Business Aviation

Cirrus started building the first production Vision SF50 this week. AVweb’s Russ Niles toured the plant in Duluth. view on YouTube

In mid-April, Piper announced its new M600 single-engine turboprop, a new model based on the successful Meridian. At Sun ‘n Fun 2015, Piper brought a cabin mockup of the new airplane, and AVweb spoke to Piper CEO Simon Caldecott about how the company plans to position the airplane in the market. view on YouTube

Mooney announced its new M10T training aircraft at the big air show in Zhuhai, China last fall. At Sun ‘n Fun in Lakeland, Florida this week, the company took the wraps off a mockup of the airplane, and AVweb pointed some cameras at it. view on YouTube

Flight Design’s C4 is the company’s first four-seat, fully certified aircraft. Engineer Robert Adam spoke with AVweb at Aero in Friedrichshafen, Germany about the C4’s first flight last week. view on YouTube

At Aero Friedrichshafen this week, Kestrel’s Alan Klapmeier spoke with AVweb’s Mary Grady about his rationale in joining forces with Eclipse Aerospace to form the new company, One Aviation. Duration: 5:04 File Size: 11.6 MB download here

In a surprise announcement Monday, Piper Aircraft revealed three new models of its upper strata M-Class aircraft, including a new turboprop called the M600 that’s loosely based on its popular Meridian. With a new G1000 variant from Garmin, the Meridian itself is getting some retooling, becoming the Meridian M500, and the Lycoming-powered Mirage will morph […]

French company Guimbal has entered the U.S. helicopter training market with its Cabri G2, a light aircraft that has features similar to larger modern helicopters. AVweb interviewed CEO Bruno Guimbal at the recent HAI Heli-Expo in Orlando. view on YouTube

Did you happen to catch the Super Bowl commercial that had a 20-years-younger Bryant Gumbel and Katie Couric discussing “the little a with a circle around it” then asking their off-camera producer to explain what this thing, the internet, was? The spot was funny because anyone who sees it now will marvel that just two […]

Tecnam has invested in a major new assembly and support facility for its aircraft at the Sebring, Florida, airport. As part of our Sport Aviation Expo 2015 coverage, AVweb took a tour of the new facility. view on YouTube

Back in the dark ages when j-school looked like it might lead to a sort of career, I was asked on a fall registration form to “state minor course of study, if any.” With all the thoughtful consideration a 21-year-old could muster, I checked the box next to Asian history. Somehow, sociology seemed boring and […]