Matt Thurber

NBAA’s senior vice president of conventions and forums will continue to serve as a consultant after retiring. ###Channels###P

Gama Aviation’s new FBO at Sharjah International Airport getting good reviews from pilots and passengers.

West Coast Aircraft Sales sells a GippsAero GA8 to the California Highway Patrol.

Pilots who need to learn how to operate new Fans and CPDLC features can use a new training system in their own aircraft.

The legal wrangling over the proposed closure of California’s Santa Monica Airport continues.

The new program from Jeppesen offers worldwide navigation charts on Microsoft’s Surface 2 tablets, and allows split-screen dual application usage.

A group of local luminaries is chosen for enshrinement in the Golden State’s newly launched aviation pantheon.

Customer booked a trip from California to Utah and then to Arizona, claiming to be traveling with a well known rap music artist.

App delivers most of the website’s functionality and additional features such as geo-referenced approach and taxi charts and a moving map.

Group delivers signatures to the Santa Monica city clerk for a charter amendment requiring voter approval for any plans to redevelop the city’s airport.

Change prompted by the rapid growth in data usage.

Group delivers signatures to the Santa Monica city clerk for a charter amendment requiring voter approval for any plans to redevelop the city’s airport.

Change prompted by the rapid growth in data usage.

Starting next month, unlimited service contracts will not be an option, but current users will be grandfathered in through the end of 2016.

Company hopes to have the aircraft in production next year.

First flight is planned for the fourth quarter.

In some countries that have implemented ADS-B OUT equipment requirements, a letter of authorization will be mandatory for business jet operators.

The donated aircraft are a 1968 Learjet 24 (N664CL, S/N 167) and a 1979 Gulfstream II-SP (N264CL, S/N 227).

Fresh Jets aims to introduce new travelers to charter flying with its new software platform for charter operators and corporate travel departments.

The high-technology sharing economy business model is bringing new investment in general aviation companies.

The city of Santa Monica, Calif., is attempting to legislate limits on emissions from aircraft engines as a way of cutting traffic at Santa Monica Airport.

Some people, such as former Cessna CEO Jack Pelton, and partners are no longer associated with the Alliance, and a new source of funding had to be found.

AgustaWestland brought a GrandNew helicopter and a scale mockup of a special AW169 interior to the EBACE show this year.

U.S. fractional-share Pilatus PC-12 operator PlaneSense placed an order for six PC-24s.

Ed Swearingen died on May 15, leaving behind a legacy of extraordinary airplanes.

The largest-even business jet fuselage mockup arrived at EBACE for its official unveiling.

Orders for the Pilatus PC-24 shot up to 75 in the first day of the EBACE 2014 show.

Launch customers for the Pilatus PC-24 twinjet begin signing purchase agreements today at the EBACE show.