Business & Commercial Aviation

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Kent S. Jackson is founder and managing partner of Jetlaw LLC in Washington.

For many years, summer’s arrival for av junkies was signaled not so much by Memorial Day speeches, All-Star games or the season’s first surfside

The concept of thrust, power, and even horsepower can get messy, and perhaps a bit of a history lesson can start to clean things up.

Pilot oxygen masks should be kept clean to reduce the danger of infection and to prolong their lives.

Selected accidents and incidents in September 2020. The following NTSB information is preliminary.

Since officially launching its satellite-borne ADS-B program in 2015, Aireon LLC, has signed 16 customers.

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“ADS-B has built into it a figure of merit that tells you the performance of the GPS information imbedded in the ADS-B message.”

It took eight launches over two years to put up 66 satellites plus six spares (with nine more stored on the ground), replacing the original Iridium constellation launched in the 1990s.

In only its first year of service (March 2019 to March 2020), Aireon ADS-B has chalked up these service milestones:

Another benefit harvested from Aireon satellite-based ADS-B is data enabling the tracking of equipped aircraft for search-and-rescue purposes.

Vista Global has partnered with Ferrari to provide private jet transportation to all Ferrari drivers competing in the international GT races and Prancing Horse monobrand championships.

Flight services provider DroneUp has announced a pilot program with Walmart and Quest Diagnostics to deliver COVID-19 test sample collection kits by drone.

The third and final Cessna 408 SkyCourier test aircraft completed its first flight on Sept. 28 and is joining the company’s flight-test program.

Business-aviation manufacturing veteran David Coleal has vacated his position as president of Bombardier Aviation following a senior management reorganization.

FlightSafety International is now offering training for the Gulfstream G280 at its Learning Center in Wilmington, Delaware.

Textron Aviation avoided a strike by its hourly workforce when members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers accepted

Airshare wins International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations Stage 3 Certification from the International Business Aviation Council..

Textron Aviation has received FAA type certification for its newest flagship twin-turboprop Beechcraft King Air 360/360ER aircraft.

Embraer has delivered its 250th business jet in Latin America with Phenom handovers to two first-time jet buyers.

Clay Lacy Aviation has been awarded a 35-year lease at John Wayne Airport (KSNA) in Orange County, California, for its FBO.

Signature Flight Support and fuel supplier Neste have partnered to offer permanent supplies of sustainable aviation fuel to operators at San Francisco International and London Luton airports.

Bombardier plans to establish a company-owned service center in Berlin.

According to JetNet iQ Pulse, small-jet activity has remained the strongest in business-jet flight operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. From July