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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

What better way to introduce a pair of disruptive new business airplanes than to create a press conference outside the normal Monday NBAA routine? The Brazilian aircraft builder yesterday brought people together at Orlando Executive airport to hear about the Praetor 500 and 600 super midsize business aircraft soon to be added to the company’s […]

Eric Allison will deliver a talk on opening day of the NBAA convention in Orlando, October 16. He’ll address the developing industry for electrically powered vertical takeoff and landing aircraft on. Allison is Head of Aviation Programs at Uber and leads the Elevate initiative that’s reimagining aerial urban transportation. Allison previously spent eight years at […]

It’s not exactly breaking news that the aviation industry is running short of pilots and maintenance technicians. Boeing recently said the industry worldwide will require nearly 800,000 flight crew and nearly the same number of technicians over the next 20 years. The FAA last week held a Workforce Development Symposium in Washington to call attention […]

The National Business Aviation Association said it will continue to fight to protect Santa Monica Airport after a federal court denied on procedural grounds the association’s petition to overturn an agreement between the FAA and the city of Santa Monica that cleared the way for the city to eventually close the airport. The association noted […]