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Avidyne yesterday introduced the Envision integrated flight deck series for retrofit installation in most general aviation aircraft. Envision, which integrates an Avidyne EXP5000 primary flight display (PFD) and an Avidyne EX5000 multifunction display (MFD), interfaces to many existing autopilot, GPS, traffic, terrain, lightning, radar and other systems. Owners can opt for one or two PFDs […]

Despite the crash of its Spectrum 33 prototype in late July, Spectrum Aeronautical has not only vowed to continue the aircraft program but yesterday revealed it also is developing a new midsize business twinjet called the Freedom S-40. The 2,050-pound-thrust GE Honda HF120, a derivative of the HondaJets HF118 engine, will power the all-composite midsize […]

If any one word could sum up where Eclipse Aviation finds itself at this year’s show, it might be “reinvention.” In a few years, the company transformed itself from a start-up investing heavily in research into a product-development firm, achieving its goal of an FAA-certified very light jet (VLJ) on Sept. 30. Even before that […]

Cessna once again brought its machine-like product development to NBAA. The company is announcing two completely new jets, detailing significant upgrades to an existing one and tantalizing attendees with talk — and a mockup — of a to-be-determined large cabin concept aircraft. All of which, of course, follows last week’s first (official) flight of the […]

click for larger image The 20th annual forecast from avionics and engine manufacturer Honeywell points toward upbeat purchase expectations for business jets over the next 10 years, especially from international customers. While demand from North America will continue to be robust, demand is growing fastest in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. According to the […]

click for a list ofAVweb sponsors at the show The annual National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) convention is many things to many people. Depending on your interests and industry involvement, it can be the best venue at which to renew old acquaintances and start fresh ones. It can be a place for writing large checks […]

Lidle and Stanger were evidently trying to follow the rules of the corridor when they crashed (who was flying still hasn’t been determined). The corridor ends at the point where the aircraft went into a left turn and pilots are required to make a relatively tight (2,000-foot) U-turn to avoid going into airspace controlled by […]

The tragedy played perfectly into Chicago Mayor Richard Daley’s long-standing belief that GA traffic should be banned over his city’s downtown area and he wasted little time exploiting it. “Remember: a single- or two-engine plane can kill as many people as possible if they want to,” he told reporters in a news conference filled with […]

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has distinguished himself amid a chorus of panic-button-pushing politicians by, in diplomatic terms, urging them to get a grip. Bloomberg, a pilot who’s been in a couple of emergencies himself, was among the first on the scene of the crash (he lives in the neighborhood) and identified parts of the […]

After about 36 hours of defending general aviation in the wake of the Cory Lidle crash on Wednesday, AOPA President Phil Boyer found something good to say about the FAA’s imposition of flight restrictions in the narrow East River VFR corridor from which Lidle and his instructor Tyler Stanger strayed when Lidle’s Cirrus SR20 hit […]