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ForeFlight has tapped the resources available from Boeing, its new owner, and created a “super computer” for flight planning for business aviation called ForeFlight Dispatch. Founder and CEO Tyson Weihs explains how it works.

Gulfstream unveiled its new G700 business jet at the 2019 National Business Aviation Association Convention & Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Monday. The aircraft is already well on its way toward certification, with Gulfstream reporting that it has put in almost 14,000 hours of lab testing on the aircraft in its “integration- and cabin-test […]

FlightAware is using machine learning to help flight departments, pilots and passengers much more accurately plan and execute their business flights. The system has billions of gigabytes of data on flight profiles, weather and diversions over the past 15 years and can use that accumulated knowledge to predict the outcome of an individual flight. “If […]

A more tightly focused Bombardier Aviation is giving its Learjet division a burst of energy with the continued development of the Learjet 75 Liberty. The aircraft is an update of the company’s legacy light jet offering and was announced in July. CEO David Coleal told a news conference at NBAA-BACE some of the technology developed […]

Saab Avionics says it has developed enhanced vision system sensors that penetrate water and water vapor and can provide pilots with visual reference for up to two nautical miles. At the first news conference ever held by the Swedish company, which produces the Gripen fighter and is partnering with Boeing on the new T-7X advanced […]

At NBAA-BACE 2019 in Las Vegas, Embraer marked the recent certification of its refreshed line of midsize business jets with the announcement of a firm order from FlexJet worth $1.4 billion. The fractional operator will take a mix of 64 aircraft, including an unspecified number of new Praetor 500 and 600 jets. The balance of […]

Dassault Aviation’s Falcon 6X business jet is on schedule to fly for the first time in 2021, Dassault Executive Vice President of Civil Aircraft Carlos Brana said at the 2019 NBAA Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Monday. According to Brana, the company finished design review for the aircraft last summer […]

NBAA has its sights set firmly on the challenges and opportunities the business aviation industry is facing as it opens its 69th annual convention in Las Vegas on Tuesday. AVweb will provide coverage throughout the show. Certainly there will be lots of shiny airplanes to look at it and exhibit halls stuffed with everything from […]

A new air racing series has been green lighted by the FAA and it may be coming to an airshow near you in 2021. The Air Show Racing Series will feature head-to-head racing by two aircraft in 4,000-foot parallel slalom lanes marked by inflatable pylons at airshow center. At the end of each run, the […]

A member of the Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbirds ejected safely from his aircraft when something went wrong just before the team was scheduled to perform at the Atlanta Air Show early Sunday afternoon. Capt. Kevin Domon-Grenier, Snowbird 5, landed safely and the aircraft crashed in an unpopulated area and there were no injuries. His […]