Mon, Oct 20, 2014

Airborne at NBAA--10.20.14: HondaJet, Honeywell Forecast, Gulfstream's G500/G600

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Also: Garmin's ADS-B For BizAv, R44s For Jordan, Textron Aviation, Hartzell Props, Clarity Aloft Pro Plus

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 systems 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
Hartzell Developing Five-Blade Composite Props
Aloft Technologies Announces Debut Of Clarity Aloft Pro Plus Headset

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