John was editor of Aviation Week's ShowNews for nearly two decades. He retired in 2020. His background in business journalism before joining Aviation Week includes stints at Reuters, the American Banker daily banking newspaper and as business news editor at the Milwaukee Journal and the Cincinnati Enquirer.
A lifelong aviation enthusiast, John has been a private pilot for 34 years and won an award at EAA Oshkosh for his restoration of a vintage British Auster army spotter aircraft. He is currently building a 1920s Staaken Flitzer biplane from plans. John attended his first Farnborough Air Show in 1952, when just eight months old.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Numerous international fighter and test pilots have already flown the AVIC Hongdu L15 Eagle twin-engined trainer, as China’s marketing and flight-test campaigns intensify. In its first appearance outside China, the private venture training aircraft is flying here at the Dubai Airshow daily, with the company working toward orders from Middle East and African nations.
With current market conditions encouraging business aircraft owners to upgrade their existing aircraft instead of trading them in, GE Aviation and Tennessee-based Smyrna Air Center have launched an engine retrofit program called the Power 90 for King Air 90s.
Hawker Beechcraft is continuing to evolve its venerable King Air 90 model with the new C90GTx. The GTx will replace the current King Air C90GTi twin turboprop and offer more range and payload, the company said last week during the Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis.
