NBAA

NBAA Convention Set For October In Las Vegas

NBAA will hold its annual business aviation convention and exhibition in Las Vegas, Oct. 10-12, the group announced this week. The event will feature 1,100 exhibits, 100 aircraft on static display and plentiful opportunities for education and networking. Keynote speakers will be U.S. astronauts and identical twin brothers, Mark and Scott Kelly. They’ll headline the […]

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Pilatus Might Go Public For Jet

Reuters is reporting that Pilatus is considering going public to finance production of its PC-24 business jet. The IPO would be worth almost $3 billion and give the company the capital it needs to launch the jet, which is a niche product in that it’s designed to use short unimproved runways. The company has undertaken […]

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Pilatus PC-24 Debuts At NBAA

At NBAA BACE 2016 in Orlando, Pilatus debuted a PC-24 jet test article and updated the press and customers on the certification progress. AVweb shot this brief video of the new jet. view on YouTube

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Podcast: ForeFlight Adds Jet Capability

The world of tablet apps has exploded with sophisticated flight planning and management capability, but jet operators haven’t necessarily been included in the fun. This week at NBAA BACE in Orlando, ForeFlight announced an upgraded version of its iOS app aimed specifically at the unique needs of jet operators. In this AVweb podcast, ForeFlight’s Tyson […]

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NBAA: Continuing Market Blahs

I was on my way into the static display at NBAA in Orlando yesterday when I bumped into a photographer friend. He had been sent out to grab some crowd shots at Orlando Executive but was heading home empty handed. “Couldn’t find any crowds,” he said. I wouldn’t exactly say the place is deserted; the […]

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Wright Brothers: Success Through Failure

Wright brothers biographer David McCullough says there’s a lot to be learned from the epic effort that brought flight to the human species but it’s not what everyone thinks. The Pulitzer-winning author, who has written about some of the most important figures in American history, told a near-capacity audience at NBAA’s opening session Tuesday that […]

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TBM Tilts Toward Chartering

For such an expensive asset, even a busy personally flown aircraft doesn’t always get much utilization. And Daher, manufacturer of the TBM 900 and 930 single-engine turboprops, has come up with a promotional plan to help owners place their airplanes into charter operations, defraying the ownership costs and keeping the airplanes in the air more […]

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Biz Aviation Booms In Japan

Thanks to improvements for business aircraft at some of Japan’s major airports, business aircraft activity there has sharply increased, according to Japanese aviation officials. At a press briefing at NBAA in Orlando Monday, Hideki Fukui, director of policy research for Japan’s Civil Aviation Bureau, told reporters that the average business aviation movement growth increase between […]

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