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
Dassault Aviation has unveiled the Falcon 2000S, a replacement for the Falcon 2000DX. Announced during last week’s European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition in Geneva, the new model is being developed to compete directly against other super-midsize business aircraft, including the Bombardier Challenger 300, Gulfstream G250 and Hawker 4000.

Fred George
Dassault Aviation has unveiled the Falcon 2000S, a replacement for the Falcon 2000DX, developed to compete directly against the Bombardier Challenger 300, Gulfstream G250 and Hawker 4000, among other super-midsize business aircraft. Slated to enter service in early 2013 and priced at $25 million, the Falcon 2000S will have more cabin volume, shorter takeoff distances and a considerably larger tanks-full payload than its super-midsize competitors, says Dassault.

Fred George (Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil)
With the Legacy 650, Embraer introduces an able entry to the long-range business jet market. This latest variant of the EMB-135BJ can carry eight passengers more than 3,800 nm, enabling it to fly nonstop from London to New York, Dubai to London, Sao Paulo to Miami or Singapore to Sydney.