About half the customers for Embraer’s Legacy 500 midsize business jet will equip their aircraft with the optional Rockwell Collins HGS-3500 Heads Up Display (HUD) when deliveries of the situational awareness aid begin in the middle of this year.

Little did Pilatus Aircraft realize the revolution it would cause when it first flew the single-turboprop Pilatus PC-12 in 1991, bringing a true utility capability to general aviation. Since then it has delivered over 1,350 of them around the world. Now it’s about to do it again with the PC-24 Super Versatile Jet.

San Juan, Puerto Rico-based Pazos FBO Services is to undertake a US$10 million-plus expansion at Marín International Airport, company president José Maldonado announced at EBACE.

The PC-24 is making its public debut here at EBACE. The program is on track, with deliveries slated for the second half of 2017, says Pilatus chairman Oscar Schwenk. The first aircraft, P01, is appearing at the show before flying to Spain for high-speed testing, while P02 has flown to the U.S. There it will undergo autopilot trials with Honeywell in Phoenix, and cold-soak tests in the chamber at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. It will return to Switzerland toward the end of the year.

For Cirrus Aircraft, developing its largest clean sheet aircraft to date, the Vision SF50 jet, has been a Herculean task that’s taken almost a decade.

Vertis is a little bit of a hybrid company. It is not an aircraft operator, it’s more a broker, and has in place an exclusive marketing agreement with a small group of AOC holders, says COO Neil Turnbull.

This week we feature our 14th annual listing of the Top 10 Leaders of European Business Aviation - those who are helping create demand for business aviation through clever marketing and technical innovation.

Aviation Week was invited on a 90-min. demonstration flight on the Legacy 450 operated by Air Service Liege from Brussels to La Mole.