Business & Commercial Aviation

Whenever I witness a transport airplane cross a runway threshold by a few feet, I think back to all the accidents in which aiming for “brick one” ended badly.

It sure is, and we are talking about the fees assessed against operators visiting Moscow's three principal international airports.

The high-speed, single-engine turboprop that has become a business aviation mainstay has roots in the 1950s-vintage Morane-Saulnier MS.760 Paris jet.

In January 1999, we did some European and South American trips and flew once a year to Asia, but basically, we were a domestic operation.

BCA business aviation product and service previews.

An electronics travel case designed to protect and organize everything from headsets to small cables. The PowerShuttle Plus will fit a Bose A20 or a Lightspeed Zulu 3 snug.

Bombardier announced enhancements to its support capabilities for business aircraft customers in China on the eve of the Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition.

This month, William Garvey talks with Chad Cundiff, President of Astronautics Corporation of America.

RUAG Australia has been certified as an EASA Part 145 maintenance organization. It offers component MRO and line support for fleets there and in Europe.

Boeing and Embraer expect to close their commercial and defense aircraft joint-venture deals by year-end, now that Embraer shareholders approved the proposals.

There is a potentially serious "poison" at high altitude that can cause long-term health effects and about which you have likely never been trained. It's ozone.

"Ozone converters are one-piece assemblies consisting of a ceramic honeycomb core covered by a metal catalyst."

The National Research Council recommends the FAA take effective measures to ensure the FAR addressing ozone exposure is met on all flights..

Here are three aircraft cabin zone studies.

The $75 million Global 7500 is the largest, roomiest, farthest-flying and most expensive purpose-built business jet created by a general-aviation manufacturer.

These graphs show the performance of the Bombardier Global 7500 under a variety of range, payload, speed and density altitude conditions.

The FADEC-equipped SPU300[BA] has the highest power- to-weight ratio of any engine in its class and boasts an ex- ceptionally wide operating envelope.

To create value while retaining pilots and ensuring a balance between their work and personal lives is a daily challenge for an aviation department manager.

"The only way to get a good understanding of the problem is data—data that is vigilantly collected and is recorded and retained for further analysis."

The 18,920 lb. of thrust produced by General Electric's Passport 20-19BB1A capitalizes on the multi-millions of dollars the company invested in the CFM Leap-1 engine family developed for commercial jetliners.

Operators give high marks to the Bombardier Global 6000 long-range jet for its speed, comfort, reliability and product support.

News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

Companies and pilots often assume no harm could come from offering a ride at a charity auction. Such flights are OK but with tight restrictions.

The use of the GPS position for control is probably the single smartest idea since radar and the ILS.

Business & Commercial Aviation news from April 1969.​