Business & Commercial Aviation

AOPA is working with Save Dillingham Airfield Group, an organization pushing to keep open Dillingham Airfield on the north shore of Oahu in Hawaii.

The FAA has issued an airworthiness directive requiring repetitive inspections of 14,653 U.S. registered single-engine Cessna 172, 182, 206, 207 and

A U.S. District Court judge has dismissed a claim by business aviation leaders who sought to overturn an agreement with the FAA that allows for the

Garmin International and its Autoland technology were named the recipients of Aviation Week Network’s 2020 Grand Laureate for business aviation

Bill Boisture, the former president and/or CEO of Hawker Beechcraft, Gulfstream, NetJets and Butler Aviation, has joined the executive team of Spike Aerospace.

Cybersecurity is a top priority as connected aircraft become the norm in business aviation.

Pyka believes it an accelerate fielding of two of the hottest technologies in aviation: autonomy and electric propulsion.

Dassault Aviation was scheduled to debut its new ultra-wide Falcon 6X business jet Dec. 8.

RUAG International is selling production of the 19-seat Dornier 228 twin-turboprop regional aircraft to General Atomics.

The AOPA Air Safety Institute notes a continued decrease in overall accident rates for noncommercial and commercial fixed-wing operations, noncommercial and commercial helicopter operations, and sport/experimental operations.

The CEO of Italy’s Leonardo has been sentenced to six years in prison for crimes committed in a previous role. Alessandro Profumo was recently found

As pilots, we regard aircraft as technological marvels, but infectious disease specialists and epidemiologists see the growing mobility of people via air transport as amplifying the potential for rapid dissemination of disease.

It took eight launches over two years to put up 66 satellites plus six spares (with nine more stored on the ground), replacing the original Iridium constellation launched in the 1990s.

Ground operations in the winter create a large number of threats that can cause serious damage to an aircraft.

On a private or business aircraft you have direct control over who will ride onboard, allowing you to screen passengers for illness.

The BFU found that the cause of the incident was ATC issuing a clearance on the basis of inadequate situational awareness.

The Gulfstream G450, built from 2003 to 2017, is the last of the legacy Gulfstream jets with roots to Grumman’s original Gulfstream I turboprop.

Pilot oxygen masks should be kept clean to reduce the danger of infection and to prolong their lives.

In only its first year of service (March 2019 to March 2020), Aireon ADS-B has chalked up these service milestones:

“If you meet the ADS-B mandate standards, our receivers can pick up the signals.”

“ADS-B has built into it a figure of merit that tells you the performance of the GPS information imbedded in the ADS-B message.”

Another benefit harvested from Aireon satellite-based ADS-B is data enabling the tracking of equipped aircraft for search-and-rescue purposes.

The performance of the crew was completely routine, yet beautiful in its professionalism.

Business & Commercial Aviation News from November 1970

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