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.
West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin is the latest chief executive to publicly endorse business aviation, calling for October 2016 to be General Aviation Appreciation Month in the Mountain State. He was joined in his declaration by proclamations from six mayors, representing towns across the state of West Virginia. “With the state’s geography, large numbers…
NBAA’s annual Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition is scheduled for November 1-3. Beyond the new aircraft, and the many product and service announcements that will take place during NBAA’s annual Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (NBAA-BACE), scheduled for Nov. 1-3 in Orlando, FL, the industry’s largest event is recognized as an unparalleled advocacy venue, as…
Rockwell Collins announced that its HGS-3500, the industry’s first HGS developed the multi-spectral EVS-3000. Rockwell Collins has announced that its HGS-3500, the industry’s first head-up guidance system (HGS) developed for mid-size and light business aircraft and multi-spectral EVS-3000 enhanced vision system have been certified for the Embraer Legacy 450 and Legacy 500 executive jets—the first…
No Plane No Gain resources help demonstrate Arkansas Airport’s value. Among the first things Michelle Anthony noticed upon becoming manager of Dexter B. Florence Memorial Field (ADF) near Arkadelphia, AR this year, was that the grass needed mowing. The city assumed ownership of the single-runway airfield in June following years of leasing it to a private…
Cessna Aircraft announced the successful first flight of its Citation Longitude super-midsize jet. Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today announced the successful first flight of its Citation Longitude super-midsize jet. The flight comes less than a year after the company unveiled new details for the revolutionary aircraft –…
Gulfstream Aerospace’s long-range, large-cabin G500 continues to advance toward anticipated FAA certification next year. As first reported in AIN, the new twinjet is also getting more cabin windows: the prototype aircraft had 12, but Gulfstream is increasing this to 14 on production aircraft. Through mid-September, five flight-test G500s have logged 1,507 hours over 361 flights,…