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August 23, 2024

Airborne 08.23.24: Global 7500 Records, Cirrus Problems, Plane Homes

Also: Naples Relocation, New Helo Unit, Unruly PAX v FAA, AAM at NBAA-BACE

Time for a little bizjet bragging... Bombardier announced that its Global 7500 business jet keeps on setting speed records by reaching more than 50 records in less than 50 weeks. Some of the essential city-pair records are impressive, including London to Bahrain, Miami to São Paulo, Tokyo to Los Angeles, and Jeddah to London. As if all the Cirrus Jet problems weren’t enough, the FAA has just issued an Airworthiness Concern Sheet after it received a report of a power lever failure on a Cirrus SR20 aircraft. During takeoff while the pilot advanced the power lever to full throttle, the power lever sheared off and the pilot quickly cut off fuel to the

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Bombardier BizJet Sets 50+ Speed Records In Under 50 Weeks

Global 7500’s Impressive Record-Setting City-Pair Flights

Bombardier announced that its Global 7500 business jet keeps on setting speed records by reaching more than 50 records in less than 50 weeks. Some of the essential city-pair records are impressive, including London to Bahrain, Miami to São Paulo, Tokyo to Los Angeles, and Jeddah to London. In addition, the average speed of its 10 fastest new records clocks in at more than 1,000 km/h or 621 mi/h.

HondaJet Operator Seeks Enhanced Operational Efficiency

Private aviation company Volato Group, claiming to be the largest operator of HondaJets in the U.S., announced the removal of five leased aircraft from its fleet as part of its strategy to cut costs and enhance profitability -- while also dropping a number of pilots.

First Three Companies To Plan Exhibits Featured

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) announced that the first three companies planning Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) exhibits at the NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) are Electra.aero, Joby Aviation, and Lillium. The three AAM exhibits will be featured in this year’s Emerging Tech Pavilion at BACE in the Las Vegas Convention Center. NBAA expects that more AAM companies will be added to those exhibits.

Helicopter Came To Rest Inverted In A Cornfield About 200 Feet Southeast Of A Powerline Tower

On July 29, 2024 about 1330 central standard time, a Bell 206-B3 (File Photo-Below) Helicopter, N94XA, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Nashua, Iowa. The pilot was fatally injured. The helicopter was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 aerial application flight. The operator reported that the pilot was scheduled to spray insecticide and fungicide over local cornfields. Preliminary data retrieved from an onboard GPS aerial application guidance system showed that the helicopter departed from a farm, about 3 statute miles west of Nashua, at 0905, and proceeded to spray several fields south of the accident si