Business & Commercial Aviation

Paula Kraft, CEO and owner of Tastefully Yours and managing partner and co-founder of the DaVinci Inflight Training Institute, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Nextant Aerospace has received the final piece of FAA certification on its remanufactured G90XT twin-engine turboprop, which paves the way for deliveries to begin.

AviationManuals recorded a 35% increase in revenue and a 30% growth in its manual and software subscription services in 2017, the company said. Its client base now exceeds 4,000.

Understanding lightning’s nature and its subsequent detection and avoidance is still the most accepted strategy, not just for survival but for keeping the people in the back of the airplane safe and calm.

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association is accepting scholarship applications from high school students for the Edward W. Stimpson "Aviation Excellence" Award, which includes a $2,000 scholarship. Applications are due by April 13.

I was excited when an emergency medical service (EMS) helicopter operator asked if I would help the company's safety officer get a flight data monitoring (FDM) program implemented well in advance of the April 23, 2018, deadline.

Embraer has delivered a Legacy 500 midsize business jet to an undisclosed customer in Malaysia, which brings Embraer's Asia-Pacific region business jet fleet to 95 aircraft in more than 10 countries, the company said.

Derring-do attitudes can blind pilots from recognizing their limits, grasping the full range of consequences of their actions, and seeing how their rogue behaviors inspire younger, impressionable pilots to attempt to follow suit.

Citation Bravo's performance and utility are head-and-shoulders above the original 1978 through 1994 CE-550. Bravo flies up to 2,000 ft. higher, 40 kt. faster and 300 mi. farther.

Dassault Aviation expects improved business jet sales in 2018 following an upturn in demand in 2017.

Several years ago, I was asked by a helicopter EMS operator whether I would first choose to set up an aviation safety action program (ASAP) or flight data monitoring (FDM) program for an operation such as his. I have extensive hands-on experience with ASAPs and was one of the principals involved with getting the first ASAP program approved in business aviation. Now that the FAA has grown more comfortable with ASAPs outside of FAR Part 121 carriers, it is easier getting an ASAP program approved and implemented.

Entrepreneur Michael Lemaire, CEO of Stratos Aircraft in Redmond, Oregon, and his chief technology officer, Carsten Sundin, have ambitious plans to develop an all-composite, 400-kt.-cruise VLJ that will be significantly more fuel efficient than any light jet aircraft.

News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

Comlux has completed its first Digital Maintenance inspection on the Hyundai Motor Co.’s BBJ.

Lynn Nichols of Yingling Aviation explains how the Ascend 172 remanufacturing program developed. It is one example of how, he says, his organization has worked hard to diversify its services for GA aircraft through military drones.

A distillation of technologies from its larger turbofans, this may be General Electric’s most advanced engine yet.

Thanks to its GE Aviation Czech engine technology, Garmin G1000 cockpit makeover and wider, quieter and more functional cabin, the G90XT is very much a contemporary turboprop.

The U.S. business aviation and aerospace industry celebrated a key victory in Washington on Dec. 20 as the Republican-controlled Congress passed a major tax overhaul.

Sixty-plus years ago, Leroy Grumman created the Gulfstream, the world's first clean-sheet turboprop specifically designed to transport small teams of executives.

Canada's Transportation Safety Board reminds helicopter pilots to be ever vigilant for the situations that can lead to loss of tail-rotor effectiveness. The condition is insidious, comes without warning and can be fatal.

The FAA is investing $17 billion in a massive modernization effort, known as NextGen, which is introducing a new aviation lexicon.

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

Mahindra Aerospace has selected Hartnell Propeller's three-blade, 84-in.-dia. aluminum propeller for its 10-seat single-engine turbine-powered Airvan 10 aircraft, which was certified in 2017.

Having acquired Diamond Canada just a year earlier, China's Wanfeng Aviation Industry Co. has now doubled down on the brand by buying Austria's Diamond Aircraft Group as well.

The NBAA's Certified Aviation Manager program reached a milestone this month when Kevin Flynn, director of aviation maintenance with AbbVie Inc. of Waukegan, Illinois, became the 400th aviation professional to be certified.