Business & Commercial Aviation

Technophobia, the fear, dislike or avoidance of new technology, is a valuable tool if used wisely.

Business & Commercial Aviation News from December 1970

When winter arrives, as it soon will in the Northern Hemisphere and where it can linger, aviators need to become hyper alert for conditions that invite ice formation aloft.

Reflecting on many years of publishing the leading business aviation magazine and changes as the industry and technology advanced.

When the wing becomes coated with ice, the airfoil is changed. In other words, the pilot can wind up flying Wing B while trying to use the familiar engineering parameters of Wing A as it came from the factory.

Business flows uninterrupted in both directions across the Atlantic, but certainly has been slowed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonetheless the routes remain intact and accessible by business jet.

While a replacement pilot may be qualified according to FAR Part 61.55, he/she may not actually be ready to serve as an effective crewmember.

We asked our business aviation brain trust of corporate and charter pilots if their operations had committed to installing ATN B1 CPDLC avionics. Three of them responded, and all frequently operate in European airspace.

Great connectivity relies on more than reliable high-speed networks and data systems. It requires the expertise of thousands of people who turn the capability into practical and meaningful activities.

Aviation has been in the sights of environmental activists for some time and particularly in Europe, where aviation has become a target for “shaming” as a source of atmospheric pollution.

These satcom services are three flourishing, competitive technologies used in IFC offerings to business aviation.

Cybersecurity is a top priority as connected aircraft become the norm in business aviation.

The AOPA Air Safety Institute notes a continued decrease in overall accident rates for noncommercial and commercial fixed-wing operations, noncommercial and commercial helicopter operations, and sport/experimental operations.

Five Questions For Walt Fricke, founder of Veterans Airlift Command.

Aerostructures giant Spirit AeroSystems struck a 45% cash discount with Bombardier for the latter’s Short Brothers capacity in Northern Ireland, as well as Bombardier Aerospace North Africa and most of a Texas MRO site.

Transport Canada has granted geomatics company MVT Geo-solutions permission to fly drones beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) of an operator, to

News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

Dassault Aviation was scheduled to debut its new ultra-wide Falcon 6X business jet Dec. 8.

AML Global Eclipse reached an agreement with One Aviation Corp. in October to buy the assets of Eclipse Aerospace and the Eclipse Aircraft project for a proposed $5.25 million.

Obituary for international procedures expert Guy Gribble/

Jet It, a Greensboro, North Carolina-based fractional operator, has ordered 10 HondaJet Elites with delivery to be completed over the next year.

Garmin International and its Autoland technology were named the recipients of Aviation Week Network’s 2020 Grand Laureate for business aviation

“Legendary” is probably an overused word, but in the case of our transitioning editorial leadership at BCA, it is apropos.

RUAG International is selling production of the 19-seat Dornier 228 twin-turboprop regional aircraft to General Atomics.

Bill Boisture, the former president and/or CEO of Hawker Beechcraft, Gulfstream, NetJets and Butler Aviation, has joined the executive team of Spike Aerospace.