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Cessna Aircraft’s selection of the Safran Silvercrest engine for the Hemisphere large-cabin business jet is a positive sign that technical issues with the 12,000-pound-thrust-class turbofan have been overcome after the engine triggered delays for the Dassault Falcon 5X twinjet program. Cessna announced its selection of the Silvercrest engine at the NBAA Convention in Orlando, Florida, […]

At a press conference at the National Business Aviation Association’s Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, Gulfstream announced its G500 and G600 are on track to enter the market ahead of schedule, a rare feat in the quest for certification of technologically advanced business jets. With […]

If you plan to visit NBAA’s Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition on Wednesday, make sure to stop by the Pilatus display at the Orlando Executive Airport. The company is bringing in its “super versatile” PC-24 for the day, the first public display of the twinjet in the U.S. Much testing has been accomplished around the […]

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Cirrus Aircraft’s long journey to certification of the industry’s first single-engine personal jet culminated with FAA type approval of the SF50 Vision Jet nearly 10 years after the program’s launch. The FAA ceremoniously presented the type certificate for the SF50 to senior Cirrus executives at the NBAA Convention in Orlando, Florida, yesterday as the company […]

Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence is uninjured after a tense landing in a Boeing 737 at LaGuardia Airport in New York City Thursday night. The chartered plane, arriving from Fort Dodge, Iowa, and carrying the Indiana governor and his press pool, landed on a wet runway and skidded to a halt on the overrun, […]

Now that the restrictions on visits to Cuba have eased, you may want to take your airplane to experience this beautiful Caribbean country. A new company called Cuba Handling can help make sure you stay on the legal side of this new adventure. Cuba Handling is an offshoot of a company called Cultural Contrast, which […]

Decades of squabbling have finally generated positive results for the aviation industry and users of London Heathrow Airport (LHR), Europe’s busiest hub. Britain’s government on Tuesday gave the nod to a still-controversial plan to build a third parallel runway at Heathrow by calling LHR its favored option for the new concrete. Airport officials say Heathrow, […]

The FAA says it’s already processed 81 authorizations for drone flights into Class D and E airspace, as well as 36 waivers to Part 107 since the rule became effective August 29. The bad news, however, at least for operators trying to take advantage of the easier access offered by the new rule, is that […]

Fans of one of the most picturesque — and hair-raising — landings anywhere are lamenting the end of an era. Dutch carrier KLM will no longer fly the Boeing 747 to St. Maarten Airport. Beginning on October 30, the flights will be operated by the smaller, though still pretty cool, Airbus A330 instead. The landings […]