Business & Commercial Aviation

There comes a time in every pilot’s life when upon rotating the airplane for takeoff, all that can be seen is total darkness.

Business And Commercial Aviation News From March 1970

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

We aviators need to realize that our aircraft and flying environments are just too complicated to attack problems on an ad hoc basis. If you don’t have a valid reason for your action, don’t take the action.

The Bombardier Safety Standdown became an internal success and in 1999 the company opened it to outside flight departments whereupon it grew into an industry-wide model.

As a business aviation professional, much of your career is spent in environments where threats to your personal safety and security lurk.

Keep track of your devices at all times. Due to their compact size, they are easy to lose or to have stolen.

William Garvey, editor-in-chief of Business & Commercial Aviation, was inducted into the “Living Legends of Aviation” in Beverly Hills, California on Jan. 16.

One out of three people traveling abroad experiences a related illness. On a typical two-week trip, travelers lose an average of three days due to illness, and almost 20% will remain ill after returning home.

I wonder if another chapter in motorized movement is aborning right now. The research effort is unlike anything I have ever known. The excitement of those involved is palpable and the energy of the movement is seemingly unstoppable and inexhaustible.

There are differences in the types of medical insurance that travelers are offered.

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The resources and expertise needed to evaluate the medical, safety and security threats at a destination can be considerable, far beyond the in-house resources of even the largest flight departments.

Cudahy is president and CEO for the International Council of Air Shows. He is the air show community’s primary interface with military, local and national officials and federal regulators.

Airbus Helicopters has announced a new alternate gross weight on the latest version of its H135 suite of helicopters.

Clay Lacy Aviation has opened an office at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport to provide local aircraft management services and support for owners and corporate flight departments.

Bombardier is strengthening its European customer support network with the expansion of its London Biggin Hill Service Center.

Honeywell is providing Leonardo helicopters with significant upgrades to its AW139 helicopters, including Honeywell’s Primus Epic 2.0.

Innovative Solutions & Support, based in Exton, Pennsylvania, has signed a multiyear agreement to supply the ThrustSense autothrottle and protection

The Embraer Phenom 300E is undergoing an upgrade with improvements to performance, comfort and technology, as well as being offered with an optional new refined interior.

FAA Administrator Steve Dickson has hinted of a new regulatory regime around aircraft certification, leaning on lessons from the Boeing 737 MAX debacle.

A new European helicopter show is being established through a partnership of the European Helicopter Association andEuropean Union Aviation Safety Agency.

Orders for Gulfstream business jets in 2019 were the most in more than a decade and the second highest ever, buoyed by demand for its new models, according to parent company General Dynamics.

PrimeFlight Services, based in Sugar Land, Texas, has acquired the assets of International Aero, an aircraft cleaning and maintenance company in

Bombardier has received FAA certification for an upgrade for Garmin G5000 avionics on board Learjet aircraft.