If the word techniks means anything in Lufthansa Technik, it’s technology. The commercial and business aviation powerhouse in maintenance and cabin completions is providing a glimpse here at NBAA of what it is developing today to shape the future. We talked with Andrew Muirhead, head of original equipment innovation, about the latest developments.
An order from Al Saif Aviation for “at least 10” Avanti EVO aircraft was the surprise highlight of an upbeat briefing from in-receivership Piaggio at NBAA-BACE this week.
Joint ventures are very much in FSI’s business plan, typified by the new partnership with Textron Aviation – embracing Beechcraft, Cessna and Hawker -- which came into effect on April 1.
Dassault has completed the critical design review of its next new business aircraft, the long-range, widebody Falcon 6X twinjet, and is closing in on the preliminary design of the advanced low-noise follow-on project, which is widely dubbed the 9X.
Surveillance data provider Aireon and the Cocesna air navigation services agency have signed an agreement to deploy space-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) in six Central American countries.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Frank Robinson announced the simultaneous launch of his company’s first turbine-powered model and of the engine, a compact derivative of the M250, that would make it possible in 2007.
By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Red Aircraft's new engine offers operators lower operating costs and a lower ecological footprint compared to turbine or radial engines, the company said.
Eurocontrol faces the challenge on a daily basis of keeping ever increasing transborder traffic flowing, efficiently and safely while minimizing impact on the environment.
Considering the immense importance of Eurocontrol in enabling the unimpeded flow of European aviation, it is logical that the organization would represent a target to terrorists and other malefactors.
The North Atlantic Warming Hole (NAWH) is linked to a slowdown of the large system of ocean currents that carry warm water from the tropics northward into the North Atlantic.
Turbulence reports must be carefully evaluated because one citing moderate turbulence encountered by a Boeing 757 would translate into a much worse experience in a King Air. Why? In general, business aircraft are lighter and have lower wing loading than a commercial jet, and many have relatively little wing sweep, all of which increase the gust load factor and thus the amount of turbulence felt.
Passengers may be in for bumpier rides in the future and the potential for serious injuries when unbuckled passengers and flight attendants are jolted around the cabin.
Faster, higher, roomier, quieter and, surprisingly, less expensive are five ways to differentiate the $60 million 6,500-nm-range G600 from the G550 in Gulfstream’s top-end product line-up.
These graphs are designed to illustrate the performance of the Gulfstream G600 under a variety of range, payload, speed and density altitude conditions.
