Business & Commercial Aviation

BRS Aerospace reports its whole-aircraft parachute system recently saved its 400th and 401st lives, considered noteworthy achievements in aviation safety.

Boeing continues to expand its number of subsidiaries, recently closing on ForeFlight, a provider of mobile and web-based aviation applications.

Dassault will not be participating in a supersonic business-jet project. A low-boom aircraft still would be too noisy at takeoff, CEO Eric Trappier said.

Jet Aviation has completed the rebranding of its six Hawker Pacific FBOs in Australia under the Jet Aviation name. Jet acquired Hawker Pacific in May 2018.

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

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

The acting FAA administrator says the agency's role is to enable the UAS industry, but so it does not impinge on the rest of the National Airspace System.

The Global 7500 flight deck has four, 14- by 11-in. landscape-configuration flat-panel displays, large enough so that each can be split into two or more windows.

The Farnborough Airshow is ending its public weekend days. Under the new format, the next event, July 20-24, 2020, will be held over five days instead of seven.

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

Honeywell's Turbine-Powered Civil Helicopter Purchase Outlook is forecasting 4,000 civil helicopters could be delivered by manufacturers over the next five years.

Tru Simulation + Training has delivered a full-flight simulator for the Bombardier CL-415 "water bomber" to Ansett Aviation's training center in Milan.

Dassault Aviation recently acquired TAG Aviation's European maintenance activities and the MRO operations of the ExecuJet Group, which offers product support at several locations worldwide.

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.

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.

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

Here are three aircraft cabin zone studies.

The FAA has selected Wing, the drone delivery subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet, to participate in the agency’s UAS traffic management pilot program.

Bombardier received the Grand Laureate in business aviation for its new Global 7500, at Aviation Week Network's Laureate Awards honoring aerospace achievements.

The Arab Air Carriers Organization has signed a memorandum of understanding with MedAire for aviation security and assistance services.

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.

News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

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

True Blue Power, which makes lithium-ion batteries, has introduced fifth-generation main-ship batteries engineered to address lead-acid and NiCad challenges.

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