Business Aviation

Airline travel and everything associated with it has a way of bringing out the worst in people. And now that the airlines have reduced seat pitch to that of a Roman slave galley, we’ve entered the era of the cabin brawl. In case you didn’t hear about it, a United flight from Newark to Denver […]

AVweb’s weekly review of what’s going on in aviation turned up news of everything from Beech’s delivery of new airplanes to the Mexican Navy, through word of CTI Professional Flight Training’s new training approval, to a new national commander of the Civil Air Patrol, to PlaneLogiX going live with its maintenance backup program. Beechcraft Corporation, […]

A helicopter tourism pilot used his Robinson R44 helicopter to scare a shark away from a calving whale along the west coast of Australia last week. Sean Blocksidge, proprietor of Wild Blue Helicopters of Margaret River, Western Australia, was on a flight with his friend and company pilot Brett Campany to do some aerial photography […]

In a legal interpretation released Aug. 13, the FAA’s Chief Counsel for Regulations ruled against “peer-to-peer general aviation flight sharing” Internet-based operations that allow private pilots to offer available space on flights they intend to take. AirPooler Inc. had asked the FAA for an interpretation of the regulations-seeking to confirm that a pilot participating in […]

AVweb’s weekly review of what’s going on in aviation turned up news that Power Flow had broken its own record for sales of Tuned Exhaust Systems at AirVenture, Oxygen to Go, LLC and its founder Dr. Brent Blue were recognized by Delta Airlines for significant contributions to persons with disabilities, the NTSB has proposed changes […]

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association has decided to exit the electronic flight bag (EFB) market-marking a change in its online flight planning member benefit. Responsibility for FlyQ EFB will be assumed by Seattle Avionics as of Sept. 1. AOPA and Seattle Avionics are reported to be working together to ensure all subscribers experience a […]

Is a copilot who failed to catch the fact that the captain forgot to lower the landing gear deserving of unemployment benefits? One Iowa judge said yes, but the state’s Employment Appeal Board said no. Donald G. Scarsella “knew what to do, was trained on what to do, was able to do it, was required […]

Honda Aircraft showed the first production model of its new business jet at AirVenture 2014. Honda’s Andrew Broom took AVweb through the aircraft. view on YouTube

While most of the world was concentrating on AirVenture, things were also happening in Wichita where two of Cessna‘s business jet programs celebrated developmental first flights. On July 28, the first production Citation CJ3+ made its maiden flight. Test pilot Mark Tuttle reported that all systems performed as expected during the 73-minute mission. The Williams […]

A company dedicated to providing a supply of general aviation aircraft refurbished in accordance with a standard protocol announced its formation at AirVenture. Triple R president and AVweb publisher Tom Bliss sat down with AVweb’s Rick Durden to describe how the company intends to reach its goal of providing like-new airplanes at half the price […]