Content Archive: October 2023

Aircraft

Pilatus Boosts PC-24's Payload, Range, and Cabin

With six passengers on board, the midsize twinjet will be able to fly 2,000 nm
New side-facing divan bed option in Pilatus PC-24 midsized jet
Rotorcraft

NASA Conducts Rotorcraft Landing Wind Study

Project aims to find out how wind and weather at landing sites are affected by buildings
Safety

Notice Updates Polar Areas of Magnetic Unreliability

Updated boundaries indicate where magnetic compasses are highly unreliable
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Airbus Tests Single-stick eVTOL Flight Controls

Airbus FlightLab tests eVTOL electric flight control system
Airbus tests eVTOL flight controls
Safety

Blocked Comm Eyed in B737-Cessna Citation Near Collision

Business jet overflew the airliner by about 100 feet during the incident
Safety

Baldwin Adds Geolocation to Bizav Safety Reports

The feature allows pinpointing locations of safety-related events
Baldwin Safety & Compliance's new mapping feature
Aircraft

Bizav OEMs Don't Take Small Jet Market Lightly

OEMs are upgrading their light jets as Honda proceeds with a new model
Safety

New Falcons Now Come with Ready Flight Intl Program

Software speeds operators’ international compliance
Dassault and AviationManuals executives pose in front of a Falcon 8X
Training and Workforce

Kansas Recognizes Textron’s Apprenticeship Programs

The OEM fully pays for program tuition and fees
A Textron apprentice works on a business jet
Maintenance and Modifications

Western Jet Aviation’s Florida MRO Gets Part 145 Nod

StandardAero subsidiary brings its support to East Coast
Western Jet Aviation Opa-locka ribbon cutting