George Bye is the founder and CEO of Bye Aerospace, the company behind the all-electric eFlyer. In this conversation, Aviation Week’s Graham Warwick for Business Aviation Week 2020, discusses with Bye the benefits for operators of using all-electric aircraft and how improved battery performance will be the key to developing larger aircraft with greater range.
U.S. Army, Luftwaffe, an undisclosed European military and the United Arab Emirates armed forces each boosted the fortunes of the special mission derivative market for large business jets this year.
Ron Draper is the president and CEO of Textron Aviation, which builds and services Beechcraft, Cessna and Hawker products. He tells Molly McMillin, editor-in-chief of The Weekly of Business Aviation, how his company has been weathering the COVID-19 crisis and why the recovery will be different from the 2008 financial crash.
Chad Anderson is president of global broker and sales company Jetcraft. He tells Aviation Week Network's John Morris about the extraordinary shifts that are happening in the market as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.
Brad Thress, President and CEO of FlightSafety International, joined the aviation training and simulation company from Textron in February, just as the COVID-19 pandemic began to unfold.
The Middle East & North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) was forced to postpone its annual show that was scheduled for December, but the organization’s founding and executive chairman Ali Alnaqbi is hopeful the rescheduled event will go ahead in February 2021.
David Coleal is the outgoing president of Bombardier Aviation. Molly McMillin, editor-in-chief of The Weekly of Business Aviation, spoke to him just days before his departure was announced on Oct. 1 for Business Aviation Week 2020 about how the business jet-maker was adapting to the new business environment following the outbreak of COVID-19.
Robert Fisch is president of aviation services at Luxaviation, one of the world’s largest private aircraft operators. As part of Business Aviation Week 2020, John Morris, editor-in-chief of Aviation Week’s ShowNews, speaks to him about how Luxaviation sees the market amid the pandemic.
It’s reasonable to ask why the aviation industry hasn’t made the transition from indicated air speed to Angle of Attack as the primary performance indicator for target V speeds.
While nearly every state allows a felon’s records to be expunged with a showing of good behavior, a pilot will have to live with a failed check ride for the rest of his or her life.
Learjet 31/31A, with all seats filled, is about as comfortable and practical as a Porsche 911 stuffed with adults. With few people aboard, it’s about as much fun to fly as the Zuffenhausen blitz-wagen is to drive on the autobahn.
