Business & Commercial Aviation

Managers whose fleets include helicopters are faced with multiple choices in keeping their pilots proficient in autorotations.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
State Farm has received a long-term FAA waiver to fly drones beyond the operator's visual line of sight and over people, activities that have been restricted.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey
Questions for Leslie Weinstein, manager of True-Lock Aviation Fasteners, Boise, Idaho; and founder, Turtles Fly Too (turtlesflytoo.org).
Business Aviation

An Embraer business jet was damaged when it stalled during the flare phase of a final approach, impacted the ground and came to a stop at an edge of the runway.
Business Aviation

By Tony Osborne
EASA has approved a Rolls-Royce request to transfer design authorization to Germany from Britain as a precaution against a possible no-deal Brexit.
Business Aviation

Collaborative working groups within the helicopter industry have published a wealth of informative recommendations to help flight schools and instructors.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
Jetex Flight Support is one of the world's fastest-growing FBO chains with 29 facilities and more to come, but its Jetex Dubai facility remains its showpiece.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The tables show Jet-A and avgas prices from a survey of U.S. fuel suppliers conducted in February 2019.
Business Aviation

The BFU took note of the December 2014 accident at Gaithersburg, Maryland, involving an EMB-500 in which the airplane stalled in icing conditions.
Business Aviation

By Graham Warwick
Sikorsky has signed an agreement with on-demand helicopter provider Blade that will give the manufacturing company with urban-air-mobility market data.
Aircraft & Propulsion

The FAA and numerous industry documents have compiled lists of typical student errors during autorotation training.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Orlando-Melbourne (Florida) International Airport officials are seeking developers to build an upscale hotel with airfield access.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey
While the "Green New Deal" is a dead man's hand, it has a worthy goal of protecting our environment. For aviation, there are opportunities to cut its emissions.
Business Aviation

By James Albright
There is a theory in military aviation that enemy flak, anti-aircraft rounds or even missiles don't matter because only one is meant for you.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
According to the head of Embraer Executive Aircraft, a potential Boeing-Embraer partnership would benefit his division, which would become Embraer's largest.
Business Aviation

A total of 61 helicopter accident investigation reports involving an autorotation are contained in the NTSB's accident database for 2016 and 2017.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Avfuel has added Blue Heron Aviation in the Turks and Caicos Islands to its network of independent FBOs.
Business Aviation

By Jessica A. Salerno
BCA business aviation product and service previews.
Business Aviation

Personal Perspective: Here is proof that you can contribute to business aviation after exiting the flight deck.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
The introduction of the Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet has prompted the FAA to propose a change in regulations for obtaining an initial transport pilot certificate.
Business Aviation

There are vocal advocates who believe learning an autorotation procedure all the way to the ground is better as it provides the maneuver’s actual look and feel.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Lynx FBO Network has acquired the FBO assets of World Jet Inc. at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (KFXE) in Florida.
Business Aviation

The Aviation Week core remains strong, thanks to our commitment to invest in top-notch editorial and data teams that lead industry coverage all over the globe.
Business Aviation

By Mal Gormley
The FAA said checking the tires on the Learjet 60 is preventive maintenance, and as such pilots would not be permitted to do it as part of a preflight check.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Boeing reports having made a significant investment in supersonic business-jet developer Aerion to accelerate development of its Mach 1.4 AS2.
Business Aviation