The Weekly of Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
While NASA’s high-speed research is focused on low-boom designs that would enable commercial supersonic flight over land, the agency is flight-testing a display that could be used by any supersonic aircraft to manage the noise created by sonic booms.
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The deadly midair collision between a Lockheed Martin F-16CM and Cessna 150M over South Carolina last year shows just how difficult it is for small aircraft to spot each other and deconflict under see-and-avoid rules.
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By Adrian Schofield
ICAO is developing a series of regulatory changes aimed at reducing the plethora of duplicative oversight and certifications required by approved maintenance organizations.
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By Molly McMillin
The Unmanned Safety Institute has launched an online training course designed by a team of aviation safety experts to teach drone hobbyists how to fly safely.

By Molly McMillin
Jet Aviation has added a new Global 6000 aircraft to its managed fleet in the Middle East, the company said.

By Molly McMillin
Jet Aviation announced that its network of fixed base operation facilities across Asia and Europe, the Middle East and Africa has received the IS-BAH Standard.

By Molly McMillin
Middle East Airlines is adding a second Embraer Legacy 500 business jet to its private jet fleet operated by its affiliate, Cedar Executive.

By Molly McMillin
West Star Aviation has received a Supplemental Type Certificate for the installation of a Future Air Navigation System (FANS) Controller Pilot Data Link Communications application.

By Molly McMillin
Flightstar, based in Champaign, Illinois, has completed its newest facility, Hangar 10, a 31,000-sq.-ft. aircraft maintenance hangar.

By Molly McMillin
A new report, commissioned by the Los Angeles World Airports, has found that the Van Nuys Airport contributes $2 billion to the local economy and supports more than 10,000 jobs.

By Molly McMillin
The first phase of a three-part modernization of Terminal 3 at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport was completed Dec. 6.

By Molly McMillin
Jet Aviation has earned approvals from the General Aviation Authority in the United Arab Emirates for Gulfstream G550 and G650 aircraft at its Dubai maintenance center.

By Molly McMillin
AeroBrigham, based in Decatur, Texas, has taken delivery of a Bell 407 configured for medical mission flights.

By Molly McMillin
DC Aviation Al Futtaim, based in Dubai, has added a new Dassault Falcon 7X aircraft to its managed fleet of aircraft and will operate the aircraft on behalf of its private owner.

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier, Inc. Model DHC-8-102, -103, and -106 airplanes.

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James Cook, Jeremy Figus, Ryan Kraus, Tory Martin and Michael Shelton have joined Taxxall Technologies’s new office in Jacksonville, Florida.

Jan. 11-13, 2017—2017 Risk Management Conference, Los Angeles, California, http://www.aci-na.org/conferences

By Molly McMillin
The global market for landing gears is projected to grow from $9.71 billion in 2016 to $13.14 billion by 2021, an annual growth rate of 6.23%.

View the November 2016 Business Aircraft Activity In North America and the Caribbean chart in PDF format.

By Molly McMillin
The Middle East & North Africa Business Aviation Association will have a new location for its 2017 MEBAA Show Morocco.

By Molly McMillin
Satcom Direct and Lufthansa Technik have joined together to offer aircraft operators movies and TV shows they can stream inflight.

By Molly McMillin
Constant Aviation, based in Cleveland, has completed its 40th 96-month inspection on an Embraer Legacy 600 aircraft based in Nigeria.

By Molly McMillin
Satcom Direct has been named a Global Xpress Value Added Reseller for Inmarsat’s Global Government business unit.

By Michael Bruno
The Carrier deal negotiated by President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence may have single-handedly sped up the automation and robotic takeover of the aerospace and defense workforce.
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