NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen talked about what to expect at the business aviation association’s upcoming NBAA-BACE, Oct. 12-14—as well as sustainability, safety, advanced air mobility and other key topics that will be at the forefront of the event.
Exhibit floor space is almost sold out for the National Business Aviation Association Convention & Exhibition in October in Las Vegas, following the COVID-19 pandemic-driven cancellation of the 2020 show in Orlando, Florida.
Central to the bid to restore Ed Swearingen’s twinjet to production are an all-new cockpit, based around the Honeywell Epic 2.0 avionics suite, new ergonomic enhancements, electronic standby attitude/heading display and much more.
Textron Aviation is progressing with work on its $4.8 million Cessna Denali single-engine turboprop, with first flight expected in mid-2019 and certification in mid-2020, the company reports.
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From flying cars to supersonics, and new midsize jets to the state of the market, listen in as our editors review a convention boldly venturing where no NBAA has gone before.
Systems integrator Innovative Solutions & Support plans to certify its ThrustSense retrofit autothrottle system early next year on the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6-powered Beechcraft King Air B200.
Seeking to make the newly certified PC-24 twinjet as well-known at the BACE as its turboprop little brother, Switzerland’s Pilatus has flown a production example to Orlando, where it may be viewed in the static exhibition at the Executive Airport.
FlightSafety International announced Platinum, a program that provides “new and innovative services, exceptional benefits and the highest level of training program customization available.”
Pratt & Whitney Canada says initial flight tests of its newest engine, the PW812D demonstrator, have met expectations as it continues to define the production configuration for Dassault’s Falcon 6X large, long-range business jet.
Highly qualified flight crew are already in short supply as airlines around the world soak up the existing supply and fewer military pilots become available. That leaves the business aviation industry wondering how to attract corporate pilots.
Fast-moving fractional operator Flexjet is busy recruiting pilots here this week. “The company intends to grow its fleet by 14%, which will require growth in pilot ranks by 25% this year,” says a spokesman.
Boeing yesterday announced enhancements to Jeppesen Mobile FliteDeck, a popular electronic flight bag solution for the business and general aviation market.