Business & Commercial Aviation

Selected accidents and incidents from August and September 2018.

Richard Aarons, my Dad, loved aviation since his New Jersey childhood when he would watch C-118s approaching McGuire AFB and imagine being in command.

Gary Dempsey has been named president of the National Air Transportation Association, succeeding Martin Hiller,

Los Angeles-based Planet 9 Private Air has added a second Dassault Falcon 7X to its charter fleet. The company secured its FAR Part 135 operating certificate in June.

The tables show Jet-A and avgas prices from a survey of U.S. fuel suppliers conducted in September 2018.

The NTSB has issued a preliminary report on its investigation of a near-miss involving a Gulfstream IV charter flight at Philadelphia International Airport.

The FAA has granted Textron Aviation a temporary exemption to meeting fuel tank flammability requirements that will allow Citation Longitude deliveries to begin but require a retrofit of delivered aircraft.

Embraer Executive Jets has delivered the fifth Legacy 450 midsize business jet to AirSprint, a Canadian fractional ownership company based in Calgary, Alberta.

Connecticut-based Gama Aviation Signature, has added two HondaJets to its fleet. They will initially be based in Teterboro and Chicago.

By examining conditions and procedures that likely contributed to the disaster, and the crew's reaction, we can help ensure we do not step into the same traps.

Brian Proctor, President and CEO, Mente Group, LLC, discusses business trends regarding business aircraft values.

From March to July 2017, the U.S. and UK banned laptop computers in the cabins of commercial aircraft on flights from 12 countries.

FalconEye was developed in concert with Elbit Systems. It includes the largest field-of-view, brightest and highest resolution HUD yet offered in a Falcon Jet.

According to the FAA, between March 1991, and May 2018, there were 206 thermal runaway incidents involving lithium batteries at airports or onboard aircraft.

Gogo, one of the biggest providers of highly sought-after inflight connectivity, is struggling to turn that demand into dollars.

A team of scientists has developed an algorithm that could allow unmanned aircraft to harmlessly “herd” flocks of birds away from airports.

Thermal runaways and resultant fires of lithium-ion batteries powering electronic devices brought on aircraft continue to vex regulatory agencies and operators.

In a recent study, the NTSB determined that more than 66% of fuel-management accidents occurred on flights when the intended destination was different than the departure airport.

Piper company engineers elected to hot-rod the PA-42-720A Cheyenne III to field a viable challenger.

News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

The FAA has granted a two-year authorization to the Northern Plains Unmanned Aircraft Systems test site to fly large drones beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) of the operator.

The tables show Jet-A and avgas prices from a survey of U.S. fuel suppliers conducted in August 2018.

Business aviation operators and airlines alike face a quandary when dealing with a thermal runaway of lithium-ion-powered electronic devices.

Louisa Fisher, cabin safety program manager at FlightSafety International, answers questions on how to deal with lithium-ion battery fires on business aircraft.

KULR Technology designs and manufactures carbon-fiber containment solutions for lithium-ion battery applications.