Business & Commercial 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 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
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

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Gary Burrell, co-founder of the Garmin International maker of GPS devices, died June 1. He was 81. He retired in 2002 and then was co-chairman until 2004.
Business Aviation

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

By Mal Gormley
In an example of how drones can assist in disaster recovery, Duke Energy sent over 200 volunteer workers to Puerto Rico to assist in restoring power.
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
In late June, Gulfstream's G600 received its type and production certificates from the FAA, clearing the way for first deliveries to begin this year.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The tables show Jet-A and avgas prices from a survey of U.S. fuel suppliers conducted in July 2019.
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
The Italian government hopes a federal money transfusion will help bring ailing Piaggio Aerospace back to financial health, or at least extend its life.
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
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 U.S. Air Force wants to purchase up to five new Bombardier Global 6000s, designated as E-11s, according to a document requesting information.
Business Aviation

By Jessica A. Salerno
News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.
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
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
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
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
As of May, the number of turbine-powered U.S. business aircraft equipped with ADS-B rose to 73% of the fleet, or 13,174 aircraft, according to a report by FlightAware.
Business Aviation

Here are some of the more prominent UAS groups that may be useful resources, especially for those seeking to network with other operators.
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

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