Video: Cessna Intros the Latitude
At NBAA, Cessna showed off its new Latitude super-mid-size aircraft. AVweb got a brief tour while covering the show. view on YouTube
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Podcast: Used Aircraft Market
Aircraft broker Ren Banglesdorf says the market is better but still not great. AVweb’s Russ Niles spoke with her at NBAA 2014. Duration: 4:40 File Size: 4.3 MB download here
Used Market: Newer Business Aircraft In Demand
A Texas aircraft broker says used aircraft prices are stabilizing and newer used aircraft are in demand but there are still plenty of old business jets on the market. Rene Banglesdorf, CEO of Charlie Bravo Aviation, told AVweb in a podcast interview at NBAA in Orlando that while the market hasn’t recovered, it’s at least […]
The Weekender: Pumpkin Drops to Chili Cookoffs
As the fall colors peak nationwide and Halloween approaches, the fly-ins continue at full throttle. Our weekly review of SocialFlight revealed a pumpkin drop at an airport birthday bash, two chili cook-offs and a classic fly-in breakfast. To celebrate its 70th birthday, there will be a full-scale fly-in at the North Omaha, Nebraska Airport Sunday […]
Video: Searey Runs With the Big Dogs at NBAA
One surprise at NBAA in Orlando is that Progressive Aerodyne showed up with its cool LSA amphibian. A business aircraft? Nope, a fun flyer, which Searey’s Adam Yang figures a stressed-out Gulfstream owner might want after a long week of flying suits around. view on YouTube
Podcast: Deer Jet’s Zhang Peng on China’s Expanding Bizav Sector
China’s largest bizjet charter company, Deer Jet, sees plenty of room for expansion in the exploding Chinese marketplace – maybe not in fractionals (yet), but in some surprising segments, like providing flights in and out of the country. Deer Jet’s Zhang Peng demystifies the world’s fastest-growing bizav economy in a short conversation with us at […]
Aviation City’ Proposed For Inner Mongolia
Breathable air is one of the main selling points of a northern Chinese province’s effort to develop the “World Aviation City of Ordos” in Inner Mongolia. The local government is proposing an $8 billion aviation-oriented community that will include “the world’s largest GA base” with an FBO that has parking for up to 1,000 aircraft. […]
CAE Opens New Training Site
CAE has opened a new 60,000-square-foot business aviation training facility, CAE Dallas East, just east of the Dallas Forth Worth Airport, the company announced Tuesday at the NBAA convention in Orlando. The company has also added programs at its existing Dallas facility. The combined Dallas space now totals 486,000 square feet, with 40 simulators, 114 […]
Video: NBAA’s Take on Parade of Planes
AT NBAA in Orlando, there are some large airplanes on the show floor. How did they get them there? A midnight parade of planes from Orlando International, that’s how. view on YouTube
Video: Embraer’s New Legacy 450
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
