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Although most air taxi operations in North America are still feeling their way in the new business, Moscow-based Dexter believes it’s hit on a winning business model. AVweb‘s Russ Niles spoke with CEO Eugene Andrachnikov about how to sell private aviation to people who really need it. Duration: File Size: download here

Business aviation has an enviable safety record, but there are still issues to be addressed, and a looming pilot shortage raises the potential of less-experienced pilots entering a field that has traditionally been open only to high-time aviators. Don Spruston, director general of the International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) spoke with AVweb‘s Russ Niles at […]

When it comes to private jets, the airplane is only part of the package. The interior furnishings and systems are what most customers are interested in, and Gore Design Completions of San Antonio, Texas is one of the world leaders in outfitting the most opulent aircraft on the planet. Owner Jerry Gore discussed the completion […]

As one of the world’s proudest and most innovative aircraft companies, Beechcraft suffered an identity crisis as an orphaned sibling of Raytheon’s empire of mostly defense-related enterprises. The company was cut loose from the corporate backwater more than a year ago, and Hawker Beechcraft is thriving under new owners Onex Corporation. AVweb‘s Russ Niles spoke […]

Although business aviation is, by all standards, a bit player in environmental impact, the high profile of private aviation and public perception demands perhaps more action to mitigate its carbon footprint than in other types of transportation. Embraer has embraced a factory-to-finished-product approach to environmental responsibility, and AVweb‘s Russ Niles spoke with Embraer’s Graciliano Campos […]

In September 2004, Hurricane Francis battered the Southeast, causing widespread flooding. In the path of the storm in Morganton, North Carolina, was a rare piece of history – a now-submerged Fairchild 24 owned by Bradley Bormuth‘s father. By all measure, N2864O should have been lost. But Bradley and some friends set out on a two-year […]

Want to know more about what datalink can do for you in the cockpit? IFR Refresher serves up some answers in a double-shot of podcasts related to their June issue. In this audiocast, editor Meredith Saini chats with Bob Baron Sr., CEO of XM Weather parent company Baron Services. For more weather-wise audio from IFR […]

Want to know more about what datalink can do for you in the cockpit? IFR Refresher serves up some answers in a double-shot of podcasts related to their June issue. In this audiocast, editor Meredith Saini talks with Paul Devlin, business aviation program manager at WSI Corporation. For more weather-wise audio from IFR Refresher, click […]

Chances are, you’ve read one of Barry Schiff‘s books or heard him speak about his lifelong affair with the air, but the accomplished pilot and aviation advocate is also a staunch defender of one of the nation’s most threatened airports as chairman of the board of the Santa Monica Airport Association. AVweb‘s Russ Niles spoke […]

As you may have read recently on AVweb, Swift Enterprises has unveiled a new general aviation fuel that it says will be less expensive, more fuel-efficient, and environmentally friendlier than any on the market. Swift promises their new synthetic fuel can replace standard petroleum fuel (100LL) and provide a greater effective range while costing about […]