Air Shows & Events

From the latest wonderboxes to the tools that highly-trained specialists use to troubleshoot and fix them, chances are that if it has a circuit board it’s at the Aircraft Electronics Association annual meeting in Orlando. The show opened Thursday and AVweb‘s Editorial Director Paul Bertorelli is on the convention floor. Hundreds of exhibitors and thousands […]

The air show season opened on a high note for 2010 with a healthy turnout of both exhibitors and patrons at the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Fla. The four-day show wrapped up Sunday and AVweb‘s Paul Bertorelli and Jeb Burnside were there to capture the highlights on video. The first five videos are […]

A complete recap of our podcasts, videos, blogs, and news reports from the 2009 AOPA Summit in Tampa, Florida. Click here.

A complete recap of our podcasts, videos, blogs, and news reports from the 2009 NBAA Convention in Orlando, Florida. Click here.

Business aviation is on the offensive after spending much of the year on the ropes courtesy of the battered economy and some politically opportunistic comments by, well, politicians. During the opening general session of the National Business Aviation Association convention on Tuesday, NBAA President Ed Bolen and General Aviation Manufacturers Association President Pete Bunce gave […]

Golf legend Arnold Palmer has lent his support to the public relations campaign being waged by the National Business Aviation Association and General Aviation Manufacturers Association to try to change the perception of business aviation. Palmer stars in three television/online commercials in which he discusses the function, value and myths about business aviation. “For 50 […]

While the difficult economic and perception problems plaguing the business aviation industry have center stage at the National Business Aviation Association convention this week in Orlando, background work on the reauthorization of the FAA continues, and NBAA President Ed Bolen told today’s opening session that there is strong opposition to the administration’s apparent preference for […]

Although there have been hopeful signs in the past year that the downward slide of business aviation is slowing, if not stopped, the consensus of industry leaders at this year’s National Business Aviation Association convention is that recovery will be slow and painful. “We expect 2010 to be a tough year,” said Hawker Beechcraft CEO […]

Cessna’s large-cabin business jet might be officially dead, but CEO Jack Pelton is suggesting it still has a pulse. Pelton surprised a packed media conference Monday by saying he prefers to consider the Columbus project “suspended” even though it’s been formally cancelled by parent company Textron. He said the stronger language was important for “contractual […]

Embraer has announced development of a long-range version of the Legacy 600 super midsize business jet. The Legacy 650 is already flying and is based on the 600 model. A beefed-up airframe and landing gear allow more fuel, and new Rolls Royce AE 3007A2 engines are both more powerful and more efficient. It adds up […]