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Kestrel Aircraft President and CEO Alan Klapmeier gave an update on the development of the company’s single-engine turboprop this week at the NBAA Convention. The new design is significantly different from the Farnborough Aircraft-designed prototype Kestrel that first flew in 2006. “The changes are really driven by what we think the customers expect,” Klapmeier said. […]

Flying editor-in-chief Robert Goyer has received the National Business Aviation Association’s 2012 David W. Ewald Platinum Wing Award for lifetime achievement in aviation journalism. As many of you know, Goyer has been with Flying since 1994, serving as the magazine’s editor-in-chief since 2010. During his time at Flying, he was written and photographed hundreds of […]

Of all the interesting aircraft featured on the exhibit floor of NBAA 2012, one somewhat mysterious un-named mock-up has captured the particular interest of a number of attendees. The mock-up in question was brought to the show by Cessna in an effort to gauge the reactions of attendees as they take it in both from […]

CAE and Aviation Performance Solutions (APS) have extended their partnership with a new facility at the Arlington Municipal Airport (GKY) in the southern part of Dallas, which will focus on providing Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT) to pilots flying business and commercial aircraft. Beginning next spring, pilots at the facility will learn how to […]

Stallion 51, a company out of Kissimmee, Florida, known for its P-51 Mustang training, has launched a subsidiary called UAT — an upset prevention and recovery training (UPRT) program that provides training specifically targeted to corporate pilots. UAT uses an Aero Vodochody L-39 Albatros that is uniquely equipped to do UPRT training in a VFR […]

When buyers start taking delivery of their new Gulfstream G650s later this year, they will be delighted to learn that the ultra-long-range business jet can fly farther at faster speeds than originally projected. Gulfstream says the G650’s range at its high-speed cruise of Mach 0.90 is now 6,000 nautical miles, a 1,000-nm increase over the […]

Cessna is upgrading the Citation Sovereign midsize business jet with a switch to Garmin G5000 avionics, more powerful and efficient Pratt & Whitney engines and performance-boosting winglets. The change to Pratt & Whitney PW306D turbofan engines will increase the Sovereign’s range by 150 nautical miles, giving the airplane a total range of over 3,000 nm. […]

Dozens of Northeast airports were closed on Tuesday and facilities received severe and widespread damage as Hurricane Sandy continued to rip through the East Coast, causing dangerous flooding, high winds and major power outages throughout the region, as well as a massive disruption of air travel that has triggered ripple effects across the globe. In […]

The Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF) has called on the pilot population to fight a battle in New Mexico that has the potential to ban all seaplane operations in the state. The rationale behind the proposed ban is the state’s concerns regarding potential contamination of invasive species in waterways. The state does, however, allow tens of […]

The business jet side of Boeing this week announced its intent to offer a new ultra-long-range line of airplanes called BBJ Max. The first offerings will be the BBJ Max 8 and BBJ Max 9, said BBJ President Steven Taylor at a press conference at the NBAA Convention in Orlando, Florida. The new models, he […]