We editors and contributors suggest the people, products and services that made significant contributions to business aviation in the previous 12 months.
Two projects to develop fully electric-powered regional transport aircraft are emerging from Israel, one from a startup and the other by a legacy aerospace OEM with experience in many fields, including business aviation and drones.
CenTex Aerospace has delivered seven sets of ST190 saddle tanks to one customer, and they are installed and in service. The ST190 tanks add 1,273 lb. (190 gal.) of usable fuel to a King Air 200 or 300 series airplane.
Flightdocs, has established a new customer success team that will be responsible for onboarding and training customers, maximizing feature adoption, cultivating strategic relationships and working with flight departments to help develop more products to serve the industry.
Web Manuals is partnering with ARGUS’ PRISM to launch its first product in its online store, providing a way for aviation companies to transition to digitized documentation.
A few unsuspecting flight crews have suddenly found their transports turned into gliders by volcanic eruption materials temporarily snuffing their engines.