At this point, business and general aviation constitute a pretty staid, predictable and, critics might say, unexciting industry. And by some measures, that's absolutely true.
Operated by the Air Charter Safety Foundation, the Illegal Charter Reporting Hotline is open to employees or agents of FAR Part 135 on-demand certificate holders and the general public to file reports of suspected illegal commercial flights.
While anti-icing fluids negate the serious effects of wing icing, recent research has determined the fluids themselves extract a significant penalty from the wing's aerodynamic capabilities.
Krimson, based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, has obtained a business aviation license from the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA), one of the first business aviation licenses issued by the authority, it said.
Bombardier says the company's focus will be on the high end of the business-jet market and building its aerostructures division around pacts with Airbus.
Too often we see an NTSB finding that states: "The probable cause(s) of this accident [involving a highly experienced airman] is determined to be the pilot's decision to initiate and continue flight into known adverse weather conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation, a loss of airplane control and a subsequent inflight breakup."
Tubreaux Aviation Services, based in Shreveport, Louisiana, has joined the Avfuel branded fixed-base operator network, including Avuel Contract Fuel and AvTrip rewards.
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) President and CEO Nimrod Shefer says his company is reviewing all of its operations, including its business jet activity.
Amprius, the provider of the batteries for Airbus’ record-breaking Zephyr solar-powered stratospheric unmanned aircraft says it is working with electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) developers on applications for its high energy-density lithium-ion cells.Where conventional lithium-ion batteries have graphite anodes and an energy density of 300-320 Wh/kg at best, Amprius’ cells use a silicon nanowire anode and have a specific energy of 435 Wh/kg.
