Business & Commercial 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

BCA visited nine flight schools in Florida (1), California (1), Hawaii (2), Montana (1) and Utah (4) to sample autorotation training in helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Concerned about explosives that might be concealed inside a UAV, the FAA now requires owners to display their registration numbers on outside surfaces.
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

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

By Jessica A. Salerno
News of business aviation promotions, appointments and honors.
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

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

Collaborative working groups within the helicopter industry have published a wealth of informative recommendations to help flight schools and instructors.
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 Kent Jackson
If you are paying your monthly hangar rent, can you use it as you please? No. FAA rules come down from the sky, across the ramp and into your hangar.
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

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

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 David Esler
Back in the 1980s, Charlie Trimble, founder of a small navigation equipment firm, predicted GPS would eventually become a utility or essential public service.
Business Aviation

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

By Fred George
As good preparation for your next medical certificate examination, it’s advisable to download and peruse the FAA’s Guide for Aviation Medical Examiners.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Owners and pilots of two Daher TBM turboprops recently completed milestone, 2,700-nm flights over the South Pole.
Business Aviation

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

By William Garvey
William Garvey speaks with Sheryl Barde, President and CEO of Aviation Personnel International.
Business Aviation

By Kirby Harrison
American Aero at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport has earned International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling Stage 3 certification.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Cirrus Aircraft cofounder and CEO Dale Klapmeier plans to relinquish his chief executive post and transition into a senior advisory role during the first half of this year.
Business Aviation

By William Garvey, Jessica A. Salerno, Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation is enhancing the electronics on its Cessna and Beechcraft piston aircraft as part of Garmin’s G1000 NXi flight deck.
Business Aviation