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Owners of Cessna Citation CJ1+ and CJ2+ light business jets who are looking to update their instrument panels now have a new option with Rockwell Collins’ touchscreen Pro Line Fusion system. But the owners will have to wait for about a year. Rockwell Collins announced the upgrade program this week and expects the FAA to […]

Flying senior editor Rob Mark is the recipient of the 2018 NBAA Gold Wing Award for Journalism Excellence, which the National Business Aviation Association presents annually for “excellent, accurate and insightful reporting on issues related to business aviation.” Mark won the prize for his August 2017 feature article, ATC Privatization: Inside the Fight for Air […]

Keeping an aircraft cabin cool on the ground is a never ending problem. Wichita-based Lee Aerospace believes its new CoolView replacement windows will become a big part of the answer for a variety of legacy airplanes and a few new ones too. Lee Aerospace CEO Jim Lee said Monday that Cirrus Aircraft liked CoolView windows […]

Aerion’s CEO Tom Vice announced at NBAA’s Business Aviation Convention and Expo that the conceptual design phase for the AS2 supersonic jet is complete. The company is now starting the preliminary design phase and expects to begin initial flight testing of the 12-passenger jet in 2023. The Reno, Nevada-based company hopes to achieve certification for […]

Kansas-based Clemens Aircraft has completed their 11th consecutive G5000 integrated flight deck upgrade in its fleet of Beechjet 400A/Hawker 400XP business jets, Garmin announced in a press release on Wednesday. The modifications include the integrated flight deck, winglets, new paint jobs, and interior changes. “After all of these upgrades, the G5000 in the Beechjet provides […]

On the eve of the NBAA Business Aviation Convention and Expo in Orlando, Florida, this week, FlightSafety International announced a series of courses designed specifically for Gulfstream aircraft. The courses have been added to the extensive course offering at the company’s Savannah Learning Center, located adjacent to the Gulfstream headquarters at the Savannah/Hilton Head International […]

Signature Flight Support has published most of its fees for piston airplanes on its website, according to AOPA. Signature, much like other chains of fixed-based operations, has been reluctant to post fees due to competitive concerns preferring pilots call each facility directly for information. “This is a step in the right direction,” said AOPA President […]

Sensing that ADS-B installations in general aviation aircraft are lagging far behind where they should be with a little more than a year left to go before the January 1, 2020, compliance deadline, FAA relaunched a $500 ADS-B rebate program through October 11, 2019. The agency says it is making $4.9 million available under the […]

Fractional giant NetJets reaffirmed its strong commitment to the Cessna brand by inking a massive deal with Textron Aviation for options to purchase up to 175 super-midsize Cessna Citation Longitude jets and up to 150 large-cabin Cessna Citation Hemisphere aircraft. If all options are exercised, the deal would be one of the largest in business […]

After tentative predictions in recent years that the business jet market was showing signs of turning the corner after a prolonged slump, Honeywell says it’s much more confident in its latest business aviation market forecast that “strong” growth is just around the corner, and, barring unforeseen events, will continue for the next several years. Honeywell’s […]