The Smothers Brothers hadn’t yet taken the stage for the annual safety awards banquet that closed out official business for the 55th Annual Meeting and Convention of the National Business Aviation Association when the airways leading out of the Orlando Class B started to fill with departing aircraft. But surprisingly, many an NBAA static-display airplane […]
NBAA 2002 Opens Amid New-Model Blitz and Buoyed Spirits It’s a year later, and many things have changed, including the return of confidence for business aviation. The 55th National Business Aviation Association Annual Meeting and Convention opened Tuesday in Orlando, Fla., and in his first report, AVweb’s Dave Higdon shows that things are almost back […]
A year ago, the NBAA board of directors reacted to the horror of 9/11 and the ensuing national airspace shutdown by voting to delay the 54th convention of the National Business Aviation Association, a convention already coming together in New Orleans. By the time the rescheduled convention convened in the Big Easy, the business-aviation community, […]
Click on any image to view a larger version. Although downsized, the static display still offers plenty tolook at. The Bombardier Special Edition The Fairchild 328 Turboprop Fairchild’s 328Jet, executive commuter configuration Cessna’s Citation X Cessna’s Citation Excel The TBM 700 with and without the pilot door option Piper’s Malibu Mirage (left and center) and […]
Click on any image to view a larger version. The NBAA 2001 convention opens to crowds that are smaller thanusual, but motivated and enthusiastic. Thousands come to look and learn, and to wheel and deal. Look closely, ask questions, and get answers. Friendly experts stand ready to explain and show off theirproducts. And visitors make […]
AVweb‘s coveragethis year is in three parts: 1. It’s Back to Business at NBAA 2001 Notwithstanding a three months’ delay and an uncertain economy, it was back to business in New Orleans at the 54th National Business Aviation Association Annual Meeting and Convention. As expected, attendance was down. Some of the usual exhibitors could not […]
Given the ongoing pre-Christmas sales, it has been difficult to avoid ananalogous view of this year’s attack-delayed convention of the National BusinessAviation Association: deeply discounted, like so much holiday merchandise. Many within the aviation community discounted the potential value of the 54thannual meeting after NBAA postponed its original September 18-20 dates inthe aftermath of the […]
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