At the end of World War II, Leroy Grumman, co-founder of Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp., espoused the radical idea of building an aircraft designed expressly for the conveyance of small teams of business executives.
The investigators' factual information on the loss of a Cessna Citation 525 contains lessons for all pilots flying aircraft with modern, complex flight management/information systems.
Two years out from its mandate for aircraft to equip for ADS-B Out position reporting, the FAA is grappling with a significant level of misinstalled avionics.
Brad Mottier says the philosophy behind the conception of General Electric's Passport turbofan was to conceive an entirely new engine to power large long-range business jets at high speeds and altitudes with unprecedented fuel economy.
Jan. 1, 2020, seems like a long way off, but if you remember previous FAA mandates, the industry experienced huge backlogs because there simply was not enough hangar space.
The Nextant G90XT's Regency flight deck is powered by Garmin G1000 avionics. It features 10.4-in. left- and right-side PFDs and a central 15-in. MFD that displays engine parameters, fuel quantity, flap position, oxygen quantity, and cabin altitude and pressure differential. Regency also clusters all annunciator lights in a new glareshield panel, rather than splitting them between top and bottom panels as with a stock King Air G1000 retrofit panel.
There are a variety of contributing factors that result in wrong-airport landings and a few common threads we can look out for to avoid being on the nightly news.
At first glance, H-series engines look a lot like the Walter/Motorlet M601 powerplants from which they are derived. All engines in this family are two-shaft, reverse flow designs.
BCA editors and our business aviation colleagues from the Aviation Week Network have hand picked the stories we published in 2017 that you won’t want to miss.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Esterline CMC Electronics and NovAtel have formed a partnership to extend their collaboration in Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) positioning technology.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Astronautics Corp. of America is undertaking the next phase of a contract with the FAA focused on developing and validating the methodologies for cybersecurity on core avionics systems.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The number of pre-owned business jets for sale has declined to 2,225, although it remains a buyer's market, said JetNet, which released September and year-to-date figures on Oct. 30.
There are several notable developing aviation trends, including UAVs, electric power, membership clubs and Uber flight. Now, add to that list a resurgent interest and investment in supersonic civilian aircraft.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Mercy Flight, a nonprofit provider of air and ground medical transport services, has signed a purchase agreement for an additional three Bell 429 light twin-engine helicopters.
