Business & Commercial Aviation

The BFU took note of the December 2014 accident at Gaithersburg, Maryland, involving an EMB-500 in which the airplane stalled in icing conditions.

Personal Perspective: Here is proof that you can contribute to business aviation after exiting the flight deck.

The FAA said checking the tires on the Learjet 60 is preventive maintenance, and as such pilots would not be permitted to do it as part of a preflight check.

An aircraft’s tires are critical safety items for every pre- and post flight inspection. Ignoring or abusing them can cause lots of expensive damage.

There is a theory in military aviation that enemy flak, anti-aircraft rounds or even missiles don't matter because only one is meant for you.

William Garvey speaks with Sheryl Barde, President and CEO of Aviation Personnel International.

Lee Aerospace has announced the expansion of its FAR Part 145 capabilities and its presence across the U.S.

Japanese startup Euglena has completed construction of the country's first demonstration plant for producing renewable jet and diesel fuel.

The sole full-service FBO at Naples Airport in Florida has announced a name change to Naples Aviation from Naples Airport Authority.

New aviation rollup iAero Group has signed a definitive agreement to purchase nearby Swift Air, an independent U.S. airline charter business.

Pilots found themselves impaired visibility as they peered through scratched and degraded oxygen masks while shooting a CAT II approach.

Textron Aviation is upgrading flight-deck capabilities with new-production Cessna Caravan and Grand Caravan EX turboprops.

A flight crew’s timely response to a loss of cabin pressurization or to smoke or fumes is critical and certainly not the time to discover that your supplemental oxygen system isn’t working.

When performing a preflight, it is important to review the temperature compensation chart next to the oxygen cylinder to ensure you have a full supply.

Oxygen flow to each individual mask is controlled by a regulator mounted on the mask. Masks commonly have two regulator switches.

Here’s a matter you have never considered and a question you have never asked: Wherefrom will come the next generation of aviation writers?

Genuine leather remains the preferred product for aircraft seating upholstery, while textiles are usually specified for headliners and sidewalls.

Buenos Aires and Cordoba are the magnet destinations of the majority of business aviation flights to Argentina, while a lesser number head to the huge country’s many scenic wonders.

Leather grades can seem cryptic at first but basically they differ only by their handling and the chemical procedures applied to the material.

How can you tell if it’s genuine leather? Touch it. Depending on the quality, the real McCoy can feel coarse or smooth, or anywhere in between.

The most common oxygen mask components that fail are around valves, fittings, and connections involving rubber seals, tubing and hoses.

As far as I can see, we pilots fit into two groups. Half of us are compelled to double-check things that have already been checked.

The Cessna Citation Sovereign has earned a reputation for rock-solid reliability, plus it has the largest cabin of any midsize jet of its vintage.

The business aviation community has mostly focused on what the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 does not contain: ATC privatization.

Nancy Leveson, professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT, has been on a 30-plus-year quest to engineer out hazards that can lead to aircraft accidents.