Business & Commercial Aviation

Items missing from the legislation introduced in the U.S. Congress to keep the FAA operating into 2017 are variously the subjects of praise and disappointment.

On Oct. 1, FAA will make the transition from its traditional domestic IFR flight plan (Form 7233-1) to the International Civil Aviation Organization IFR flight plan (Form 7233-4) for domestic flights.

NetJets' first Latitude—the 7,000th Citation delivered by Cessna since it entered the business jet market in 1972—has begun service and will soon be joined by others, apparently many others

MAC Air Group of the Maine Aviation Corp., joined the AvFuel Network as it opened its new FBO facility—MAC Jets LLC—in late June.

AirSprint, a Canadian-based privately held fractional-aircraft company, has signed an order with Embraer for 12 Legacy 450 midsize business jets.

Duncan Aviation has released the Certification Straight Talk Book, which is aimed at making the cumbersome process of certifying work on an aircraft a little clearer and less frustrating for operators.

The process of creating a safe, fuel-efficient and regulatory-compliant oceanic flight plan actually begins with the compilation of a comprehensive international operations manual based on standardized procedures and best practices.

The Aviation Week Network, of which Business & Commercial Aviation is a member, is celebrating a major milestone this month. “Aviation and Aeronautical Engineering,” the progenitor of what ultimately became Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine first appeared 100 years ago, Aug. 1, 1916.

It's a bona fide buyers' market for the IAI Galaxy/G200 in mid-2016. According to Informa's (formally Penton's) Aircraft Bluebook, selling prices for early 2001 models are approaching $3 million and late model 2011 aircraft are going for less than $8 million.

BCA's editor-in-chief William Garvey talks with Joe Moeggenberg, President & CEO ARGUS International, Inc.

Seven articles and four writers published in Business & Commercial Aviation are finalists for 2016 Aerospace Media Awards to be presented in London on July 10. The nominees are: Best Safety, Training and Simulation Submission

Somewhere in the G280 family tree, there is a decades-old Israel Aircraft Industries Astra IV ancestor, the first super-midsize jet.

Since a lost wrench can produce catastrophic results, a careful accounting is imperative.

Looking for a new oceanic flight plan format? Mark McIntyre of Mente LLC advises: "A lot of people aren't aware that international trip planners have a variety of trip flight plan formats. You might want to request a handful of different formats and find one that suits your operation."

"We are starting to move into the paperless way of doing things," international Capt. Nat Iyengar observed.

Mitch Launius of Air Training International is waging a campaign against what he terms "predictable errors," especially in North Atlantic operations.

Crews must become more self-aware of dangers and their vulnerability during their time away from the airport while on trips, and that includes their commutes to and from airports.

The purpose of the Automatic Identification System is to keep all that floating tonnage from smacking into each other on some dark and stormy night.

Selected accidents and incidents in May 2016. The following NTSB information is preliminary.

Air ambulance operations can be difficult in Canada's maritime provinces and, at times, can require some truly innovative fixes and expert piloting to accommodate the area's changeable weather conditions.

The consensus among industry contributors to an FAA Advisory Circular is that training should focus on preventing upsets rather than waiting to recover from one.

How best to train pilots to maintain command of an aircraft throughout its entire maneuvering envelope, in all weather conditions, and when subjected to equipment malfunctions? Using simulators is the most logical, and proven, response. But appropriate simulators aren't always available.

Proponents of in-aircraft training point out that limitations in a simulator's motion cueing, combined with the reduced emotional involvement of those in the seats, prevent pilots from experiencing the full range of airplane attitudes, load factors and behavior that can be present during an actual flight.

News of promotions, appointments and honors involving professionals within the business aviation community

In early June, Gulfstream Aerospace completed its 1,000th APU repair. The company's APU shop began operation in 2009 and now can repair more than 30 models.