Business & Military

Jet Shades Tinted Window Panels

A challenge in some cabin-class airplanes is balancing the temperature between the cockpit and the rear cabin, or even keeping the cockpit cool even when the air conditioning is running. A company called Jet Shades found a solution with its innovative removable tinted window panels. They require no FAA approvals because they don’t modify or […]

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Podcast: Iridium NEXT And Certus For Aviation

The Iridium NEXT satellite constellation is nearly complete and the company is working on Certus, a satellite communications system aimed at, among other things, aviation. Iridium’s Bryan Hartin and Michael Hooper told AVweb more about the latest developments at the 2018 NBAA convention. Duration: 10:52 File Size: 9.97 MB download here

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NBAA: Focus On The Future

The theme for this year’s NBAA-BACE convention was the future of aviation and a lot of the companies attending embraced that theme. There were lots of virtual reality gizmos in the displays and an overall sense that profound change, from technology through hardware to environmental realities, is all around us. Please, I know some of […]

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Piper: Deliveries Up And Growing

Piper Aircraft delivered 65 aircraft in the third quarter of this year, its best-performing quarter since 2008, the company said last this week. So far this year, Piper has delivered 152 aircraft, compared to 99 over the same period last year. Deliveries of the Archer TX led the growth, with a 60 percent increase, and […]

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Daher TBM 930 Enters Charter Sector

Daher’s turboprop TBM 930 is seeing increasing use in charter services, the company announced at the NBAA Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition on Monday. California-based charter company Mountain Lion Aviation purchased the first 930 to see use as a charter in December 2017. Mountain Lion says it has flown the aircraft for roughly 430 hours, […]

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Boeing Business Jets Delivers First BBJ MAX

The first BBJ MAX 8 has been delivered, Boeing Business Jets announced at NBAA-BACE on Monday. The aircraft is the first of the MAX line to go to a customer. To commemorate the delivery, the company introduced a new interior concept by design firm SkyStyle. According to Boeing Business Jets, it currently has 20 orders […]

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Garmin’s Turbine Avionics At NBAA 2018

As the National Business Aircraft Association convention opens in Orlando, Florida, Garmin is showing off its G5000 retrofit for the Cessna Citation XLS, plus a variety of other equipment, including the G700TXi. Aviation Consumer Editor Larry Anglisano is at the convention and talked with Garmin’s Phil Straub about the advancement of Garmin avionics for the […]

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Textron Displays Cessna SkyCourier Mock-Up

Textron introduced the Cessna SkyCourier turboprop as a utility cargo hauler but has found growing interest in its versatility even before the first aircraft has been flown. The company is showing off a mock-up of a 19-passenger configuration at the National Business Aircraft Association convention in Orlando, Florida. view on YouTube

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