Business & Commercial Aviation

Fred Lewis, Chairman of Black Pilots of America Inc. discusses with William Garvey, editor-in-chief of Business & Commercial Aviation his organization's purpose and goals towards educating young people about aviation.

"Fatigue-related performance problems in aviation have been consistently underestimated and underappreciated."

BCA compares the PC-24's specifications and performance attributes to the characteristics of other aircraft in its class.

The House of Representatives version of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 contains a section seeking to update the fatigue rules for FAR Part 135 pilots.

News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

Aircraft operating costs are presented in a format that separates the operating cost information into six areas.

BCA editor-in-chief remembers Richard L. Collins, long the editor-in-chief of Flying and later AOPA Pilot magazines.

Between 2010 and 2012, more than 6,000 European pilots were asked to self-assess the level of fatigue they experienced during their flight duties. The surveys confirm that pilot fatigue is a common, dangerous and underreported phenomenon in Europe.

Business & Commercial Aviation News From August 1968

Readers comment on recent articles in BCA.

Selected accidents and incidents in June 2018

A Cessna 525C crashed into Lake Erie moments after takeoff from Runway 24R at Cleveland's Burke Lakefront Airport on Dec. 29, 2016, at 2257 EST.

Heat, glare, noise, vibrations, exceptionally dry air and confinement to a seat for hours can act synergistically to deepen the stress on a body's reserves.

PC-24's ACE flight deck, powered by Honeywell Epic 2.0 avionics, features 12-in. screens, point-and-click graphic user interface and several advanced features.

The 1995-2005 Hawker 800XP was the best-selling Hawker model of all time and the most popular midsize jet of its era. It is still a workhorse.

These graphs are designed to illustrate the performance of Pilatus PC-24 under a variety of range, payload, speed and density altitude conditions.

The much-anticipated Pilatus PC-24 might well be named the big Swiss surprise. Many people confuse it for a turbofan-powered variant of the PC-12.

AirPower Software specializes in the design and development of aviation software products used to analyze aircraft operating costs, charter and leasing strategies, and solutions to aid in the identification of business aircraft suitable for various mission needs.

Two design features make the PC-24 engines stand apart from competitors.

Questions for Fred Lewis, chairman of Black Pilots of America Inc.

ATP Flight School recently took delivery of 10 new Cessna 172s, adding to the 15 it accepted last December and raising the school's training fleet to 323.

Membership carrier Surf Air has filed a counterclaim to a lawsuit from Encompass Aviation saying the latter demanded payments far over proposed contract rates.

Kansas State University's Polytechnic Campus in Salina has received an FAA waiver to fly unmanned aircraft systems beyond the line-of-sight.

We've all heard: "When the weight of the paperwork equals the weight of the airplane, you are ready to fly." And it's never truer than when you fly transoceanic.

Lack of sleep has been linked to a cornucopia of health problems: diabetes, obesity, memory issues, delayed immune response, cancer and mental health disorders.