Business & Commercial Aviation

In late June, Gulfstream's G600 received its type and production certificates from the FAA, clearing the way for first deliveries to begin this year.

Electric motor developer MagniX has teamed up with certification specialist AeroTEC to convert the Cessna 208B Caravan to electric propulsion.

Gary Burrell, co-founder of the Garmin International maker of GPS devices, died June 1. He was 81. He retired in 2002 and then was co-chairman until 2004.

Can this airplane land itself? That is a frequent question from the flying public when first viewing a high-tech cockpit.

Questions for Shelly Simi, President and CEO, National Association of State Aviation Officials, Washington.

The Italian government hopes a federal money transfusion will help bring ailing Piaggio Aerospace back to financial health, or at least extend its life.

Maintaining effective flight control of an airborne airplane is probably the most critical consideration in aviation.

FAR Part 135 charters today offer a complex variety of buying options that seem to cross over into scheduled operations.

The U.S. Air Force wants to purchase up to five new Bombardier Global 6000s, designated as E-11s, according to a document requesting information.

As of May, the number of turbine-powered U.S. business aircraft equipped with ADS-B rose to 73% of the fleet, or 13,174 aircraft, according to a report by FlightAware.

A number of companies offer solutions in the form of mattress packages designed to convert cabin seats into comfortable sleeping platforms within minutes.

The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International predicts the global drone market will be $140 billion in 10 years.

Frank Robinson became fascinated with helicopters at age 9 when he saw a news photo of Igor Sikorsky hovering his VS300 prototype.

We have entered the age of the drones, any aircraft operated without a human pilot aboard.

News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

BCA business aviation product and service previews.

Robinson delivered its first FAA-certified model 40 years ago and not only is it still in production, but early on it became the foremost light helicopter.

dynamic remotely operated navigation equipment.

Swiss helicopter developer Kopter Group is flight-testing its SH09 single-engine helicopter in Sicily and hopes to earn EASA certification next year.

(1) Air Canada Flight 797, June 2, 1983, cabin fire, NTSB AAR-86/02. (2) Air Cargo Carriers Flight 1260, May 5, 2017, complacency, NTSB DCA17FA109 (3) Air France Flight 296, June 26, 1988, complacency, Bureau Enquetes et Analyses (BEA) published April 1990.

The differences between what a human would “see” versus an automated station’s report can be significant when it comes to measuring ceiling and visibility.

Serious pilots have to monitor the performance of doctors and computers in exam rooms as carefully as they do with other pilots and computers in the cockpit.

NTSB determines the probable cause was “the pilot’s loss of control due to spatial disorientation during takeoff in instrument meteorological conditions.

For under $6 million, you can buy a single-pilot Citation that can fly four passengers across the U.S. and land 7 min. after a Learjet 45XR on the same mission.

Like most people my age, I can recall where I was when I heard that the space shuttle Challenger had exploded and broken apart, killing all seven crewmembers.