The Weekly of Business Aviation

The bench is a flight simulator built to the fidelity required for certification testing of both hardware and software that will then go to the aircraft.

G100UL unleaded avgas lacks a product specification from ASTM International—something industry has historically relied on when introducing new fuels, NATA says.

This further paves the way for first customer deliveries and entry into service to commence, the company says.

The first customer deliveries will begin in a week, officials say.

Alvin Brown and J. Todd Inman were sworn in as new members of the NTSB on April 8, bringing the safety board to its full complement of five members.

Bombardier has added its Challenger 650 business jet to the publication of its Environmental Product Declaration (EPD), which can be publicly accessed.

Icon Aircraft, maker of the Icon A5 amphibious sport plane, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection April 4 and is pursuing a sale of the business.

According to the EBACE website, 182 exhibitors of all sizes are registered for the show.

The April 8 total solar eclipse will be the last visible from the contiguous U.S. until 2044.

Founder of air ambulance provider Global Jetcare, Bart Gray, plus three pilots and an observer, took to the skies in a Learjet 36A at 11:49 p.m. CDT on April 3.

The MoU is intended to enable collaboration to identify research, development, demonstration, and deployment opportunities for sustainable aviation technologies

The project involves Thales, TXT and the Universite Laval.

Thales has completed the acquisition of Cobham Aerospace Communications, thus obtaining crucial technology in secure broadband data links.

The 149,500 ft.² facility includes workshops, storage space, offices, training rooms and rest areas.

Flight tests of the Rolls-Royce Pearl 10X engine for the ultra-long-range Dassault Falcon 10X business jet have begun following delivery of the company’s Boeing 747-200 flying testbed fitted with the test engine to its Tucson facility in Arizona.

As of the end of 2023, 690 registered GA companies operated 2,900 aircraft and averaged 114,000 flight hours per month, China reported on March 29.

The event has grown from a small fly-in for sport aviation enthusiasts in 1974 to Florida’s largest annual convention.

H55 is developing battery packs for Pratt & Whitney Canada’s hybrid-electric flight demonstrator.

Rolls-Royce has begun bench tests of its first 320-kW electric motor demonstrator for potential regional aircraft applications.

Surf Air Mobility said it now expects to receive FAA certification for its electrified powertrains in 2027.

San Francisco International Airport (SFO) says the proposed rebranding will create confusion.

The Mitre Corp. has developed a tool that can estimate the level of risk to AAM vehicles posed by hazardous operating conditions created by microscale weather.

The project is developing a digital twin of Aurora’s Skiron-X expeditionary uncrewed aircraft.

Drone delivery provider DroneUp has unveiled its Ecosystem, an integrated ground, air and software infrastructure.

Gogo and Atlas Air Service of Germany have partnered to certify installations of Gogo’s HDX antenna on Cessna Citation and Embraer Phenom 300 light jets.