For the first six months of 2015, business and general aviation avionics sales totaled $1.193 billion, according to the Aircraft Electronics Association.
The demo took place during the annual Remote Area Medical clinic in Wise, Virginia, on July 17 and was overseen by the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership using its certificate of authorization as an FAA-designated UAV test site.
In the next step toward bringing a supersonic business jet to market, Aerion Corp. has appointed Equus Global Aviation as its exclusive authorized sales representative for Central and South America, parts of the Caribbean and Mexico, the company said.
In a public announcement on July 23 in downtown Manhattan, the City Council said this legislation “will regulate the tourist helicopter industry in New York City to reduce noise and air pollution for New Yorkers who live and use public parks along the tourist-helicopter routes.”
All three passengers—who were members of the Bin Laden family—and the Jordanian-born pilot were killed in the accident at Blackbushe airfield, west of London, on July 31.
Around 50 employees are already working at the Seattle Engineering Center in the south of the city, which will be operated by AeroTEC, a Seattle-based aerospace engineering consultancy which provides flight-testing, data analysis and FAA-certification support.
