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
These are the options that are currently planned for the Hawker 4000. We do not have finalized prices on everything yet so we have not included any. Avionics Options - Third crewmember audio and oxygen - Honeywell third comm - Honeywell MCS-4200 satcom - Honeywell CMS (communication management function) - AirCell ST Iridium phone system - FA2100 flight data recorder - 2nd Honeywell ADF - FAR Part 135 options

Fred George
The Hawker 4000 comes with an impressive list of standard avionics equipment, plus an unprecedented level of avionics/systems integration in the super midsize class. The basic aircraft is fitted with five, eight-by-10-inch displays in the instrument panel, twin FMS multi-function CDUs in the center console and twin armrest-mounted cursor control devices. The CDUs are used for FMS programming, radio tuning and control-display functions for certain airframe systems, including some electrical components.

Fred George (Albuquerque, N.M.)
Fred George, senior editor of Aviation Week & Space Technology sister publication Business & Commercial Aviation flew one of the Eclipse 500 flight-test aircraft and reported it in the July 2005 issue of B&CA. A condensed version of that article follows. We strapped into the left seat of serial No. 109, the third flight-test aircraft and the one Eclipse will use primarily for avionics and electric system certification. Terry Tomeny, Eclipse Aviation director of flight-test engineering, occupied the right seat as pilot in command.