Flying Colours has touched “thousands” of airplanes since it began business in Peterborough, Ontario, 30 years ago. Now it is one of the world’s leading independent providers of maintenance, modifications and completions of large-cabin business jets.
The founder of AP Completion Services is looking forward to celebrating his firm’s 10th anniversary in the coming weeks when it makes its first deliveries of Bombardier Global 7500s to customers.
The fourth Million Air FBO in Texas and the 31st facility in the parent company’s network includes a 14,500-sq.-ft. FBO terminal as well as seven free-standing hangars totaling 100,000 sq. ft. and capable of accommodating aircraft as large as the Gulfstream G650ER.
Central to the bid to restore Ed Swearingen’s twinjet to production are an all-new cockpit, based around the Honeywell Epic 2.0 avionics suite, new ergonomic enhancements, electronic standby attitude/heading display and much more.
Cloaked in secrecy until unveiled this week by Rolls-Royce as the powerplant for Gulfstream’s long-range G700, the Pearl 700 has emerged as the second engine to evolve from the company’s Advance2 demonstrator program and is poised for first flight on the aircraft maker’s newest flagship.
Thales plans to certify a wearable head-up display (HUD) for business aviation that will confer the operational benefits of a HUD at half the cost, the company says.
Global connectivity expert Satcom Direct can synchronize an entire aircraft mission with the flight department with the unveiling of its latest data product, SD PostFlight, at the show here today.
A newcomer to NBAA-BACE is inviting platform OEMs, service providers and end-users to meet them this week as they aim to promote a new kind of inflight connectivity for the business aviation world.
Despite ongoing concerns about fuel prices, maintaining profitability and safety, the FBO business in North America remains relatively stable, according to the Aviation Business Strategies Group.
Avfuel, citing “an effort to further carbon neutrality goals in the aviation industry,” teamed with its affiliated Avflight Salina FBO in Kansas to provide SAF – sustainable aviation (jet) fuel – for aircraft headed to NBAA-BACE 2019.
Bombardier unveiled the new six-seat Learjet 75 Liberty this summer – a revamped and lower-cost version of its iconic aircraft with fewer seats and options – and customer interest is strong, the company said.
Business aviation has made huge strides in the Middle East over the last decade or so, but growth is being hampered by high prices and a shortage of suitably sized aircraft for charter.
The business aviation sector has set itself some ambitious targets in terms of sustainability and emissions reduction. It is unlikely these goals will be reached without a broader take-up of sustainable fuel. But a key barrier to adoption remains the higher price of SAF versus traditional jet fuel.
The magic of the movie theater is coming to the business jet cabin and is being introduced here by SkyCinema, a recently launched a partnership of five companies, including Dolby Labs, with the goal of providing a theater-quality experience in a business jet cabin.
General Electric’s Catalyst turboprop is doing well and exceeding performance predictions, but due mainly to the challenges of testing for more stringent certification requirements, development for its first application – the Cessna Denali – is behind schedule, says the company.
Safe Flight Instrument has been chosen to provide stall warning/angle of attack systems for Textron Aviation’s new Cessna SkyCourier twin turboprop, and Tecnam’s P2012 Traveller, a piston twin.
Aimed at toppling the 7,700-nm-range Bombardier Global 7500 as the reigning large-cabin uber jet, the $75 million G700 is the largest, heaviest, roomiest, most luxurious and, very likely, the longest-range business aircraft yet built by the U.S. manufacturer.
The final two of 155 airports to receive ADS-B, Akron-Canton Airport and Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport, both in Ohio, became operational last month. “This brings the operational rollout of ADS-B baseline services to a successful conclusion, on schedule and within budget, well in advance of January 1, 2020, the date by which aircraft flying in certain, controlled airspace must be equipped with the technology,” says the FAA.
It’s been a hectic first year for the International Aircraft Dealers Association, which offers the world’s only accreditation program for dealers and the only certification program for individual brokers.
That the sector needs new talent is by no means a revelation. But Bolen is proud of how NBAA has gone about promoting business aviation to young entrants, and is pleased with new efforts to attract and retain the kind of people the industry requires.
