Business & Commercial Aviation

Operators love the aircraft’s speed, but most say they need as much as one more hour of range.

London-based startup argues its approach to insuring drone flights is encouraging pilots to think more carefully about minimizing risk.

Lynx FBO Network has acquired the FBO assets of World Jet Inc. at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (KFXE) in Florida.

As long as there are helicopters, the necessity will remain for the pilot to be proficient in autorotations.

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.

There are vocal advocates who believe learning an autorotation procedure all the way to the ground is better as it provides the maneuver’s actual look and feel.

Collaborative working groups within the helicopter industry have published a wealth of informative recommendations to help flight schools and instructors.

Honeywell Aerospace is closing its longtime office at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport and moving repair and overhaul operations 170 mi. northeast to Olathe, Kansas.

If you are paying your monthly hangar rent, can you use it as you please? No. FAA rules come down from the sky, across the ramp and into your hangar.

A total of 61 helicopter accident investigation reports involving an autorotation are contained in the NTSB's accident database for 2016 and 2017.

British unmanned aircraft developer Blue Bear Systems Research has begun flights along a corridor established in the UK for beyond-visual-line-of-sight testing.

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

The FAA and numerous industry documents have compiled lists of typical student errors during autorotation training.

BCA visited nine flight schools in Florida (1), California (1), Hawaii (2), Montana (1) and Utah (4) to sample autorotation training in helicopters.

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Managers whose fleets include helicopters are faced with multiple choices in keeping their pilots proficient in autorotations.

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.

Boeing reports having made a significant investment in supersonic business-jet developer Aerion to accelerate development of its Mach 1.4 AS2.

State Farm has received a long-term FAA waiver to fly drones beyond the operator's visual line of sight and over people, activities that have been restricted.

EASA has approved a Rolls-Royce request to transfer design authorization to Germany from Britain as a precaution against a possible no-deal Brexit.

Diamond Aircraft Group plans to double aircraft production and increase its staff at its facilities in Austria and Canada in 2019 as demand increases.

Orlando-Melbourne (Florida) International Airport officials are seeking developers to build an upscale hotel with airfield access.

The NTSB's biennial "Most Wanted List" of safety improvements includes a recommendation to hold FAR Part 135 ops to the same requirements as scheduled airlines.

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.

The introduction of the Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet has prompted the FAA to propose a change in regulations for obtaining an initial transport pilot certificate.