2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Matt Thurber

News about simulators and training procedures, as well as workforce.

News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

1,500-hour Rule Final, Stall Training Rule Coming Soon

EAA Appeals FAA’s $447,000 Oshkosh ATC Bill

News and developments about aircraft engines, including turbofan, turboprop, turboshaft and piston.

Hushkits Are Still Available for Some Stage 2 Jet Types

New developments and products in avionics, specifically about aircraft electronics in the cockpit.

Bombardier Selects Pro Line 21 Advanced

Satcom Direct Adding Inmarsat GX

Sennheiser Unveils Updated HMEC 26-2 Headset

Ruag Upgrading Avanti Cockpits

iPad Apps Are The Key To Honeywell Avionics Functionality

Aircell Stepping In With Discounts As Airfone Service Sunsets

Arinc Direct’s Xplore iPad Iridium Acars System Available This Month

News and issues concerning the aviation charter and fractional-ownership industries and markets, including company announcements, regulations, new developments and labor issues.

Flexjet Reports Strong Start To 2013

AIN Blog: How To Fix Pilot Training

FAA Proposes New Rules For Enhanced Vision System Approaches

News and issues about aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), covering all segments of the aviation industry; and modifications for aircraft and engines. Subjects include product support of aircraft, engines and avionics, MRO company mergers, acquisitions, announcements and personnel, Airworthiness Directives, Supplemental Type Certificate approvals and other topics.

Active Winglets Help Tamarack CJ Set “Unofficial” Distance Record

News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.

FAA On NextGen: Steady as She Goes

Kollsman Receives STC for EFVS in Challenger 604

News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.

Essential news and analysis from the defense aerospace sector. Your trusted source for new and ongoing programs in military aircraft, engines, and avionics.

Viking Air Sells 11 More Twin Otter Series 400s

ACSS T3CAS Selected As Standard on A320 Family

Viking Air Nets $70M in Twin Otter Orders

News and information on safety procedures and concerns.

FAA Issues Hawker 800-series Winglet AD

L-3 Sees Strong Gains In ADS-B Hardware, Software

News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

ATR Scores Big Order At Paris, Delivers Avianca ATR 72-600

Ortberg New Rockwell Collins CEO

PC-24 Unveiled

Inside The Pilatus PC-24

PC-12 Popularity Helps Pilatus Launch Jet

Rockwell Collins Does Deal To Build Simulators In China

News and issues relating to the aerospace industry that are related to the science, engineering and business of flight in space involving civil, industrial and military applications, and similar topics related to flight in the atmosphere of the Earth that are not covered more directly by other AINonline subject channels. In other words, both astronautical and aeronautical subjects, except for those aeronautical topics that are specifically covered elsewhere on this website.

Ontic Sees Growth Opportunities For Support Of Legacy Components

FAA Releases Key Enhanced Vision NPRM

Tamarack Wingletted CitationJet Goes the Distance

Matt Thurber, editor-in-chief at AIN Media Group, has been flying since 1975 and writing about aviation since 1978 and now has the best job in the world, running editorial operations for Aviation International News, Business Jet Traveler, and FutureFlight.aero. In addition to working as an A&amp;P mechanic on everything from Piper Cubs to turboprops, Matt taught flying at his father’s flight school in Plymouth, Mass., in the early 1980s, flew for an aircraft owner/pilot, and for two summer seasons hunted swordfish near the George’s Banks off the East Coast from a Piper Super Cub. An ATP certificated fixed-wing pilot and CFII and commercial helicopter pilot, Matt is type-rated in the Citation 500 and Gulfstream V/550. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Matt and his team cover the entire aviation scene including business aircraft, helicopters, avionics, safety, manufacturing, charter, fractionals, technology, air transport, advanced air mobility, defense, and other subjects of interest to AIN, BJT, and FutureFlight readers.