Business & Commercial Aviation

Questions for Capt. David Pettet, president of the National Gay Pilots Association, St. Louis Park, Minnesota.

A major fuel-supply business consolidation is underway with World Fuel Services buying Universal Weather and Aviation's UVair Fueling Div. for $170 million.

The leading U.S. developers of supersonic aircraft have called on the Transportation Department to modify its proposed rule on Mach+ flight authorizations.

Selected accidents and incidents, July 2019. The NTSB information is preliminary.

Quantum Air is acquiring 22 four-place Bye eFlyer 4s and a pair of two-place eFlyer 2 all-electric airplanes.

Sierra Nevada Corp. subsidiary 328 Support Services is relaunching the Dornier 328 twin turboprop, targeting the regional, cargo and special missions markets.

The tables show Jet-A and avgas prices from a survey of U.S. fuel suppliers conducted in September 2019.

In a two-step training package, CAE plans to buy a significant interest in SimCom Holdings for $85 million.

Orville and Wilbur Wright made beneficial use of aeroelastic effects for roll control of their Flyer by using wing warping.

The aeroelastic behavior of long, thin swept wings prompted engineers to incorporate inboard and outboard ailerons on such airfoils.

Prevention of flutter and other aeroelastic modes requires proper maintenance, preflight attention and immediate reactions if it occurs in flight

Circumventing academic annexation and putting SA to practical use.

The nondisclosure agreement does not allow you to sit silent in a deposition or on the witness stand if you are asked about criminal behavior in the plane.

The following is an excerpt from a certified transcript of the ground communications during the jet-blast event.

One of the major obstacles that eVTOL/UAM advocates face is convincing a wary public that their aircraft pose little risk.

China News reports there are letters of intent for 100 of the four-seater Guanyi GA20. It is powered by a Lycoming O-320 engine and features Garmin avionics.

Skeptics, myself included, have long been involved in the negatives of helicopter operations in metropolitan settings.

Honda Aircraft is expanding at its 133-acre site at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina, by adding a wing production facility.

Communities tend to tolerate public safety flights because they are infrequent and have clear community value. However, communities historically oppose other uses due to noise.

Alexandre Couvelaire is inextricably connected with the elevation of Le Bourget into Europe’s premier business aviation airport.

News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

Blackhawk Aerospace has received a Supplemental Type Certificate to transform the Beechcraft King Air 300 into "the fastest King Air in the world."

Cape Air took delivery of its first two Tecnam P2012 Travellers following inspection of the nine-passenger aircraft at the manufacturer's production facility in Capua, Italy.

Business & Commercial Aviation news from September 1969.​

Jet blast is created by turbine aircraft engines and can be powerful enough to cause large upsets to aircraft on the ground or close to the ground.