Business Aviation

Phil Trenary, an ex-CEO of U.S. regional carrier Pinnacle Airlines and ex-chair of the U.S. Regional Airline Association, was killed Sept. 27 in a shooting in Memphis.
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By Molly McMillin
Gulfstream Aerospace has delivered its first new G500 business jet, achieving the milestone four years after it unveiled the aircraft in 2014.
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By Molly McMillin
The U.S. House has passed the recently-announced, five-year bill to reauthorize the FAA on a 398-23 vote.
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Gulfstream Aerospace has delivered the first all-new Gulfstream G500, officially marking the arrival of a new generation of Gulfstream innovation and design.
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By Michael Bruno
United Technologies Corp. (UTC) appears unlikely to meet its own Sept. 30 deadline for closing the roughly $30 billion acquisition of avionics and cabin interiors giant Rockwell Collins.
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By Michael Bruno
United Technologies Corp. (UTC) appears unlikely to meet its own Sept. 30 deadline for closing the roughly $30 billion acquisition of avionics and cabin interiors giant Rockwell Collins.
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By Angus Batey
The financial and practical benefits of routine flights by UASs — aka drones — in national airspace will only be realized if and when operators have a file-and-fly capability as easy and quick to access as that enjoyed today by pilots of conventional aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
The FAA in September signed separate agreements with Brazil’s Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC) and Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) that will make it easier to approve each country’s aircraft and aviation products for their growing markets, the FAA said.
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By Molly McMillin
Luxaviation has opened an office in Lugano, Switzerland, and launched a strategic partnership with Colombo Wealth Management.
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By Molly McMillin
Satcom Direct has begun construction on a second phase of expansion at its SD Data Center headquarters in Melbourne, Florida.
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By Michael Bruno
BBA Aviation company Ontic announced Sept. 18 the acquisition of aerospace-focused aftermarket service provider Firstmark.
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By Graham Warwick
FAA reauthorization legislation agreed to by House and Senate committee leaders contains “the most forward-leaning language from Congress on supersonics since the 1960s,” says Boom Supersonic, the Colorado-based startup developing a 55-seat, Mach 2.2 airliner.
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By Molly McMillin
C&L Aviation Services has signed an agreement with private jet charter JetSuiteX to refurbish multiple Embraer EMB 145 family aircraft.
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By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation remains committed to its Citation Hemisphere project, its largest business jet to date, despite program delays.
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By Molly McMillin
The number of fatal accidents involving general aviation continues to recede, despite an increase in flight hours, according to Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’ 27th Joseph T. Nall Report released in September.
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By Molly McMillin
In the next five years, the average age of a private jet customer is expected to fall dramatically, new survey results say.
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By Graham Warwick
U.S. track maker Workhorse Group has formally begun the process to sell the SureFly operating unit that is developing a hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft.
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Molly McMillin
BRS Aerospace plans to work with Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research to develop testing protocols for evaluating the safety and performance of the company’s parachute recovery systems for general aviation and advanced vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
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By Michael Bruno
High-profile drone and software provider Airobotics of Israel has opened an office in Scottsdale, Arizona, that will become the startup’s global headquarters.
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House and Senate committee leaders have reached a final agreement on multi-year legislation to reauthorize the FAA, capping a three-year battle between Republicans and Democrats that many industry-watchers expected would culminate in another short-term extension for the agency.
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A compromise bill to reauthorize the FAA could be taken up by the U.S. House as early as next week, according to a staffer on the House Transportation and Infrastructure committee, who added that negotiations are on track and members remain optimistic about the prospects of passing the legislation before the fast-approaching Sept. 30 deadline.
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By Thierry Dubois
Lyon, France–The French air force is gearing up for the entry into service of the single-turboprop Pilatus PC-21, which will become its mainstay in pilot and weapon system officer (WSO) training.
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By Kirby Harrison
StandardAero Component Services has broken ground on a new, 206,000 sq. ft. component repair center in Cincinnati, Ohio, directly adjacent to its already-existing, 236,000 sq. ft. component repair facility.
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By James Albright
Examining the origins of the phrase Murphy's Law reveals lessons for aviators trying to keep the act of flying from Point A to Point B as safe as possible.
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By Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.
Attendees at the World Meteorological Organization's Volcanic Ash Workshop in October 2015 learned of efforts to improve the forecasting of volcanic ash plumes.
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