The Weekly of Business Aviation

The CEO of Italian aerospace and defense firm Leonardo has been sentenced to six years in prison for crimes committed in a previous role.

Items of interest to professionals in the business aviation industry.

Conferences and events for professionals in the business aviation community.

Appointments and promotions in the business aviation industry.

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Regulations recently issued by the FAA for business aircraft.

AEROCOR, a full-service aircraft sales company, has partnered with Terrapass, which specializes in measuring, managing and mitigating emissions to reduce jet owners’ carbon footprints.

Flightstar Corp. has completed a general-aviation U.S Customs and Border Protection facility at Willard Airport at the University of Illinois.

Jet Linx, an Omaha, Nebraska-based aircraft management and Jet Card membership company, has opened Jet Linx Minneapolis, a new private terminal at the Flying Cloud Airport serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul region.

Sino Jet, a business-aviation operator, management and charter company, has partnered with the Jiangxi Airport VIP Service Co. to build and manage the first fixed-base operator facility at Nanchang Changbei International Airport.

Garmin is transitioning its pilot training programs to a virtual-learning format.

Vaughn College bachelor’s degree programs in aeronautical sciences and aircraft operations have been approved by the Aviation Accreditation Board International (AABI) for five years, effective July 2019 through July 31, 2024.

Synergy Aviation, a charter and aircraft management company, has positioned a Cessna Citation CJ2 at London Oxford Airport in England.

Private equity firm Broadtree Partners has acquired Seanair Machine Co. of Farmingdale, New York, a family-run supplier of precision parts for the aerospace industry.

Astronics Corp. has received FAA and Transport Canada Civil Aviation approvals for an amended Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the Max Viz 2300 Enhanced Vision System.

Brief news items of interest to business aviation professionals.

Rolls-Royce confirms that video of an electric vertical takeoff and landing tiltwing vehicle undergoing tests at Cranfield, England, is the company’s ground research test rig for future electric and hybrid electric aircraft.

Honeywell has acquired assets from Ballard Unmanned Systems, a manufacturer of hydrogen fuel cells used to power unmanned aircraft systems.

NetJets says it is expanding its Global Sustainability Program with plans to purchase enough sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for all of its flights from San Francisco and its base in Columbus, Ohio.

When Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. designers were developing seats for the flagship G700 aircraft, part of the testing included sitting in them for 8 hr. a day while they worked.

Supersonic-business-jet developer Aerion is partnering with startup electric-short-takeoff-and-landing (eSTOL) aircraft company Electra.Aero to create a high-speed interconnected transport system.

Having incubated Embraer’s involvement in the nascent urban air mobility (UAM) market since 2017, the Brazilian manufacturer’s EmbraerX innovation unit has spun off Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions as an independent company.

Perseverance is an essential quality for anyone trying to bring a new aircraft configuration to aviation. After 30 years of trying, VOX Aircraft co-founder Brian Morgan believes that goal may at last be within sight.

GE Aviation announced its selection by Uber Elevate to develop a flight-data monitoring system for Uber’s urban air mobility program.

UK transport secretary Grant Shapps has said uncertainty still remains over the future legal framework for UK-EU flights, as the UK nears the end of its Brexit transition period.