Business & Commercial Aviation

High engine thrust during maintenance activity can cause considerable damage to airplanes and other elements on an airport.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey
Women in Aviation International provides the information, contacts, opportunities, guidance, encouragement and personal examples vital to success in aerospace.
Business Aviation

By Fred George
High-ticket catering doesn’t fit every business aircraft operator’s budget. If fine cuisine is expected, expect that to be reflected in the final tab.
Business Aviation

With more and more business aircraft pilots joining the scheduled carriers, the importance and appeal of temporary contract pilots is gaining attention.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
Aircraft manufacturers are taking a greater in-house role in the design, development and production of the executive seats that go into their jets and turboprops.
Business Aviation

By Jessica A. Salerno
Business & Commercial Aviation news from August 1969.​
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Honda Aircraft delivered the first two HondaJet Elites to Hawaii on June 27. Wing Spirit, a new commercial outfit, will operate the pair on inter-island charters.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Game Composites has received FAA type and production certificates for its GB1 Gamebird, a two-place composite aerobatic and training aircraft.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
H55, a technology spinoff from the Solar Impulse around-the-world solar-powered aircraft team, has flown a two-seat electric aircraft aimed at the pilot-training market.
Business Aviation

Maintaining effective flight control of an airborne airplane is probably the most critical consideration in aviation.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Bombardier Aerospace has delivered its 300th Challenger 350 business jet, the company said. The delivery comes five years after its entry into service.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Rolls-Royce recently announced its plan to acquire Siemens' electric and hybrid electric aerospace propulsion unit.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Duncan Aviation's MRO facility in Provo, Utah, has received Stage I accreditation from the International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Canada's Viking Air has announced the sale of six new CL-515 water bombers along with a CL-415 upgraded from a piston CL-215 to Indonesia's Ministry of Defense.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Electric motor developer MagniX has teamed up with certification specialist AeroTEC to convert the Cessna 208B Caravan to electric propulsion.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation delivered its 300th Cessna Citation CJ4 in June to McNeilus Steel of Dodge Center, Minnesota.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The National Air Transportation Association and University of Maryland have signed a pact to review discharges of foam fire suppression systems in hangars.
Business Aviation

By Jessica A. Salerno
Selected accidents and incidents, June and July 2019. The NTSB information is preliminary.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey
Aero Club-France is the biennial venue for the Aerospace Media Dinner that is convened to celebrate the previous 12 months’ best from the industry’s media.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Ampaire, a startup hybrid-electric aircraft developer, recently announced a 50-aircraft launch order plus 50 options from Personal Airline Exchange.
Business Aviation

Aircraft accidents and incidents are useful in one, and only one, aspect. That is to help us learn.
Business Aviation

By James Albright
Can this airplane land itself? That is a frequent question from the flying public when first viewing a high-tech cockpit.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Turkish Aerospace carried out the first flight of the complete prototype of its T625 Gokbey utility helicopter on June 29.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey
Questions for Shelly Simi, President and CEO, National Association of State Aviation Officials, Washington.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The FAA has issued multiple waivers allowing operators to fly parachute-equipped drones over people—flights normally banned because of the risk to bystanders.
Business Aviation