Business & Commercial Aviation

By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Jet blast is created by turbine aircraft engines and can be powerful enough to cause large upsets to aircraft on the ground or close to the ground.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Blackhawk Aerospace has received a Supplemental Type Certificate to transform the Beechcraft King Air 300 into "the fastest King Air in the world."
Business Aviation

By William Garvey
Questions for John McKenna, chairman of the Recreational Aviation Foundation, Bozeman, Montana.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Sky Trek Aviation at Modesto City-County Airport, based in California, has new ownership and name—Modesto Jet Center—effective Aug. 1.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Signature Flight Support has agreed to purchase IAM Jet Center and its affiliated companies, complementing Signature's existing FBOs in the Caribbean.
Business Aviation

By Jessica A. Salerno
BCA business aviation product and service previews.
Business Aviation

By Jessica A. Salerno
Selected accidents and incidents, August and July 2019. The NTSB information is preliminary.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
XJet's FBO at London-Stansted Airport is setting new standards in luxury with its "tailored branding" service introduced in June.
Business Aviation

All airline and most business aviation SOPs call for an immediate missed approach if the situation becomes unstable.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Barrington Irving has been named to receive the NBAA's 2019 American Spirit Award
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
Aircraft manufacturers are taking a greater in-house role in the design, development and production of the executive seats that go into their jets and turboprops.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Honda Aircraft delivered the first two HondaJet Elites to Hawaii on June 27. Wing Spirit, a new commercial outfit, will operate the pair on inter-island charters.
Business Aviation

By Jessica A. Salerno
Business & Commercial Aviation news from August 1969.​
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Game Composites has received FAA type and production certificates for its GB1 Gamebird, a two-place composite aerobatic and training aircraft.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
H55, a technology spinoff from the Solar Impulse around-the-world solar-powered aircraft team, has flown a two-seat electric aircraft aimed at the pilot-training market.
Business Aviation

By Jessica A. Salerno
News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.
Business Aviation

By Fred George
Learjet 75 has been in production since November 2013 and flies higher, faster and farther than competitive light jets.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Duncan Aviation's MRO facility in Provo, Utah, has received Stage I accreditation from the International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The National Air Transportation Association and University of Maryland have signed a pact to review discharges of foam fire suppression systems in hangars.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Ampaire, a startup hybrid-electric aircraft developer, recently announced a 50-aircraft launch order plus 50 options from Personal Airline Exchange.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey
Questions for Shelly Simi, President and CEO, National Association of State Aviation Officials, Washington.
Business Aviation

The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International predicts the global drone market will be $140 billion in 10 years.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Bombardier Aerospace has delivered its 300th Challenger 350 business jet, the company said. The delivery comes five years after its entry into service.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The FAA has issued multiple waivers allowing operators to fly parachute-equipped drones over people—flights normally banned because of the risk to bystanders.
Business Aviation

By James Albright
Can this airplane land itself? That is a frequent question from the flying public when first viewing a high-tech cockpit.
Business Aviation