Business Aviation

As far as I can see, we pilots fit into two groups. Half of us are compelled to double-check things that have already been checked.

A flight crew’s timely response to a loss of cabin pressurization or to smoke or fumes is critical and certainly not the time to discover that your supplemental oxygen system isn’t working.

Oxygen flow to each individual mask is controlled by a regulator mounted on the mask. Masks commonly have two regulator switches.

When performing a preflight, it is important to review the temperature compensation chart next to the oxygen cylinder to ensure you have a full supply.

The most common oxygen mask components that fail are around valves, fittings, and connections involving rubber seals, tubing and hoses.

Genuine leather remains the preferred product for aircraft seating upholstery, while textiles are usually specified for headliners and sidewalls.

How can you tell if it’s genuine leather? Touch it. Depending on the quality, the real McCoy can feel coarse or smooth, or anywhere in between.

Leather grades can seem cryptic at first but basically they differ only by their handling and the chemical procedures applied to the material.

Here’s a matter you have never considered and a question you have never asked: Wherefrom will come the next generation of aviation writers?

Buenos Aires and Cordoba are the magnet destinations of the majority of business aviation flights to Argentina, while a lesser number head to the huge country’s many scenic wonders.

The Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet only has been in production for 15 months and the planemaker already is announcing a Generation 2 version.

Nancy Leveson, professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT, has been on a 30-plus-year quest to engineer out hazards that can lead to aircraft accidents.

The Cessna Citation Sovereign has earned a reputation for rock-solid reliability, plus it has the largest cabin of any midsize jet of its vintage.

The business aviation community has mostly focused on what the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 does not contain: ATC privatization.

For Bombardier, the move addresses the fate of its aerostructures unit. For Triumph, the sale is the latest in a string of sell-offs.

The U.S. aviation industry welcomed the news on Jan. 25 that Congress and the White House struck an agreement to reopen the government for three weeks.

The FAA on Jan. 25 ordered a ground delay for flights destined for New York LaGuardia Airport due to an uptick in air traffic controllers calling in sick.

With the partial shutdown resolved, at least temporarily,it will still take months for the business and general aviation manufacturing and maintenance industries to recover from the delays, said the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.

Fixed-based operators are preparing for hundreds of private jets carrying pro footballs fans to vie for ramp space and jostle for departure slots at Atlanta area airports leading up to Super Bowl LIII on Feb. 3.

Bombardier is insourcing Global 7500 wing and supply chain work with a deal to buy it from Triumph Group for a “nominal cash consideration.”

Tastefully Yours, one of the largest caterers to bizav operators in the Southeast, will play a major role in this year’s Super Bowl festivities in Atlanta.

The little-known Canadian company is poised to take over production and support of one of the most widely used regional-turboprop families, the Dash 8 and Q400.

Textron Aviation sales jumped 12% in 2018 over the prior year, helping to deliver welcome financial results for the latest year and leaving the business jet, helicopter and UAV provider bullish going into 2019, executives said Jan. 24.

FAA technicians who are not being paid during the U.S. government shutdown maintain the communications, navigation and surveillance equipment that air traffic controllers—also unpaid—rely on to safely separate air traffic.

The partial government shutdown has not yet affected the FAA’s type certification of Textron Aviation’s new Citation Model 700 Longitude super midsize jet.