Business & Commercial Aviation

French manufacturer Daher Group has completed its purchase of Quest Aircraft Co., maker of the Kodiak 100 utility turboprop.

Dassault has completed the critical design review of its long-range, widebody Falcon 6X and is closing in on the preliminary design of the 9X follow-on project.

A Scottish Fatal Accident Inquiry into the Nov. 29, 2013, helicopter crash that killed 10 people in Glasgow has concluded the pilot ignored low-fuel warnings.

XTI Aircraft says it has signed an initial agreement with a potential lead investor in its $25 million Series B funding round.

The built-for-comfort, not-for-speed C90 King Air underwent a major upgrade in 2005 when Raytheon Aircraft swapped out the pair of anemic PT6A-21 turboprops for a brace of PT6A-135As.

Business & Commercial Aviation news from December 1969.​

Oct. 23 at the National Business Aviation Association's annual convention. The Fund an Angel event at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel drew more than 600 people.

David Horton began working on the Schweizer acquisition from Lockheed Martin in 2017. His private goal? Earning a rotary-wing rating. Listen in as William Garvey, editor-in-chief of BCA, discusses the process with David Horton.

The latest Garmin G3000 NX avionics package includes an emergency autoland function, essentially a virtual, digital copilot that can take control of the aircraft and land it safely.

Selected accidents and incidents, October/September 2019. The NTSB information is preliminary.

News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

The investigation into the loss of Aries Aviation International’s Piper PA-31 Navajo C-FNCI along with its pilot and a survey technician on Aug. 1, 2018, prompted Canada’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB) staff to do a deep dive into the literature on hypoxia. It seemed nearly certain that exposure to hypoxia and hyperventilation by the single pilot were prime causal factors in this case.

The North Atlantic Warming Hole (NAWH) is linked to a slowdown of the large system of ocean currents that carry warm water from the tropics northward into the North Atlantic.

Eurocontrol faces the challenge on a daily basis of keeping ever increasing transborder traffic flowing, efficiently and safely while minimizing impact on the environment.

Frank Robinson announced the simultaneous launch of his company’s first turbine-powered model and of the engine, a compact derivative of the M250, that would make it possible in 2007.

Climate change is affecting air travel in many ways beyond the use of jet fuel, and Eurocontrol is keeping an eye on all the new varialbles

Considering the immense importance of Eurocontrol in enabling the unimpeded flow of European aviation, it is logical that the organization would represent a target to terrorists and other malefactors.

A look at the symbology on aviation weather charts.

Clear air turbulence (CAT) often strikes without warning and can toss unbuckled passengers, cabin crew and objects around, sometimes violently.

Eurocontrol is measuring climbs and descents as just one means of tracking and reducing fuel burn.

Passengers may be in for bumpier rides in the future and the potential for serious injuries when unbuckled passengers and flight attendants are jolted around the cabin.

Prudence suggests that flight plans of the future more closely look at the likelihood of encountering clear air turbulence.

News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

Turbulence reports must be carefully evaluated because one citing moderate turbulence encountered by a Boeing 757 would translate into a much worse experience in a King Air. Why? In general, business aircraft are lighter and have lower wing loading than a commercial jet, and many have relatively little wing sweep, all of which increase the gust load factor and thus the amount of turbulence felt.

These steps are universal and should be discussed in upset training by all check airmen.