Business & Military

Embraer officially entered the mid-size business jet market Tuesday with Brazilian certification of its Legacy 500. The aircraft was announced six years ago at the 2008 European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) and the certification was announced on the opening day of the Latin American Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (LABACE), which opened Tuesday […]

After six years in the doldrums, there are signs of improvement in the small and medium-sized business jet market, according to analysts attending the Latin American Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (LABACE). Brian Foley, a New Jersey-based consultant, told Bloomberg the under-50,000-pound market sector shipped 20 percent more jets in the first half of 2014 […]

With new apps now available that make it easier and cheaper to book helicopter shuttles to the Hamptons from Manhattan, traffic is up more than 40 percent this summer, local officials say, and Long Island residents are seeking regulatory relief from the increased noise and traffic.At a meeting held Monday night in Peconic, N.Y., more […]

Police in Los Angeles have clipped the wings of a “serial stowaway” who managed to sneak onto a flight from San Jose to LAX last week. Marilyn Hartman was spotted hanging around LAX’s Terminal 7 on Thursday and that was enough take her to jail. A few days earlier she’d pleaded no contest to a […]

The Federal Aviation Administration today issued a new NOTAM restricting U.S. operators from flying in the airspace above Iraq due to what it described as “the hazardous situation created by the armed conflict.” The new NOTAM supersedes a previous one that prohibited U.S. operators from flying below 20,000 feet over Iraq. The NOTAM states that […]

AVweb’s weekly review of what’s happening in aviation found everything from a flight program for young cancer survivors through new Hartzell props for the world’s fastest turboprop to the newest recipient of the EAA’s August Raspet Award and an NTSB training program in emergency communications. Summit Aviation and Eagle Mount announced a partnership to bring […]

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 […]

The acting chairman of the NTSB has expressed concerns about a proposal to abandon the third class medical but he hasn’t expressly opposed it. According to Roll Call, Christopher Hart told a hearing of the Subcommittee on Government Operations: “We’re very concerned about pilots flying without adequate medical standards,” but he also noted he doesn’t […]

Triple R Affordable Aircraft, a company dedicated to providing a formal, accountable method of refurbishing aircraft to nearly new condition and marketing them at attractive prices, announced its formation at AirVenture. Triple R’s president isAVweb publisherTom Bliss, but he explained to a press conference at AirVenture this week thatTriple R is not anAVwebcompany, project or […]

The Millionaires’ Unit was the appellation given to a group of wealthy Yale University students who were determined to fight the Axis before the U.S. was involved in World War I – and they did so by learning to fly. They formed the nucleus of what became naval aviation and served – some died – […]