The Business Aviation Quiz: What Has Happened In 2020 So Far?

October 23, 2020
Credit: Bombardier
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It’s been a big year for Garmin’s Autoland. The emergency get-you-home system was named a winner of the Aviation Week Laureates last week, and has been certified on three aircraft models to date. Which was the first?

  • Daher TBM 940
  • Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet
  • Piper M600

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Piper is the first manufacturer to have certified Garmin’s push-the-button-and-take-me-home Autoland. The Cirrus Vision is the first jet to be so equipped. 

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What was the busiest business jet airport in the U.S. in the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic?  

  • Teterboro (TEB)
  • Palm Beach (PBI)
  • Denver (APA)

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Teterboro. It tops the list with 14,403 business aircraft flights departures in the COVID-affected half-year. But this was still down 63.7% on 2019. Data: Consultancy WingX

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The Rolls-Royce Pearl turbofan was announced at EBACE 2018. What is the latest business jet to feature the new powerplant?

  • Bombardier Global 7500
  • Gulfstream G700
  • Dassault Falcon 6X

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Rolls-Royce Pearl 700 turbofans bestow 7,500 nm range on Gulfstream’s largest, heaviest, and roomiest business jet, the G700. The Global 7500 is powered by the GE Passport engine, and the Falcon 6X by the Pratt & Whitney PW8012D.

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What have been the most popular business aircraft this year? 

  • Embraer Phenom 300
  • Beechcraft King Air
  • Pilatus PC-12

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Beechcraft King Air models take the crown with 147,446 departures in the U.S. and Europe from March through August, according to WingX.

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Progress thankfully continues with an eye on the future world. What is the latest business aircraft to be announced this year?

  • Airbus ACJ220
  • Otto Celera 500L
  • Aerion AS2

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All three! Airbus unveiled the ACJ220 earlier this month; the Otto Celera broke cover earlier this year; and the Aerion AS2 supersonic business jet has undergone a major redesign.

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