Dan Pimentel

Thales and StandardAero announced at the National Business Aviation Association’s 2019 Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) in Las Vegas this week that the Bombardier Challenger 350 will be the first airframe to be certified for TopMax, Thales’ new Wearable head-up display. TopMax is an industry first, resulting from Thales’ decades-long experience in military helmet […]

At FL370 over southern Utah, Honeywell’s Dassault Falcon 7X is loaded with six media representatives from NBAA-BACE plus five executives from Honeywell as we “test drive” Honeywell’s JetWave in-flight Wi-Fi system. It is an incredible experience to have fully-functional internet connectivity while flying along at 490 miles per hour. Internet connectivity is just not that […]

At the National Business Aviation Association’s 2019 Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) in Las Vegas this week, Vista Global announced that it is making an investment for up to six Global 7500 aircraft to enter its VistaJet fleet from January 2020. “Vista Global is the first and only group to offer passengers access to […]

Tamarack Aerospace Group, inventor and manufacturer of Active Winglets, announced at the National Business Aviation Association’s 2019 Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) in Las Vegas that it has filed a Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization which includes repayment of all creditors in full and, when approved, the plan will allow Tamarack to emerge from […]

USAIG, a leading aviation-specific insurance provider, announced today at the National Business Aviation Association’s Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) that a Training Program Support Package from Advanced Aircrew Academy (AAA) has been added to its Performance Vector safety initiative. This initiative enables eligible policyholders to select annually from a diverse portfolio of training and […]

Major milestones were announced Monday by StandardAero Business Aviation at the National Business Aviation Association’s 2019 Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition. The company is currently completing its 10,000th Falcon airframe service event since 2000, on a recently acquired Falcon 7X. In addition, StandardAero also just completed its 400th major HTF7000 maintenance event. “Most of the […]

U.S. Air Force Major General Jeannie M. Leavitt became the nation’s first female fighter pilot in 1993, and she is dedicated to creating a more balanced and diverse military to confront the challenges of a shifting international security landscape. She will be the Day 2 keynote speaker at NBAA’s Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) […]

As a member of the Coalition of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), World Fuel Services supports the business aviation industry’s goal to reduce carbon emissions by 50% by 2050, and is demonstrating their commitment by going “carbon-neutral” during the National Business Aviation Association’s Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) Oct. 22-24 in Las Vegas. World Fuel […]

On October 14, 1947, the Bell X-1 “Glamorous Glennis” launched from the bomb bay of a Boeing B-29 at 7,000 feet, piloted by Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager, to become the first airplane to fly faster than the speed of sound. As we mark the 72nd anniversary of that flight today, NASA adds another “X-plane” to […]

The nonprofit Miracle Flights organization already books an average of 700 free medical transportation flights per month on commercial airlines for patients in need, adding to the 128,303 flights they have donated for children and adults since 1985. Now, a new outreach program will extend the service to U.S. veterans to reach specialized medical care […]