After five years of heavy hints but precious few details, Pratt & Whitney Canada has unveiled the first significant information and images about research and development tests of electronic engine controls and an integrated propeller controller for a new 2,000-shp-rated PT6.
Pratt & Whitney Canada’s FAST is turnkey technology that not only addresses diagnostics and prognostics, but continues to expand – capturing, analyzing and wirelessly sending full-flight engine and aircraft data.
It may be a newcomer to business aviation, but Satair believes its extensive experience in the commercial marketplace will help the company establish itself in the sector.
Business jet traffic is set for another record year at Honqiao and Pudong International airports in Shanghai, China, where the FBOs are run by the Hawker Pacific Business Aviation Service Center.
With Pilatus Aircraft on the verge of clinching certification of the PC-24 light jet, the Swiss-based manufacturer is so confident of completing the final few hours of testing on schedule that it has trundled the second prototype into the show floor at NBAA.
Famous for its advanced-technology winglets, Aviation Partners Inc. helped drive Steve Hinton Jr. and his highly modified P-51 Mustang to a new world record without them.
Wheels Up, a membership-based private aircraft company, says a new round of funding it recently secured will help it grow more quickly and acquire aircraft faster.
Board Embraer’s new Phenom 300E, short for 300 Enhanced, and you’ll find cabin accoutrements that look like they’ve been lifted from the firm’s $20 million Legacy 500.
MedAire founder Joan Sullivan Garrett has won the NBAA 2017 Meritorious Service Award for turning into a reality her vision to help people needing remote medical care.
Following Dassault’s surprise disclosure of another engine-related delay to the Falcon 5X here at NBAA, Safran says it has identified the problems with the Silvercrest and is poised to discuss a range of potential fixes with the airframe manufacturer.
Signature Flight Support, the world’s largest FBO network is nearly finished integrating Landmark Aviation into the family. As if that weren’t enough, plans are to continue its growth-through-acquisition strategy.
With Honeywell’s HTF7700L turbofan newly certified for the Cessna Longitude, the engine family powers almost all super-midsize jets on the market today.
Greenpoint Technologies recently completed Crystal AirCruises’ VIP 777-200LR interior ahead of schedule. The interior installation began in August 2016 at Greenpoint’s Moses Lake, Washington, facility.
Business aviation has a cybersecurity problem – the sector just doesn’t realize it yet. But one company exhibiting at the NBAA convention is on a mission to both educate companies and protect them against digital threats.
The long-delayed Falcon 5X jet development program faces a further holdup after Safran revealed it had encountered new problems with the aircraft’s Silvercrest turbofans during recent ground and flight tests.
