2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Matt Thurber

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

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.

Garmin G5000 Picked for Two Programs

Iridium OpenPort-Aero Now Available for Bizav

Max-Viz STC for Hawker EVS Coming Soon

FlyTab Module Connects iPads to Aircraft Systems

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.

In The Works: Aerion SSBJ

In The Works: Embraer Legacy 450/500

In The Works: Dassault Falcon 2000S

In The Works: Epic Aircraft E1000

In The Works: GippsAero GA18

In The Works: Privateer Industries Privateer

Industry Comments on FAA Training Clarification Notice

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

FAA Attempting to Standardize Initial Part 135 Training Requirements

NetJets, IRS May Settle Tax Dispute

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.

First Flight of 400XPR Adds to HBC Retrofit Programs

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

HUD Training: AIN Logs Some Head-up Time in Rockwell Collins’s Sim

ADS-B Weather, Traffic Services Available Now Via SkyRadar Receivers

Universal Avionics UniLink Certified on King Air

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.

Are OEMs Putting Intellectual Property Protections At Risk With China Ventures?

NPRM Seeks Completion of Repair Station Rule Changes

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.

Proposed Part 145 Rules Could Prove Thorny

Flying is going to become more costly and constrained, if the U.S. government persists in efforts to tax business aircraft operators.

AIN Blog: Just Say No

UTC’s PZL Mielec To Make Eclipse 550 Airframes

News about significant aircraft accidents and information from accident reports.

NTSB Adds More to G650 Accident Docket

Honda Reveals More HondaJet Details at EBACE

Electronics Lab Powers Ontic Expansion

Honeywell Delivers 10 Percent More Thrust For Learjet 40/45 Replacements

SmartView Synthetic Vision Now Available in PC-12 NG

The first flight of the re-engined Hawker 400XPR on May 3 was the culmination of 14 months of work by Hawker Beechcraft and Sierra Industries.

XPR Programs Extend HBC Reach Into Jet Aftermarket

News and developments about everything that goes into the cabin of an aircraft, from floor coverings to headliners, with a special emphasis on in-flight entertainment, communications and other electronics for passengers. If it is in the cabin of an aircraft, it’s covered here.

Honeywell and Inmarsat have completed an exclusive agreement for Honeywell to develop onboard hardware to connect to Inmarsat’s Global Xpress satcom.

Honeywell To Build Airborne Hardware for Inmarsat’s Global Xpress

APG iPreFlight App Adds In-flight Performance Calculation Capability

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.