The thundery weather conditions appeared nearly ideal for an evaluation of Dassault’s new FalconEye combined vision system at dusk on the day we flew Dassault’s Falcon 8X flight test aircraft.
MRO experts Flying Colours is adding 148,000 sq. ft. of new facilities in North America to meet demand for new and refurbished large-cabin business jets.
We had the opportunity to fly Rockwell Collins’ Challenger 601, fitted with the latest HGS-6605 head-up display that has the CVS upgrade. The flight also enabled us to compare it to Dassault’s FalconEye HUD/CVS gear that we evaluated earlier this year.
Jet Aviation has completed its acquisition of KLM Jet Center, a provider of comprehensive FBO/handling services at Amsterdam and Rotterdam International Airports.
Gulfstream’s new G500 was designed by pilots for pilots, with an intuitive flight deck that includes active-control sidesticks, customizable touchscreens and a comfortable cockpit for long-range flights, noted a Gulfstream pilot following a media flight over Orlando, Florida.
Safran's troubled Silvercrest program is progressing towards testing a new axial high-pressure compressor in June 2019 – hoping to help meet Cessna's performance requirements for the Hemisphere business jet.
Jet Aviation’s FBO in San Juan is the first in Puerto Rico to qualify for Stage 1 registration to the International Business Aviation Council’s IS-BAH standard, “ensuring that all customers receive the maximum level of safe and secure ground-handling services.”
Plans for an improved version of the Eclipse very light jet may once again be possible after Chinese investors rescued its parent company from Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s new air-charter broker regulations contain few surprises and largely integrates industry input from the 11-year rulemaking process, industry groups affected by the rule say.
Bombardier Business Aircraft is giving away “Smoothie” cuddly toy dogs at its static display, because its Global family of business jets are the airplanes of choice for all creatures, great and small.
As BACA, The Air Charter Association prepares to mark its 70th anniversary in 2019, the UK organization is flexing new muscles. Last year it became a company limited by guarantee, and appointed its first CEO, Dave Edwards.
Over the past 20 years, Duncan Aviation has directed nearly $280 million back into the company, reinvesting in new facilities, equipment and leadership development, and another $55 million in training. “That’s nearly one-third of a billion dollars,” says company chairman Todd Duncan.
Private and business aviation customers are expected to make up one-quarter of all Airbus Helicopters’ bookings in North America over the next five years.
Located in western Montana at the Missoula International Airport (KMSO), Northstar Jet has a front-row seat to some of the West’s most devastating forest fires.
The cockpit of the future is here today with augmented reality, a wearable head-up display and point-and-click access to flight information triggered by the pilot’s eye movements.
First-half worldwide business and general aviation avionics sales climbed 15.5% year over year, to $1.322 billion, according to the Aircraft Electronics Association’s (AEA) latest Avionics Market Report. Sales during the second quarter jumped 17.8% from a year ago, to $682.1 million.
Duncan Aviation recently updated a Bombardier 605 interior for a customer. Multimedia designer Ken Reita designed new drink rails and updated the seat design using new seat frames to add visual appeal and gave the entire interior a sleek, contemporary look that can be repeated in any Challenger 605 cabin.
