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

Edited By Paul RichfieldBy Fred George
Confronted with recent budget cuts, NASA Administrator Dan Goldin has urged the public to support full funding for the agency's Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS). Terming SATS ``crucial technology'' for the United States' future transportation needs, Goldin said, ``SATS is very significant priority for NASA that will change life in America by providing doorstep to destination transportation.''

Edited By Paul RichfieldBy Fred George, in Oshkosh, Wis.
Photograph: EAA members get acquainted under the Wisconsin sun. Clear prop! EAA Masses of faithful flying enthusiasts made their annual pilgrimage to Oshkosh, Wis., from July 26 to August 1, renewing old friendships, spending time with their families and also exploring what's newest and oldest in aircraft technology. The Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture has become an 1,800-acre aviation expo with a much broader based constituency than in its early years.

Edited by Paul RichfieldBy Fred George, in Oshkosh, Wis.
FAA Administrator Jane Garvey assured EAA members, several of whom are senior or retired airline pilots, that the FAA has progressed to the second phase of studying its mandatory age 60 retirement rule for airline pilots during her ``Meet the Boss'' forum at AirVenture 2000 in Oshkosh, Wis.