Business & Commercial Aviation

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While there was plenty of substantial news emanating from the NBAA's annual gathering in Las Vegas this past October, what struck me as a notable change of focus was the emphasis on themes with global significance to business aviation going forward.

News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

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The tables show Jet-A and avgas prices from a survey of U.S. fuel suppliers conducted in November 2019.

The built-for-comfort, not-for-speed C90 King Air underwent a major upgrade in 2005 when Raytheon Aircraft swapped out the pair of anemic PT6A-21 turboprops for a brace of PT6A-135As.

BCA business aviation product and service previews.

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The new, third-generation PC-12 NGX boasts a redesigned cabin with new seats and larger windows as well as a new electronically controlled P&WC PT-6 turboprop.

Tecnam took firm orders for 11 P2012 Traveller 11-seat utility aircraft during the first two days at the NBAA's annual convention in Las Vegas.

French manufacturer Daher Group has completed its purchase of Quest Aircraft Co., maker of the Kodiak 100 utility turboprop.

Years in development, the all-new Extra NG aerobatic single has received in new type certificate from the EASA.

CAE has concluded a multilayered arrangement with Directional Aviation Capital involving investing $85 million for a 50% stake in Simcom.

Desert Jet began in 2007 when Denise Wilson launched the company as an aircraft management, sales and acquisitions center, later adding a charter operation.

DJI, the mall drone manufacturer, has unveiled a quadcopter weighing 249 grams (0.5 lb.), which exempts it by 1 gram from registration requirements in in several countries.

A wing's true angle of attack is unknown; it can only be estimated by a measuring device on the airplane that has inherent errors that must be addressed.

The rest and duty rules for Part 135 are complex in part because a pilot cannot rely on the regulations alone.

Jet Aviation Staffing and FlightSafety International have formed a global pilot training partnership program powered by the Hullo Aircrew platform.

A Scottish Fatal Accident Inquiry into the Nov. 29, 2013, helicopter crash that killed 10 people in Glasgow has concluded the pilot ignored low-fuel warnings.

An early initiation for most pilots includes the humor of poorly written maintenance write-ups, or "squawks." We all laugh about the nonsensical pilot entries made on the left side of an aircraft's maintenance log destined to be corrected by a funnier mechanic's entry on the right.

XTI Aircraft says it has signed an initial agreement with a potential lead investor in its $25 million Series B funding round.

If you fly an aircraft with TKS, be aware that replacement of the system's panels after maintenance requires extreme care.

Long in coming, the Epic turboprop finally earns its type certificate.

Lateral separations between aircraft flying in North Atlantic airspace have been reduced with space-based ADS-B for near real-time aircraft monitoring.

Dassault's steady expansion of maintenance capability continues, convincing Luxaviation Group to sell it ExecuJet's global maintenance activities.