The Weekly of Business Aviation

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Mar. 26-29—NBAA - International Operators Conference (IOC2016), Las Vegas, Nevada, https://www.nbaa.org/events/ioc/2018/

Thomas Hutton has been appointed CEO of Cadence Aerospace, based in Anaheim, California.

A formal launch of a supersonic business jet is moving closer to reality despite risks related to regulations, engines and sonic boom noise.

The pilot of an AS350B2 Ecureuil that crashed in New York City thought the engine had failed as he attempted to land the helicopter, the NTSB said.

Sources familiar with Textron Aviation’s Citation X+ business jet program say the final aircraft is on the production line in Wichita.

The unstable landing of an S-92 helicopter on a North Sea oil rig could have been prevented if exceedances on the helo's HUMS had been correctly identified.

On-demand helicopter service provider Fly Blade has raised $38 million in a Series B financing round that includes investment from Airbus Helicopters.

Bombardier Aerospace has filled about half of the 1,000 jobs it needs in Montreal to support the interior completion of its new Global 7000 business jet.

The massive fiscal year (FY) 2018 spending bill the U.S. Congress is attempting to push through this week would increase FAA funding nearly 4% over FY17 figures, including a 13.8% jump in Facilities and Equipment (F&E) spending, where most NextGen air traffic control modernization program spending resides, and a boost in airport grant funding.

The massive fiscal year (FY) 2018 spending bill the U.S. Congress is attempting to push through this week would increase FAA funding nearly 4% over FY17 figures, including a 13.8% jump in Facilities and Equipment (F&E) spending, where most NextGen air traffic control modernization program spending resides, and a boost in airport grant funding.

Canadian air charter and medevac services provider Discovery Air has started a court-monitored liquidation.

Israel’s Elbit Systems is completing the acquisition of privately-owned Universal Avionics Systems Corp., the companies said March 22.

Drone data provider Skycatch and manufacturer DJI are to deliver a fleet of 1,000 small UAVs to Komatsu Smart Construction to map and model job sites.

The pilot of a Hawker Hunter jet that crashed during aerobatic maneuvers at the Shoreham Airshow, killing 11 people on the ground, will face criminal charges.

After a fatal New York City helicopter crash, the NTSB is urging the FAA to prohibit commercial flights that use harness systems that are not easy to release.

A coalition of aviation groups has written a letter to congressional leaders to reassert the vital role of contract air traffic control towers.

Germany’s Lange Research Aviation is developing a fuel-cell-powered surveillance aircraft with 40 hr. endurance when flown unmanned.

A Florida man pleaded guilty in District Court March 6 to operating an aircraft without an airman’s certificate, wire fraud and falsification of records.

JetMembership.com has launched what it says is the first “zero commission private jet charter membership model in the United States."

Production of Russia’s new-generation agricultural aircraft is planned to begin this year, state corporation Rostec says.

Slovakia’s flying-car developer Aeromobil has unveiled its concept for an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi.

U.S. startup Dorsal Aircraft plans to make intermodal shipping containers an integral part of an aircraft’s structure.

Nolinor Aviation, based in Canada, has acquired a 46,000-sq.-ft. FBO hangar facility at Saint-Hubert, Quebec

FAI Technik has been authorized by Rockwell Collins to sell, install and maintain its avionics and cabin electronics equipment.