Business Aviation

Students at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have flown a quadcopter drone entirely powered by sunlight.

Aspen Flying Club, located near Bye Aerospace’s facilities at Centennial Airport, Colorado, recently reserved 30 all-electric Sun Flyer 2 airplanes to use as trainers.

According to the Experimental Aircraft Association, this summer’s AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, attracted 601,000 attendees, about 2% above last year’s record.

Rockwell Collins recently signed on as a service provider of Iridium Certus satellite solutions over the Iridium NEXT network. Rockwell will be adding the service to its aircraft connectivity applications, delivering the next-generation L-band broadband solution for commercial, government and ARINCDirect customers. In addition, it will design and produce Iridium Certus service terminals.

A U.S. patent application filed on Jan. 8 may provide clues to Bell’s design for an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.

The U.S. Air Force recently awarded Gulfstream Aerospace a $594.4 million, seven-year contract to provide logistics support for its Gulfstreams,

Italian aerospace and defense company Leonardo says it has overcome helicopter production and delivery glitches that led to investor concern.

Every training flight is followed by an analysis that may take longer than the flight itself. The debrief was a major part of the training sortie.

Most people learn better from visualization than from lengthy lectures or written explanations.

Low-speed buffet sets a boundary between a safe flight region and a part of the flight envelope in which the airplane may encounter serious control problems.

Demand for broadband connectivity aboard business aircraft is booming. Passengers expect seamless Wi-Fi access to the internet as much as they count on other services.

The NBAA is fighting to preserve Santa Monica (California) Municipal Airport across two separate but related fronts. First, the association has filed an en-blanc petition asking for a rehearing by the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia of a recent determination that a January 2017 settlement between the city of Santa Monica and the FAA did not constitute a final action by the agency.

The AOPA recently announced its “Rusty Pilots” program had returned nearly 6,000 aviators to currency.

Business aviation departures in Europe set a record in July with 94,002 flights, up 4% from a year ago.

Over the next 10 years, the Latin American business aircraft fleet is expected to slightly contract, moving to 3,765 aircraft in 2027 from 4,525 in 2018.

Signature Flight Support posted revenue of $926.3 million during the first half of 2018, up 15.4% from the same period a year ago.

Acorn Growth Cos., a private equity firm, has acquired Berry Aviation, based in San Marcos, Texas.

London Biggin Hill Airport is celebrating 15 years of its dedicated animal-handling service, SkyPets.

Duncan Aviation has opened an aircraft sales office in Phoenix to respond to client requirements and acquisition opportunities, it said.

Sheltair Aviation plans to build, lease and manage a new 20-acre hangar complex at the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport with fixed-base operator services.

The unmanned aircraft systems world is surely one of the most active sectors of aviation today and, arguably, in decades.

Questions for Brian Proctor, Mente Group founder, president and CEO.

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Piper company engineers elected to hot-rod the PA-42-720A Cheyenne III to field a viable challenger.

News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.