It is on occasion that I speak with someone who really doesn’t understand business aviation’s place as a business need or as it benefits the nation’s economy.  I will hear things like, “well, why don’t they just fly on the airlines like everyone else?”  Both as a …

If I told you that about 50% of private jet charters around the world are illegal, you would probably think that is an absurd number. Well, according to industry experts, it is an accurate number. The grey market for business aircraft charter is thriving and the biggest …

I was already in the process of writing the blog entry on the exciting new Gulfstream G650 aircraft when I received the sad news that one of five flight-test airplanes crashed in the in Roswell, New Mexico this morning at 9:30 am while conducting takeoff-performance tests.  Two …