Content Archive: October 2017

Safety

Business Aviation and Addiction

The industry needs to learn from the airlines and treat addiction as a disease, not a moral failing.
Maintenance and Modifications

Raisbeck To Acquire Butterfield

Combined company to offer broadened King Air aftermarket parts
Engines

GE Achieves Testing Milestones for U.S. Army FATE and ITEP Turboshaft Programs

Prototype powerplants for the Future Affordable Turbine Engine and Improved Turbine Engine Program have been run.
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Avionics

Desert Jet Eyes More Third-party MRO Work

The company seeks to leverage experience from own fleet.

NBAA General Session Highlights Leadership in Bizav

Astronaut twins Scott and Mark Kelly closed the session by sharing personal experiences and applying the lessons they learned to the bizav industry.

Shaesta Waiz Completes Solo Trip Around World

Visiting 22 countries, Waiz flew 24,800 nm and accumulated 176 flight hours, while setting a speed record from Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California.
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NBAA Lauds Bizav's Hurricane Relief Efforts With Humanitarian Award

The business aviation community doing its part to give back
Cabin Interior and Electronics

JetSet Interiors Intros New Seats and Veneer Process

Texas-based company adds to its refurbishment protoflio
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Motorized Wheelchair Unit Navigates Airstairs

Battery-powered unit weighs less than 90 pounds.
Charter & Fractional

Canada's Skyservice Adds Aircraft Brokerage

The managed fleet is now at 70 aircraft .