Kirby Harrison is a freelance writer for The Weekly of Business Aviation, Business & Commercial Aviation and others in the Informa publishing chain. Harrison joined the Navy in 1962 and spent 20 years in the service, virtually all of it as a photojournalist, traveling from small islands in the South Pacific to Vietnam to the bombing of the Marine barracks in Lebanon. When Harrison retired from the Navy, he went back to college and graduated in 1971 from Syracuse University with a Bachelor's Degree in Photojournalism. Along the way, he spent two years as a news photographer at the Daily Press & Times Herald in Newport News, Virginia, and three years working for Studio Sebe in Nice, France as a photographer. More recently, before retiring, he worked nearly 20 years for Naval Aviation News.
The Mente Group, a global aircraft brokerage and consulting company active in midsize and larger bizjets, turned in a record year for transactions in 2018.
ASTM International has unveiled a new certification program for business jet cabin crews by its affiliate, the National Center for Aerospace and Transportation Technologies.
Business aviation and civic leaders will gather in Los Angeles Jan. 17 to mark a milestone in the development and adoption of Sustainable Alternative Jet Fuels (SAJF).
