Fred George

Chief Aircraft Evaluation Editor

San Diego, CA

Summary

Fred is a senior editor and chief pilot with Business & Commercial Aviation and Aviation Week's chief aircraft evaluation pilot. He has flown left seat in virtually every turbine-powered business jet produced in the past three decades.

He has flown more than 195 makes, models and variants, ranging from the Piper J-3 Cub through the latest Boeing and Airbus large twins, logging more than 7,000 hours of flight time. He has earned an Airline Transport Pilot certificate and six jet aircraft type ratings, and he remains an active pilot. Fred also specializes in avionics, aircraft systems and pilot technique reports.

Fred was the first aviation journalist to fly the Boeing 787, Airbus A350 and Gulfstream G650, among other new turbofan aircraft. He’s also flown the Airbus A400M, Howard 500, Airship 600, Dassault Rafale, Grumman HU-16 Albatross and Lockheed Constellation.

Prior to joining Aviation Week, he was an FAA designated pilot examiner [CE-500], instrument flight instructor and jet charter pilot and former U.S. Naval Aviator who made three cruises to the western Pacific while flying the McDonnell-Douglas F-4J Phantom II.

Fred has won numerous aviation journalism awards, including NBAA’s David W. Ewald Platinum Wing Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Articles

Fred George
Cessna Aircraft introduced a virtually all-new jet, the Citation Latitude, at last week’s National Business Aviation Association convention. In doing so, the Wichita firm challenged competitors hoping to supplant its leadership in the less-than-heavy-iron market. It’s the second new model to be announced by the firm in just two weeks. Cessna unveiled the Citation M2, an evolutionary successor to the CJ1+, in late September.

Fred George
Eclipse Aerospace is planning to deliver its first new production very light jet, sometime in 2013, since buying the assets of bankrupt Eclipse Aviation in 2009. The company last week began taking orders for the Eclipse 550, the new member of the Eclipse family.

Fred George
Cessna Aircraft has introduced a virtually all-new jet, the Citation Latitude, at this week’s National Business Aviation Association convention in Las Vegas, to the surprise of many in attendance. In doing so, the Wichita firm challenged competitors hoping to supplant its leadership in the less-than-heavy-iron market. It’s the second new model to be announced by the company in just two weeks. It unveiled the Citation M2, an evolutionary successor to the CJ1+, in late September.