The National Business Aviation Association’s encounters FAA challenge with the SMO settlement review. The National Business Aviation Association has joined with five other aviation stakeholders to file a motion before the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, requesting a stay against the Federal Aviation Administration and an injunction against the city of Santa…
DetailsThe second Gulfstream G600 took air for the first time Friday, now it will soon begin flight-loads testing. The second flight-test Gulfstream G600—S/N 73002 and registered as N720GD—took to the air for the first time on Friday afternoon, logging four hours, 26 minutes aloft. According to data from FlightAware, the new fly-by-wire twinjet flew 1,875 nm…
DetailsGeneral Aviation Manufacturers Association annual industry review citing humanitarian work done by the Business Aviation Industry. General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) President and CEO Pete Bunce spent a portion of the association’s annual Industry Review on Feb. 22 citing the humanitarian work done by the business aviation industry. Bunce highlighted two organizations, specifically, that “truly…
DetailsGAMA reports that the Embraer Phenom 300 has earned the crown for being the best-selling business jet. According to the latest report from the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), the Embraer Phenom 300 once again earned the crown as the best-selling business jet, overall, with 63 deliveries logged last year. It beat the number-two seller—the super-midsize…
DetailsThe first Bombardier Global 7000 flight test vehicle, FTV1, has now amassed more than 100 hours of flying! Bombardier Aerospace’s Global 7000 program is “progressing” solidly, with the sole flight-test vehicle, FTV1, having completed more than 100 hours of flight testing to date, the Canadian aircraft manufacturer announced today. FTV2 is also now complete and…
DetailsAn announcement was made that veteran Michael Amalfitano is said to be president of the Executive Jets Business Unit starting on March 1st. In an unexpected move announced this afternoon, Embraer tapped business aviation finance veteran Michael Amalfitano as the president and CEO of its Melbourne, Florida-based Executive Jets business unit, effective March 1. He…
DetailsNBAA’s SDC2017 business aviation event offers the chance to pay it forward to the local community. NBAA’s Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference (SDC2017) takes place this week in Fort Worth, TX, and in addition to offering attendees educational and networking opportunities, the event also provides them with a chance to “pay it forward” to the host community. This year attendees…
DetailsGraduate students perform a test-run of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s E-Spirit of St. Louis, read more below about the new Hybrid. A Florida aviation college is leading the fusion of fossil-fuel engines with electric propulsion. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University researchers have become the nucleus around which a new nine-seat hybrid electric turboprop aircraft could be built in…
DetailsBusiness Aviation provides free air transportation to treatment facilities for sick and injured children called Children’s Flight of Hope. Children’s Flight of Hope (CFOH), which provides free air transportation to and from treatment facilities for seriously ill and injured children, increased the number of children it could assist when it added business aircraft to its…
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