Tue, Oct 21, 2014
At a news conference early Monday at the 2014 NBAA convention, HondaJet said that it is months away from first deliveries of the new airplane.
After the news conference, ANN Editor in Chief Jim Campbell talked with HondaJet CEO Michimasa Fujino about getting the airplane into the hands of customers. If you are interested in what’s going on at NBAA 2014, the best place to start is by reading the Honeywell Global Business Aviation Forecast. This detailed report brings into focus what is expected in business aviation over the next decade. Several orders for the G500 were announced along with the rollout. Among the most innovative features of the new Gulfstream jets is their fly-by-wire system includes an Active Control Sidestick. Gulfstream says the ACS system offers enhanced safety and situational awareness over passive sticks through tactile feedback. With electronic linking of the ACSs, the pilot and co-pilot can see and feel each other’s control inputs, which helps improve pilot coordination in the cockpit. All this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 10.20.14 is chock full of info in this Daily NBAA2014 news period ending Monday, October 20th, 2014...
Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Ashley Hale, and supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton, and Earl Downs, this episode covers:
- HondaJet Readies For First Deliveries
- Honeywell Issues Its 23rd Annual Global Business Aviation Forecast
- Gulfstream G500/G600
- Garmin Offers Stand-Alone ADS-B Solution For Business, Transport Aircraft
- Royal Jordanian Air Force Purchases Eight Robinson R44s
- Cessna/Beech/Hawker's First NBAA as Textron Aviation
- Aloft Technologies Announces Debut Of Clarity Aloft Pro Plus Headset
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