Business & Commercial Aviation

By Jessica A. Salerno
Selected accidents and incidents in July 2016. The following NTSB information is preliminary.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Desert Jet Center, based at Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport in Riverside County, California, has opened its FBO.
Business Aviation

By Fred George
Cruising with autothrottles set for a certain angle-of-attack can save enough Jet-A to avoid a refueling stop.
Business Aviation

The few seconds it takes to run a full checklist are well worth investing, not only after maintenance but every time.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The Philippines Civil Aviation Authority has given approval to Jet Aviation to support Falcon 900-series aircraft registered there at the company's maintenance, refurbishment and overhaul facility in Basel, Switzerland.
Business Aviation

By David Esler
What crews should know about the Future Air Navigation System
Connected Aerospace

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The Civil Air Patrol recently ordered 17 Cessna Skylane 182Ts and two Turbo Stationair HD T206Hs.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The number of U.S.-registered business turbine-aircraft accidents fell by five during the first six months of 2016, although fatalities were up by four, according to data from Robert E. Breiling Associates.
Business Aviation

By David Esler
While the advantages of ADS-C/CPDLC (or FANS 1/A) are legion, the datalink component is not without its pitfalls that can confuse the inattentive flight crew or one grown complacent due to the automation that characterizes the system.
Connected Aerospace

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Thrush Aircraft is using a dual-seat 510G to help promote the agricultural aviation industry in an Ag Aviation—Feeding the World campaign.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Lufthansa Technik has introduced a laser-based system for use when equipping VIP aircraft cabins in the framework of its research and innovation projects.
Business Aviation

By David Esler
Ultimately you're going to have to upgrade to ADS-C and CPDLC to operate above FL 280 in most oceanic airspace anyway (e.g., by Jan. 1, 2020, in the North Atlantic), but here's what you're missing out on now in the North Atlantic Track System.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Janice K. Barden, founder of Aviation Personnel International, a San Francisco-based aviation recruiting firm specializing in business aviation, an industry in which she was a major figure, died July 31.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Astronautics Corp. of America is planning to build a first-of-its-kind, cockpit-based cybersecurity research laboratory at its Milwaukee facility.
Business Aviation

By James Albright
With each new generation of aircraft, we are treated to levels of automation unparalleled in performance and reliability.
Connected Aerospace

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
A Cessna Citation CJ3 equipped with a Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion avionics upgrade made its first flight Aug. 2.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Market research provider ReportsnReports.com forecasts the global aviation fuel market to grow at a compound annual rate of 3.13% through 2020.
Business Aviation

Tired of climbing into a cramped cockpit and contending with cumulonimbus and demanding passengers? Why not instead don a pair of fuzzy slippers, settle into a recliner and become a remote pilot in command?
Business Aviation

By Fred George
Designers attempt to give exceptional capabilities in all areas, including price, but the laws of physics, thermodynamics and aerodynamics do not allow one aircraft to do all missions with equal efficiency. Tradeoffs are a reality of aircraft design.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
ONE Aviation has unveiled an upgraded Eclipse that will be able to fly a pilot and two passengers 1,400 nm at high-speed cruise and land with 100-nm NBAA IFR reserves.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Oscar Garcia, chairman and CEO of InterFlight Global Corp., is scheduled to address market potential and obstacles to supersonic business aircraft at the SpeedNews annual Business and General Aviation Industry Suppliers Conference, Oct. 4-5 , in Los Angeles.
Business Aviation

By Jessica A. Salerno
Futuristic jet fuel that can change from liquid to jelly quickly is now being tested in simulated accident conditions by the FAA, reported BCA in September 1966.
Business Aviation

By Fred George
Graphs are designed to illustrate the performance of Piper M600 [PA-46-600TP] under a variety of range, payload, speed and density altitude conditions. Do not use these data for flight planning because they are gross approximations of actual aircraft performance.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The challenging economic times are impacting Embraer. The Brazilian airframer has revised its business jet forecast downward due to a market that is more difficult than expected.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Gulfstream likely will achieve its goal of keeping earnings flat in 2016 with 2015, and 2017 earnings could be near flat as well, Jefferies analyst Howard Rubel says.
Business Aviation