With Pilatus Aircraft on the verge of clinching certification of the PC-24 light jet, the Swiss-based manufacturer is so confident of completing the final few hours of testing on schedule that it has trundled the second prototype into the show floor here at NBAA.
CAE said here yesterday that it’s renewed a long-term contract to train Flexjet and Flight Options, providing “exclusive pilot training programs for an additional six years, covering multiple business aircraft platforms, including Bombardier, Cessna, Gulfstream, Nextant Aerospace and Embraer.”
Wheels Up, a membership-based private aircraft company, says a new round of funding it recently secured will help it grow more quickly and acquire aircraft faster.
Honeywell said yesterday that it’s spinning off its home products, ADI global distribution and transportation systems business units, which collectively generate $7.5 billion in annual revenues.
Michael Vercio, Textron Aviation’s vice president of product support, was in the middle of his daughter’s birthday party one Sunday afternoon when he received a call from a pilot somewhere in rural Mississippi.
Business is brisk at Comlux, the Swiss-based VIP aircraft management, operating and charter company that also has a U.S. completions and maintenance center in Indianapolis.
Dassault officials declined to comment further on their disappointment with Safran’s bombshell admission that the 11,450-lb.-thrust Silvercrest turbofan, which is to power the Falcon 5X, is suffering yet another round of development woes.
Following Dassault’s surprise disclosure of another engine-related delay to the Falcon 5X here at NBAA, Safran says it has identified the problems with the Silvercrest and is poised to discuss a range of potential fixes with the airframe manufacturer.
American Aero FTW, an FBO at Meacham International Airport in Fort Worth, Texas, helped launch a new scholarship program with the Navy SEAL Foundation with a $22,000 donation to support pilot training for former SEALs. The check was presented on the first day of the NBAA show in Las Vegas.
For an aircraft designed with powerful high-lift devices for hopping in and out of short, unimproved runways, the flap system on the Pilatus PC-24 looks surprisingly small and unobtrusive.
Greenpoint Technologies recently completed Crystal AirCruises’ VIP 777-200LR interior ahead of schedule. The interior installation began in August 2016 at Greenpoint’s Moses Lake, Washington, facility.
The numbers are in: GE Aviation, the first corporate user of the HondaJet, says the diminutive business aircraft is boosting productivity and saving it money compared with flying on the airlines.
Over the next decade, big-cabin business jets – from super-midsize to business airliner classes – are expected to secure the highest demand, capturing 57% of all global deliveries, according to a just-released forecast by Honeywell Aerospace.
MedAire founder Joan Sullivan Garrett has won the NBAA 2017 Meritorious Award for turning into a reality her vision to help people needing remote medical care.
Gulfstream Aircraft’s fifth and final G600 test aircraft made its maiden flight Aug. 29, less than nine months since the G600 flight-test program began.
Zetta Jet Pte. Ltd and Zetta Jet USA, the firms that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in mid-September, are rolling the dice at Henderson. A Global 6000 in Zetta Jet livery is parked at the NBAA static display, accompanied by company pilot Matthew Waterhouse.
Nextant officials predict that the firm’s remanufactured and highly modified $8 million 604XT will be able to fly 500+ nm miles farther than a stock Bombardier Challenger 605/605/650 due to a wing extension and new winglets, plus a 4,000-ft. increase in maximum operating altitude to FL 450.
The long-delayed Falcon 5X jet development program faces a further holdup after Safran revealed it had encountered new problems with the aircraft’s Silvercrest turbofans during recent ground and flight tests.
Board Embraer’s new Phenom 300E, short for 300 Enhanced, and you’ll find cabin accoutrements that look like they’ve been lifted from the firm’s $20 million Legacy 500.
