Now certified on the CitationJet, the GFC 600 digital autopilot provides capabilities such as autopilot-coupled VNAV descent and fully coupled go-around.
As the latest Ambassador peer-networking member, DC Aviation joins a group of 15 companies committed to positive change in the business aviation industry.
Flexjet’s year-to-date flight operations in the U.S. have been carbon-neutral and those in Europe have been carbon-negative via its partnership with 4AIR.
The German company intends to directly challenge rival like Joby, Archer and Lilium with a four-seat lift-and-push eVTOL model with a range of 60 miles.
Bizav flights were up 250.5 percent from April 2020 and slightly from 2019 in the U.S., while Europe marked a 153.9 percent improvement, Argus reported.
Massachusetts legislators are floating bills that would impose a landing fee on general aviation aircraft and repeal a sales tax exemption for aircraft.
The Advanced Air Mobility Coordination and Leadership Act calls for transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg to establish a working group to develop a national strategy and coordinate interagency action.
The U.S. company says it is on track to meet its goal of achieving a first flight for the full-scale TriFan 600 prototype in 2022, as it heads for type certification by the end of 2024. The company says that it now holds reservations for 202 aircraft.