Owning an aircraft means staying ahead of more than just your schedule. This category covers the operational side of business aviation — maintenance considerations, regulatory changes, and technology developments — translated from industry language into practical insights for owners, flight department teams, and their advisors.
The term avionics generally refers to several systems in an aircraft that allow the pilots to accomplish their primary tasks — to Aviate, Navigate, and Communicate. Avionics in business aviation have come a long way from the first business jets of the 1960s and 1970s. We’ll explore the most relevant systems and the recent evolution…
Satellite communications in business aviation have changed more in the past five years than in the previous twenty. The systems available today bear little resemblance to what was considered capable a decade ago, and the range of equipment currently flying spans everything from cutting-edge low-earth-orbit broadband to hardware that hasn’t connected to a live network