NBAA

A dozen years ago, Embraer was just an upstart in the business aviation world. But at NBAA, it showed off another new model, its fifth. The Legacy 450 is just entering flight testing. AVweb’s Russ Niles interviewed Embraer’s Marco Tulio Pellegrini to learn more about the new jet. view on YouTube

Ed Bolen, the CEO of the National Business Aviation Association, says the organization’s 2014 show in Orlando is a little bigger than last year’s show in Las Vegas. AVweb’s Russ Niles spoke with Bolen at the static display at Orlando Executive Airport. Duration: 3:24 File Size: 3.1 MB download here

A French industrialist and three crew members were reportedly killed early Tuesday when their Falcon 50 business jet reportedly hit a snowplow on a runway at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport. Early reports were not clear on the phase of flight the aircraft was in but did say the crew managed to keep it airborne for a […]

GE Honda announced at the NBAA convention in Orlando this week that its HF120 engine will soon have a retrofit for the CitationJet, the CJ1 and the CJ1+. The retrofit STC will be carried out by Sierra Industries, a well-known Texas-based mod house with wide experience in the Citation line. GE Honda claims the HF120 […]

Although the total number of aircraft and hours flown still remains small, business aviation in China continues to grow at a blistering pace, according to Deer Jet, China’s largest provider of charter aviation services. In a podcast interview with AVweb on Monday at the National Business Aviation Association show in Orlando, Deer Jet’s Zhang Peng […]

With major orders from Flexjet and Quatar Airways, Gulfstream said at the NBAA convention in Orlando this week that it sees strong continued growth for aircraft sales and it reports that both revenues and earnings are up substantially over the previous year, increasingly 7.5 and 12 percent respectively. In 2010, the company embarked on a […]

Textron Aviation launched NBAA’s annual Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition in Orlando on Monday morning, with a news conference marking their first appearance at the show since uniting the Cessna and Beechcraft lines under one corporate umbrella. The company brought 12 aircraft to the static display at Orlando Executive Airport, with turboprops and jets from […]

Aerion is making a multi-million dollar bet that the world needs a supersonic business jet, and it’s developing one for delivery in 2021. AVweb’s editorial team shot this update on the project. view on YouTube

Nextant Aerospace has hade a business of “remanufacturing” the Hawker Beechjet 400A/Hawker 400XP — offering a new aircraft experience at a used aircraft price. Now it’s expanding that business model to the King Air, refitting the aircraft with GE engines. view on YouTube

Rockwell Collins brings enhanced vision to light jets with the EVS-3000 vision system and HGS-3500 display, which employs a new space-saving design. The company will bring the products to market with Embraer in 2015 aboard the Legacy 450 and, later, Legacy 500 business jets. view on YouTube