Another wonderful design of Bill Lear the Challengers original name was the Learstar. Bomdardier renamed it the Challenger prior to the first delivery of the 600 series aircraft. The 604 started deliveries in 1996 when it replaced the Challenger 601 in the lineup. The Challenger 604 is a Super Mid Sized Read more…
Well now that the media blitz has calmed I’ll have a few moments to comment about US Airways flight 1549. My first thoughts as I expressed on ABS news were that the odds are against two engines being taken out by a bird strike. Living in south Florida we see Read more…
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Buying your first aircraft is a giant leap into the unknown. I’ll try to provide an overview of the process of aircraft completion once an aircraft arrives at the completion center. When the designer first shows you all of the different wood selection and fabrics in abundance it seems overwhelming. Read more…
Airbus has a very comprehensive line of “Head of State” corporate airliners based on their popular Commericial Airliners. They are spectacularly modern aircraft whose flight deck would bring tears of joy to the eyes of most pilots. They are delivered to the client’s completion center partially completed so the process from that point to full completed is Read more…
Selling your Aircraft in the business aviation recession?? Inventory levels are now above 10 percent and we are officially in a buyer’s market. Today an aircraft is taking an average of 213 days to sell of course many are taking longer. Aircraft can vary as much as 50% according to Read more…
Here are two example of Boeing Airliners that fly around the world including : Cat III, RNP5, and RNP/SAAR .15. After viewing the Falcon 7X cockpit and the Honeywell Easy displays,I felt this needed to be addressed. Notice how clean the displays are, they show all that’s required for the Read more…
Aircraft acquisition can be a trying experience for the uninitiated. There are mazes of Manufacturers’ sales teams and aircraft brokers to navigate. Those unfamiliar with the inner workings can end up in the wrong aircraft, paying more than necessary and/or waiting years longer than required for a new aircraft. The Read more…