From legendary STOL aircraft linking remote communities to a round-the-world quest in a flying machine powered on nothing but the sun’s rays, the innovations of Swiss engineers, pilots and explorers have done much to improve our collective quality of life on this planet.

Since 1968, Air Zermatt has been rescuing stranded mountaineers from alpine peaks and out of crevasses near the Matterhorn. The extreme conditions of these rescues required innovative solutions that Air Zermatt rescue service has developed and refined.

There’s no mistaking a 2016 Pilatus PC-12 NG from earlier versions of the aircraft. The third iteration of this 22-year-old model sports a five-blade Hartzell prop with scimitar shaped blades made of black carbon fiber. It is more efficient at converting torque into thrust in all phases of flight than the aluminum Hartzell four-blade prop it replaces.

At EBACE 2015 in Geneva, 28 companies exhibited 58 aircraft at the static display of aircraft. Our staff picked a few of its favorite photos from the exhibit to share.

Earl Robinson dusts off his StarLiner 100 project and receives Chinese funding for a dash to 2019 certification. Fifty-seat airliner comes first; bizjet soon after.

This year’s Dubai Airshow is set to be the biggest yet. Still six months away, the show, which will be held at Dubai World Central Airport (DWC) from Nov. 8-12, has registered 1,100 exhibitors from 60 countries and expects to host 65,000 trade visitors.

Air Hamburg has signed an order at EBACE for an Embraer Legacy 650, which is scheduled for delivery in the third quarter of this year.

Blink air taxi service announced this week the acquisition of Italian operator MyJet, its three Cessna Citation Mustangs and its maintenance facility in northern Italy.