Textron Aviation announced key suppliers for its new $35-million Citation Hemisphere at NBAA 2016 in Orlando, Fla. The Safran Silvercrest engine has been selected to power the new large-cabin business jet, which is expected to log its first flight in 2019. The Hemisphere cockpit will feature Honeywell’s Primus Epic integrated avionics package, with full fly-by-wire…
NBAA-BACE was dedicated to the memory of two industry giants – Arnold Palmer and Bob Hoover. NBAA’s Opening General Session focused on Palmer with a video tribute that included excerpts from Cessna Chairman Emeritus Russ Meyer’s remarks at the late golfer’s memorial service. Hoover’s celebration occurred during the Second-Day Opening Session. Click Here To Read…
Textron Aviation announced key suppliers for its new $35-million Citation Hemisphere at NBAA 2016 in Orlando, Fla. The Safran Silvercrest engine has been selected to power the new large-cabin business jet, which is expected to log its first flight in 2019. The Hemisphere cockpit will feature Honeywell’s Primus Epic integrated avionics package, with full fly-by-wire…
Business aircraft flying in the U.S., Caribbean and Canada last month jumped 4.6 percent year-over-year, according to TraqPak data released today by business aviation services group Argus International. This surpassed the company’s prediction of a 2.5-percent increase in September and its analysts remain optimistic about this month, estimating a 4.1-percent rise in activity. All operational…
MMG Insurance does business in five states: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsylvania and Virginia, and the company’s Cessna Citation CJ2 is the linchpin to serving those territories from MMG’s headquarters in Presque Isle, ME. Doug Hazlett, vice president of product management, recalled a recent trip to Pennsylvania that involved three stops in two days. “That…
The National Aircraft Resale Association (NARA) announced it will host the largest single static display of business aircraft at the 2016 National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) annual Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Orlando, Florida. The NARA aircraft static display footprint will be NBAA’s largest hosted this year at the Orlando Executive Airport (KORL) and…
Now is the time for high schools across the country to register for the fifth annual GAMA/Build a Plane Aviation Design Challenge, a national competition that promotes students’ science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills and encourages young people to think about future careers in general aviation, including business aviation. The annual contest is sponsored…
Textron Aviation is seeing early stages of recovery in the business jet market, Textron chairman, president and CEO Scott Donnelly said this morning during the company’s third-quarter investor conference call. “While the market is still soft, we’ve seen good demand for our new products, which is driving growth.” During the quarter, the aviation subsidiary delivered…
Dassault Aviation’s revolutionary combined vision system—dubbed FalconEye—has been certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for use on the Falcon 2000S and LXS twinjet aircraft. FalconEye will also be certified soon on the new Falcon 8X ultra-long range trijet. FalconEye is the first head up display (HUD) system to blend synthetic, database-driven terrain mapping and actual thermal and low-light camera images into a single view, providing an unprecedented level of situational awareness to flight crews in all conditions of operation, day and night.