Business & Commercial Aviation

By James Albright
What is the key to being a happy aviator?
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By James Albright
Can you control your happiness level?
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
A series of fatal accidents involving agricultural aircraft in July and August has attracted FAA attention and served as a grim reminder of the dangers of low-l
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By James Albright
Compartmentalizing what you do in flight allows you to focus on what keeps you safe In previous articles, we’ve looked at the importance of placing
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
It would take nearly 30 years for aircraft designer Michimasa Fujino to bring his concept of a light business jet from the drawing board to delivery.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
The number of used business jets for sale in August declined 33% compared to a year ago but rose 2% compared to July figures, according to Jefferies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
The pilot of a Cessna 560 Citation V that crashed near Warm Springs, Oregon, on Jan. 9, 2021 became incapacitated for reasons that could not be determined, the
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Paul Seidenman
Leading fuel cards include non-fuel purchases, detailed records and global acceptance. Some popular fuel card products are described below. Avfuel, of
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Roger Cox
An EMB-145 lands off the runway at Presque Isle, Maine. A crew had reported the localizer discrepancy to the Center after landing at KPQI on March 2, two days before the accident
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Roger Cox
An EMB-145 lands off the runway at Presque Isle, Maine. The story shows how even minor oversights by people in safety supporting roles can be significant.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lee Ann Shay
Gulfstream’s leader, Mark Burns, discusses the company’s new aircraft certification progress, customer base, the market and service center network during the Farnborough Airshow.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Roger Cox
A whole slew of people could have prevented this accident if they had been more safety conscious and more proactive.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Ross Detwiler
One of the motivating factors to “get on top” is to reach down and help others up.
Maintenance & Training

By Ross Detwiler
We check back with the RedTail Flight Academy to see how some recent graduates are doing.
Maintenance & Training

By Matthew Orloff
The relatively new and legitimized multi-billion-dollar cannabis industry has brought in a wave of consumers who otherwise may not have participated much had it remained fully illegal. Some of these new, interested consumers may well be pilots. Here are answers to some confusing questions regarding their use as it relates to piloting an aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By James Albright
The biggest advantage to this stabilized approach method is that it more realistically tracks pilot expectations and is therefore more credible.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By James Albright
More reasons why pilots fail to follow Standard Operating Procedures for unstable approaches.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
Elliott Aviation has retrofitted HomeSafe autoland systems on Daher TBM 940 turboprops delivered in the U.S. from 2019-20, before the Garmin-based autoland system was certified on the aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By James Albright
Very few pilots are following their own SOPs and are not going around from unstable approaches.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By James Albright
Learning the wrong lessons in the simulator sets you up to fail in the real world.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By James Albright
Circling is an unnecessary evil made worse by the way we train and check.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Matthew Orloff
With decades of experience working out of the world’s most hostile environments, Harding Bush, a former U.S. Navy Seal and the current security operations manager at Global Rescue, provides insight on how to obtain peace of mind under high-stress circumstances.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
German business aviation group DC Aviation on July 27 held a ceremonial opening of its new hangar at Oberpfaffenhofen Airport (EDMO) west of Munich.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Orloff
Celebrating its fourth anniversary in business, Planet 9, a private jet management company and Part 135 charter operator based in Van Nuys, California, has shown how rapidly private air travel has been growing.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Roger Cox
The hazard of taking off into an indefinite or low ceiling is underestimated by many pilots.
Safety, Ops & Regulation