Business Aviation

Alan Klapmeier, CEO of One Aviation, is low-key on the company’s newest project, the Eclipse 700, the next generation of the Eclipse 550 known as “Project Canada.”

Aviation Week takes part in a NASA-funded flight research program to determine if upset recovery guidance provided to a pilot on the primary flight display will help that pilot to more effectively and efficiently recover the aircraft.

The restored B-29 Superfortress, known as Doc, will have a permanent home at the Wichita Eisenhower National Airport in a $6.5 million project that includes a 32,000-sq.-ft. interactive hangar and learning center.

Bombardier Business Aircraft’s Global 7000 flight test program has accumulated more than 500 hr. of flight time with three test aircraft flying.

Bombardier Business Aircraft has announced that its Global 7000 aircraft flight test programme is progressing as planned and has surpassed the 500-hour milestone.

Embraer has announced the maiden flight of its first Legacy 500 midsize business jet assembled at its industrial facilities in Melbourne, Florida, just eight months after the first Legacy 450 mid-light jet assembled in Melbourne took flight.

U.S. tax audits related to aircraft-management service have been ongoing for several years, often in a suspension state.

At Oshkosh 2017, scattered among the exhibitors, is a growing business aviation presence, from aircraft manufacturers to suppliers and vendors.

Gulfstream officials say Boeing’s “room for growth” argument for why the U.S. Air Force should pick a 737 airliner over a business jet for future Compass Call, J-Stars, Rivet Joint and AEW&C missions is “misleading.”

EEA AirVenture will mark the anniversaries of aviation and aerospace events including the Doolittle Raid, formation of the U.S. Air Force and Apollo 1 disaster.

More than 100 general-aviation organizations have united to oppose legislation that would privatize the U.S. air traffic control system.

The flight is a key milestone for Embraer’s Melbourne operations, said Michael Amalfitano, Embraer Executive Jets’ president and CEO. The Brazil-based company has expanded its Florida production facilities and doubled its footprint, he said.

Charter operators report a spike in business in June, compared to a year ago, reports Avinode Group acting CEO Oliver King.

NASA’s Greased Lightning concept for a hybrid-electric, distributed-propulsion vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has been licensed to a Virginia-based startup, Advanced Aircraft Co. (AAC).

NASA’s Greased Lightning concept for a hybrid-electric, distributed-propulsion vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has been licensed to a Virginia-based startup, Advanced Aircraft Co. (AAC).

Propellers where there once were winglets, blown-wings instead of flaps. Welcome to the paradigm shift for aircraft design.

CB Aviation, based in Ogden, Utah, is launching a fractional ownership program called CB SkyShare to serve the Western portion of the U.S.

While the debate about whether to split off air traffic services from the FAA may be soaking up the oxygen in Washington, other language pending in Congress would lead to significant aviation-policy changes.

Final assembly work on Pilatus Aircraft’s first PC-24 customer aircraft is progressing well, the company reports.

Companies are transforming Air Tractor and Thrush agricultural aircraft into low-cost but bomb-heavy strike aircraft.

From takeoff to touchdown, IS&S’s new aftermarket autothrottle manages power and observes limits for non-Fadec turboprops.

June business aircraft flight activity in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean rose 4.3% year-over year, with positive trends in all operational segments, according to Argus International’s TraqPak data.

Spirit AeroSystems, based in Wichita, has added equipment, and created a 3- and 4-axis machining center of excellence at its McAlester, Oklahoma, facility, to support new, detailed parts-fabrication work.

The segment delivered five more large jets than it did in the second quarter of 2016, although total business jet deliveries in the quarter were down by two compared to the year-ago period.

Gulfstream Aerospace will exhibit three business jets at the Dubai Airshow, the flagship Gulfstream G650ER, the award-winning Gulfstream G550 and the class-leading Gulfstream G280.