The contrasts between Eclipse 400 and Vision Jet could not be clearer. Masefield’s diminutive jet was all about speed, range and efficiency. Vision Jet is all about generous passenger accommodations, docile handling qualities and cockpit comfort.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation is opening the order book for its new large-cabin Citation Hemisphere. The company says it has received interest in the $35 million aircraft, its largest to date, from large fleet operators, corporate operators and individuals.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court in California has approved Zetta Jet's request to appoint a Chapter 11 trustee and the U.S. Trustee's Office was expected to act accordingly and quickly.
Despite the act that created its independence, the NTSB is very much a part of the Department of Transportation and in many ways not all that distant from its sister agency, the FAA.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Flying Colours Corp. is working on three 120-month maintenance inspections for three Bombardier Global aircraft at its Peterborough, Ontario, facility.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Jetcraft, the international aircraft sales, marketing and ownership strategies consultancy, forecasts that—excepting at least four potential supersonic business aircraft already announced—as many as 19 new or updated aircraft will enter service from next year through 2023.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Honeywell has updated its MyAerospace e-commerce portal to simplify online ordering and tracking processes. It cuts the steps required by more than 20% and improves turnaround time by 50%, the company said.
High personal wealth and a growing recognition within Chinese government and industry of the value of business aviation are galvanizing a slowly growing based business jet population in China and Hong Kong.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Italy's Leonardo has moved another step toward bringing its AW609 tiltrotor to market with the certification of the aircraft's Pratt & Whitney Canada powerplant.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is reminding pilots to remain alert during high-workload approaches with special attention paid to aircraft configuration.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Bombardier Aerospace's fourth Global 7000 arrived at its Flight Test Center in Wichita on Sept. 30 to join the first three flight test aircraft currently in evaluation.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The NBAA's 2017 Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition attracted around 27,000 attendees and some 100 aircraft on display at Henderson (Nevada) Executive Airport and within the convention hall.
Chinese aviation infrastructure — especially air traffic control — is not set up to accommodate the ad hoc, non-scheduled movement that is key to business aviation.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Pratt & Whitney Canada unveils the first significant information and images about research and development tests of electronic engine controls and an integrated propeller controller for a new 2,000-shp-rated PT6.
Hong Kong is a world unto itself, classified since the U.K. turned it back to China as a Special Administrative Region. At least in terms of aviation, China regards Hong Kong as a foreign country and handles all flights from there as international arrivals, and all that they entail.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Duncan Aviation's satellite avionics shops will offer flat-rate installations of LoPresti's BoomBeam High Intensity Discharge lighting systems on a variety of business aircraft.
