With 130,962 subscribers and counting, Steve Thorne is undoubtedly one of the most popular aviators on YouTube. Known to the aviation world as Flight Chops, he’s a self-described “weekend warrior pilot” who is basically living every pilot’s dream by flying a wide variety of airplanes and sharing his experiences with his fans. And while his […]
Air Berlin, the second-largest airline in Germany, is set to cease operations on October 28 following the company’s August announcement that it had filed for insolvency. The airline’s final flight will take place a day earlier, and tickets are reportedly already sold out for that Munich to Berlin flight. On Monday, however, Air Berlin flew […]
Fifteen years ago, Graham Mountford woke up one day and thought, “All I ever do is work.” Even when he wasn’t working he was still thinking about work, and so he realized that he needed a new hobby or interest to break up the monotony. As fate would have it, a friend had recently learned […]
After a successful maiden flight in September, the fourth test vehicle for Bombardier’s green Global 7000 business jet made its Vegas debut by arriving at NBAA-BACE this week. Outfitted with a full cabin, FTV4, or “The Architect” as the company calls it, took its place the event’s static display and showed off what the “largest […]
For this week’s Throwback Thursday Flight Chops video, we’re revisiting AirVenture 2015, where the YouTube aviation star got to live every pilot’s dream of flying with the AeroShell Aerobatic team. Simply put, Chops said, being able to see all of Oshkosh from a T6 was “mindblowing” and “ridiculously awesome.” More jealous we could not be. […]
Riding high on the success of its final test flight in August, the Gulfstream G600 arrived in Las Vegas this week for a formal unveiling. The fully-outfitted G600 offered customers and general onlookers an idea of just how luxurious the aircraft can be, as it was built with a “high level of customization” in mind. […]
It has been almost two years since NetJets took delivery of a Cessna Citation Latitude, which the fractional business jet company used as a demonstrator to showcase the aircraft’s capabilities and potential to customers across the U.S. In June of 2016, NetJets received the first Latitude in a firm order of 25 bizjets, initially with […]
With the NBAA’s 2017 Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition set to begin on Tuesday, Embraer Executive Jets unveiled the Phenom 300E, the next step in the evolution of its best-selling light bizjet. The original Phenom 300 was introduced to the market in 2009, and since 2013 Embraer has delivered more than 400 aircraft to more […]
There’s a decent chance that as you’re reading this you are also waiting for your brand new iPhone 8 to be shipped. Or the more patient among us are practicing Zen-like restraint in holding out for the iPhone X. (Of course, you could also be an Android user, or simply someone who fails to see […]
On May 17, 1946, a group of 13 men met at the Wings Club in New York’s Biltmore Hotel with the mission of determining business aviation’s future following World War II. They realized that the establishment of an “organization to promote and protect the interests of business aircraft operators” was a crucial priority, and so […]
