Business Aviation

Very few pilots are following their own SOPs and are not going around from unstable approaches.

HORIZON AIRCRAFT, Canada reached agreement with its parent company, ASTRO AEROSPACE, to reprivatize.

GOGO had $22m net income on $98m revenues in 2Q22 vs $69m loss on $82m in 2Q21. It says 2,893 business aircraft are flying with AVANCE L5 or L3

Matthew Olguin to General Manager-Albuquerque FBO of Cutter Aviation.

SANDHILLS GLOBAL reports y-o-y global used business jet inventories were 14% lower in July, but up 9% vs June 2022.

Hydrogen fuel cell propulsion for aviation is getting its start using automotive technology, but meeting the performance requirements of future commercial aircraft will require technology improvements across a broad range of components.

South Korean wireless provider SK Telecom is aiming to be first to deploy a 5G airspace communications network to support urban air mobility.

Japan Airlines is to participate in a project to explore business models for the implementation of advanced air mobility services in Tokyo.

Embraer’s urban air mobility spinoff Eve Holding saw cash burn accelerate in the first half of 2022 as it increased research and development (R&D) spending on its electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi and urban air traffic management program.

New contracts would end a long-running dry spell for orders of the six-metric-ton AW159 Wildcat naval helicopter.

Embraer plans to decide the engine supplier for its proposed turboprop by year-end, the company said.

Farnborough Airport has appointed architectural practice Gebler Tooth and civil engineer McLaughlin & Harvey to design and build its new, third hangar, with construction due to start this month.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Learning the wrong lessons in the simulator sets you up to fail in the real world.

Proposed new federal legislation would renew the legal authorities already granted to U.S. agencies to protect critical infrastructure and events against rogue drones and empower the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to “proactively” prevent drone incursions at airports.

ELLIOTT AVIATION, IL completed installation of HomeSafe emergency autoland systems on 29 TBM 940s for sale in US.

BOMBARDIER had $129m net loss on $1.6b revenues in 2Q22 vs $139m net income on $1.5b in 2Q21 and ended quarter with $14.7b backlog, up 37% vs a year

Bombardier continues to see strong demand for business jets, although supply chain issues continue to constrain deliveries.

New aircraft announcements, avgas changes and the U.S. Air Force’s 75th anniversary draw attention.

Circling is an unnecessary evil made worse by the way we train and check.

Autonomous advanced air mobility vehicles offer a solution to minimizing the environmental impact of wildfires, panelists told a White House-sponsored AAM conference Aug. 3.

For now, urban air mobility is focused on small two-four-passenger air taxis. But a UK study suggests that larger, 30-50-seat electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft could be competitive with existing modes of public transportation while reducing emissions and congestion.

ELLIOTT AVIATION acquired FOUR POINTS AERO at Dallas Love Field, its fifth business jet MRO location in the US.

JETNET secured a majority growth investment led by Silversmith Capital Partners, Boston to expand its product footprint, invest in sales and marketing

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