The visitor center at the Wright Brothers National Memorial will reopen Sept. 29 following nearly two years of renovations. The $5.8 million project included work to preserve and restore significant architectural features of the 58-year-old building and renovate mechanical and electrical systems, according to a news release from the National Park Service. The center was…
DetailsSwiss operator Premium Jet will welcome a Pilatus PC-24 to its managed charter fleet next month. Able to land on short and unpaved runways, the aircraft is outfitted with a large cargo door and a 2.5 sqm baggage compartment that is accessible during flight. “The owner decided to buy it having previously owned a PC-12,”…
DetailsBombardier Aerospace now has two flight-test vehicles (FTVs) engaged in “active testing” for its Global 5500/6500 program, the company announced yesterday. The flight-test aircraft—a Global 6500 FTV unveiled in May at EBACE and another representing the Global 5500—are currently based at the Bombardier Flight Test Center in Wichita. The new Globals are powered by 15,125-pound-thrust…
DetailsSalisbury, MD-based Perdue Farms relies on its Gulfstream G150 and King Air B200 to get employees to any of its nearly two dozen facilities across the country. “Some of our locations are not anywhere close to a major metropolitan area, or a major metropolitan airport, and because of that we’re able to fly in fairly…
DetailsThirteen years after introducing a new light business jet design at EAA AirVenture in 2005, Honda Aircraft brought the latest version of its HondaJet—the HondaJet Elite—to the 2018 show. The Elite is making its U.S. public debut at AirVenture, a fitting location for the introduction, according to Honda Aircraft president and CEO Michimasa Fujino. “We…
DetailsBusiness aircraft valuations are showing signs of rebound, with heavy jets increasing 13.8 percent in the last 12 months and light jets improving by nearly 25 percent, according to Amstat’s latest Aircraft Valuation Tool (AVT) report. By the end of June, heavy jet values had jumped to $16.3 million, a gain that benefited from a…
DetailsThe aircraft is currently undergoing a program of post-certification tests with special emphasis on unpaved runway operations and recently spent two weeks at Woodbridge Airfield – to the north east of London – which offers optimum test conditions to put the PC-24’s landing and take-off capabilities through their paces. Watch as the PC-24 makes its…
DetailsThe N.C. Board of Transportation has approved state and federal funds for much-needed improvements to nine of North Carolina’s publicly-owned airports! Check out the article, below, for more information! The $3.7 million in funding, approved by the board during its June meeting, will be used to provide improvements such as better runway lighting, new fuel…
DetailsEmbraer’s Legacy 450 medium cabin business jet set a new speed record on a recent flight between Portland, Maine in the United States and Farnborough in the United Kingdom, according to the U.S. National Aeronautic Association (NAA). Check out the article, below, for more information! The record-setting flight occurred on March 7, 2018, with two pilots and…
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