Owners and operators of Bombardier Global 5000 and Global 6000 business jets will now be able to select increased high speed internet connectivity as an option
Piper Aircraft said at Oshkosh today that aassembly of the first conforming flight test aircrft for the company's new Altaire business jet will begin in August. First flight will be in 2013 with certification and deliveries in 2014.
Pressure is building up on the EU to remove aviation from its emissions trading scheme, which Arab carriers and business aviation operators have criticised since it was first announced two years ago calling the scheme an "illegal tax."
The UAE civil aviation authority GCAA has called for a new study on wake vortex incidents in the emirates following a number of referrals in the authority's safety reporting scheme - particularly referring to the A380.
Successful DAE subsidiary, Associated Air Center, which is the StandardAero's VIP aircraft completions business in Dallas, has added to its capabilities for BBJ aircraft
The Kodiak utility aircraft could soon be seen in the region following a new distribution deal signed between Dubai-based Empire Aviation and Quest Aircraft Company, the Kodiak's American manufacturer.
Bahrain-based MENA Aerospace Enterprises' aircraft operation division, MAE Aircraft Management, has been awarded a Certificate of Registration for full compliance with the International Standards for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO).
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) today announced that Al Bateen Executive Airport saw significant growth in business aviation in its half year results, with almost 40 percent growth in private jet movements against the same period last year.
JETNET LLC - a provider of aviation market intelligence - has just launched its Q3 2011 JETNET iQ Global Business Aviation Survey in seven languages. The web-based, password-protected Q3 2011 Survey is available in English, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Arabic versions.
At a school event last year my bride and I were tasked with leading a team of fellow Connecticut parents in a friendly, multi-state competition. Our first assignment was to come up with a name and slogan that captured our state's spirit and identity. Pens and pads in hand, we looked from one team member to the next, ready to record their suggestions. We waited. And waited. And waited. The essence of Connecticut seems not to fire imaginations.
I have been reading BCA for many decades and your comments about John Wiley in “Fleeting Permanence” (Viewpoint, April 2011, page 9) have caused me to write.
Tom Haines (Editor in Chief, Senior Vice President )
Thanks for the nice piece about John Wiley. I will surely miss him and his dry humor. We frequently compared Bonanza notes at the shows and talked shop. I first met him when I was at Professional Pilot magazine and he was still contributing there. I, as always, also enjoyed his last entry in BCA (“Baghdad Diary,” April 2011, page 42). How prophetic his closing sentence: “Life . . . is also very unpredictable.” Sad. He will be missed. Thanks for capturing his good soul so well.
Your tribute to my friend John Wiley in the April issue of BCA was very moving. Well done. And it's so hard to believe that his story in that issue was his last work.
Erik Eliel's “Getting Radar Right” (April 2011, page 54) is one of the best “Met” pieces I have read in a while. The writing style is excellent as well as the knowledge you have imparted to me. Please, keep them coming! Boeing 737 Captain, US Airways Aviation Management Systems Inc.
While members of the GA Avgas Coalition continue gnashing their teeth over increased calls by various environmental groups to curtail the use of leaded avgas (BCA, June 2011, page 22), pilots and airports across the country are taking things into their own hands by adding lead-free, ethanol-free premium autogas, an FAA-approved aviation fuel since 1982.
I'd like to thank BCA for running excerpts from the magazine from 50 years ago. My father was an instructor with Capital Air Lines and I grew up in the airline environment. He brought BCA and Aviation Week home from work and I read them from cover to cover. I remember many of the articles, advertisements and photos you spotlight each month. Somewhere, I still have airplane cards that were a series in one of the magazines, so long ago. The inspiration of your fine publications encouraged me to successfully pursue a career as an airline pilot.
Regarding the May 2011 Cause & Circumstance “Thunderstorm Break-up,” I think the Board has been unusually hard on the controller when he did provide all that was requested of him. The pilot received three preflight briefings from AFSS and was provided information regarding the severe weather conditions along his planned route. He expressed concern about these conditions and altered his route of flight farther south so he could maneuver around and through “holes” in the weather.
Scott Ernest, a GE Aviation veteran, is the new president and CEO of Cessna Aircraft. The announcement came less than a month after Textron announced Jack Pelton would step down as Cessna chairman, president and CEO. Textron Chairman and CEO Scott Donnelly, who had served as president and CEO of GE Aviation before joining Textron in 2008, led the Wichita manufacturer in the interim.
The FAA will strip privacy protection options from general aviation operators beginning Aug. 2. But business and general aviation groups have banded together to mount a legal challenge to the DOT decision announced by the FAA to end the Block Aircraft Registration Request (BARR) program, which is administered by the NBAA. The NBAA, along with the AOPA and EAA, said that they would seek a court injunction to prevent the BARR ruling from taking effect, and to invalidate the new policy altogether. Publication of the notice follows the DOT's quiet announcement at 5 p.m.
The FAA, while finalizing its new flight, rest and duty regulations for FAR Part 121, is considering extending that rule to Part 135, says FAA Flight Standards Director John Allen. Speaking during the NATA's Air Charter Summit in early June, Allen did not provide a timeline on a potential proposal for Part 135, and concedes the agency has its hands full with mandates from last summer's Airline Safety and FAA Extension Act of 2010 that stemmed in part from the 2009 Colgan crash.
SimCom Training Centers is upgrading one of its two Eclipse 500 simulators in Orlando, Fla., with the Avio Integrated Flight Management System (IFMS), duplicating the most-advanced avionics configuration for the airplane. Avio IFMS includes digital moving map, XM weather integration, electronic charts, flight plan overlay on nav displays and WAAS/LPV capability. The simulator upgrade is expected to be completed by this fall.
