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ForeFlight has tapped the resources available from Boeing, its new owner, and created a “super computer” for flight planning for business aviation called ForeFlight Dispatch. Founder and CEO Tyson Weihs explains how it works.

Gulfstream unveiled its new G700 business jet at the 2019 National Business Aviation Association Convention & Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Monday. The aircraft is already well on its way toward certification, with Gulfstream reporting that it has put in almost 14,000 hours of lab testing on the aircraft in its “integration- and cabin-test […]

FlightAware is using machine learning to help flight departments, pilots and passengers much more accurately plan and execute their business flights. The system has billions of gigabytes of data on flight profiles, weather and diversions over the past 15 years and can use that accumulated knowledge to predict the outcome of an individual flight. “If […]

A more tightly focused Bombardier Aviation is giving its Learjet division a burst of energy with the continued development of the Learjet 75 Liberty. The aircraft is an update of the company’s legacy light jet offering and was announced in July. CEO David Coleal told a news conference at NBAA-BACE some of the technology developed […]

Dassault Aviation’s Falcon 6X business jet is on schedule to fly for the first time in 2021, Dassault Executive Vice President of Civil Aircraft Carlos Brana said at the 2019 NBAA Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Monday. According to Brana, the company finished design review for the aircraft last summer […]

NBAA has its sights set firmly on the challenges and opportunities the business aviation industry is facing as it opens its 69th annual convention in Las Vegas on Tuesday. AVweb will provide coverage throughout the show. Certainly there will be lots of shiny airplanes to look at it and exhibit halls stuffed with everything from […]

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has announced that it is forming a committee that will focus on rulemaking, standards setting and policy-related activities associated with “promising aviation technologies.” According to the organization, the Emerging Technologies Committee will provide NBAA with insights, conduct educational and training sessions, and liaise with industry organizations and regulators on […]

The NBAA says it’s joining other aviation groups in supporting a bipartisan bill to set the stage for vibrant positive growth in aviation. The bill was introduced by Senator’s James Inhofe—a pilot himself—and Angus King, a member of the Armed Services Committee, which Inhofe chairs. The so-called PLANE Act would promote growth by expanding Inhofe’s […]

Aviation Consumer Editor in Chief and Editorial Director of Belvoir Media Group’s Aviation Division Larry Anglisano, five-time Space Shuttle commander Jim Wetherbee and FAASTeam Manager Ben Struck will speak at the 4th Annual Westchester Aviation Association’s (WAA) General Aviation safety conference on the evening of June 4, 2019, in Tarrytown, New York. Learn about the […]

If concrete could emote, several dozen acres of it in Sebring, Florida, must be sighing in relief. Now that the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo has passed into history, there’s no further need to perforate that historical ramp with expansion bolts for temporary tiedowns. Given the sparse attendance at this show, you could argue that its […]