By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Business jet operations in North America rose 3.8% in October, in line with September results and slightly above the year-to-date average of 3.5%, said Robert Stallard of Vertical Research Partners, citing figures from the FAA.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
FlightSafety International has introduced a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A engine series pilot familiarization course designed for agricultural aircraft operators.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Satcom Direct has launched a new certified cybersecurity course called CyberSAFE (Securing Assets for End Users), which is designed for those interfacing, supporting or interacting with aircraft communications.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Flamingo Air in Cincinnati is establishing agreements with partner companies in Japan to offer drone training and maintenance and repair courses there.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) has released its 2018 Bahamas and Caribbean guides for 2018. The guides provide photographs of all airports in the islands, including 61 in the Bahamas and 88 in the Caribbean, and provide runway and navigation information, customs, immigration procedures, hotel contacts, survival tips and other information, AOPA said. It also includes tips from other pilots about places to stay and what to do. The guides are for sale and can be downloaded as an app on iTunes.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
About 30 medium and large business jets valued at a total of $1.5 billion are expected to be delivered to owners in Florida each year between now and 2025.
Potential divert airports are organized by the specific services they offer, such as FBO line support and fuel, aircraft maintenance, passenger accommodations and amenities, and availability of airline service.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
