Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time. It was 2010, the pilot training business was badly suffering in the recession, fuel costs were high, and training aircraft costs were sky high. George Bye thought he might have an ideal solution.
Plans by Internet giants Amazon and Google to make use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have taken steps forward with approvals from regulators to begin testing in the U.S., but with strict limitations.
Loss of control in flight and runway excursions are two of top safety issues that should be on operators’ minds, the National Business Aviation Association says.
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) equipment has now been installed on 10,000 aircraft flying in the U.S., a move hailed by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.
Clay Lacy Aviation has been approved for a supplemental type certificate for its Universal Avionic FANS 1/A+ equipment for the Gulfstream GIV and GIVSP aircraft.
Russ Meyer, chairman emeritus of Cessna Aircraft, now a division of Textron Aviation, joined the company in 1974 and served as chairman and CEO from 1975 to 2003.