this month’s used aircraft report.

50 Years Ago

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Business & Commercial Aviation News From August 1966

Jul 27, 2016
Jet spacing over the North Atlantic was reinstated to 120 mi. at all altitudes. The FAA cited the complexity of a double standard above and below 29,000 ft., and excessive ATC workload from numerous requests for altitude changes. With this decision, the FAA validated ALPA’s arguments for such reinstatement.