Business & Commercial Aviation

FlightSafety International has added new training courses for Airbus Helicopters at its Denver Learning Center.

BRS Aerospace reports its whole-aircraft parachute system recently saved its 400th and 401st lives, considered noteworthy achievements in aviation safety.

Jet Aviation has completed the rebranding of its six Hawker Pacific FBOs in Australia under the Jet Aviation name. Jet acquired Hawker Pacific in May 2018.

RUAG Australia has been certified as an EASA Part 145 maintenance organization. It offers component MRO and line support for fleets there and in Europe.

There is no shortage of bad ideas out there, but the ones that concern me are old sayings with a history of being wrong yet are still embraced by some pilots.

Operators give high marks to the Bombardier Global 6000 long-range jet for its speed, comfort, reliability and product support.

News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.

The Global 7500 flight deck has four, 14- by 11-in. landscape-configuration flat-panel displays, large enough so that each can be split into two or more windows.

Companies and pilots often assume no harm could come from offering a ride at a charity auction. Such flights are OK but with tight restrictions.

“At Harley-Davidson, we are a small flight department that does big things,” Jad Donaldson, the motorcycle manufacturer’s aviation director, declared.

Business & Commercial Aviation news from April 1969.​

"Ozone converters are one-piece assemblies consisting of a ceramic honeycomb core covered by a metal catalyst."

These graphs show the performance of the Bombardier Global 7500 under a variety of range, payload, speed and density altitude conditions.

The use of the GPS position for control is probably the single smartest idea since radar and the ILS.

The 18,920 lb. of thrust produced by General Electric's Passport 20-19BB1A capitalizes on the multi-millions of dollars the company invested in the CFM Leap-1 engine family developed for commercial jetliners.

The $75 million Global 7500 is the largest, roomiest, farthest-flying and most expensive purpose-built business jet created by a general-aviation manufacturer.

Here are three aircraft cabin zone studies.

The National Research Council recommends the FAA take effective measures to ensure the FAR addressing ozone exposure is met on all flights..

Being on call 24/7 is driving burned-out business aviation pilots to the airlines, and flight departments are reacting.

Eagle Jet Solutions has acquired Front Range Aviation at Great Falls International Airport in Montana and is changing its name to Great Falls Jet Center.

The Farnborough Airshow is ending its public weekend days. Under the new format, the next event, July 20-24, 2020, will be held over five days instead of seven.

The FADEC-equipped SPU300[BA] has the highest power- to-weight ratio of any engine in its class and boasts an ex- ceptionally wide operating envelope.

William Garvey speaks with Leslie Weinstein, manager and founder of True-Lock Aviation Fasteners.

Selected accidents and incidents from February 2019. The NTSB information is preliminary.

Avfuel has added Blue Heron Aviation in the Turks and Caicos Islands to its network of independent FBOs.