Julie Boatman

Ahead of the Dubai Air Show this week in the United Arab Emirates, Boeing gave an update on its T-7 training platform program for the initial contractor, the U.S. Air Force. Program manager and vice president Paul Niewald delivered the briefing on the T-7 from the current lead aircraft position on the production line, where […]

The National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) has inducted legendary CFIs John King, Martha King, and Greg Brown, into its Hall of Fame. The ceremony took place at the National Business Aviation Association Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) last week in Las Vegas, Nevada. NAFI director of program development and administrator of the Hall […]

Business aviation encompasses a broad range of operations—and has since the first Learjet took flight, and the Cessna 195 Businessliner was initially marketed to business owners flying themselves in search of opportunity. The National Business Aviation Association put the focus on owner-pilots this week at its Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition with a series of […]

First—we can all be glad we’re headed back to Vegas. In 2019, when the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) last held its Business Aviation Convention and Expo (BACE), the optimistic mood and clear, warm weather belied the storms that lay ahead in 2020 for the aviation industry—and the world. Between keynotes, education sessions, owner-pilot forums, […]

Leaders from across the business aviation community came together this week at the National Business Aviation Association Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) in Las Vegas, Nevada—and went away pledging to an industry-wide commitment to net-zero carbon by 2050. Ed Bolen, president and CEO of NBAA, Pete Bunce, president and CEO of the General Aviation […]

ForeFlight has integrated several key features into a single flight planning and in-flight source for business aviation operators. The dispatch, runway analysis, and weight and balance functions—among other tools—can be shared across a flight department. ForeFlight’s executive vice president of sales and marketing Stephen Newman and marketing manager Sam Taylor gave FLYING a briefing on […]

Dassault Aviation marked the return to normalcy following the challenging 18 months that many companies have expressed at the National Business Aviation Association’s Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (NBAA-BACE). The company gave program updates on its 6X and 10X and announced an expansion of its service organization. In May, Dassault announced the 10X—an ultralong-range jet […]

At its core, the key to success for the autothrottle that formed the basis for the ThrustSense series from Innovative Solutions & Support was to “design an actuator that was fail-safe—there was no failure, no jamming, and no issues that would cause jamming of the throttle to prevent the pilot from moving the power lever,” […]

Smartwing technology from Tamarack Aerospace so far has remained focus on the Cessna Citation 525 series—until now. At the National Business Aviation Association’s Business Aviation Conference & Expo (NBAA-BACE), Tamarack’s founder and CEO Nick Guida gave FLYING a preview of the company’s latest project—a Beechcraft King Air 200 modified with its active winglet technology. The […]

The business aviation industry continues its climb out from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a leading report released on Sunday. Honeywell Aerospace reviewed its 30th annual Global Business Aviation Outlook on October 10, ahead of the National Business Aviation Association conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. The report projects 7,400 new jet deliveries […]