NBAA Convention News 2011

Bombardier C Series
Oct 12, 2011 - 10:10 PM
The demands of four new jet aircraft development programs, coupled with anemic sales of its Learjet business jet brand and regional jets, fueled a cash bur
Socata TBM 850
Oct 12, 2011 - 8:50 PM
There is some real aviation pedigree gathered in Las Vegas for NBAA 2011, but you won’t find a company with a richer heritage than Socata.
TrueNorth
Oct 11, 2011 - 7:41 PM
Also at NBAA 2011, TrueNorth has unveiled the TrueNorth Stylus.
Narita
Oct 11, 2011 - 3:29 PM
Japan’s Narita International Airport is to open its first executive aviation terminal next year.
BJT's Jennifer Leach and Jeff Burger
Oct 11, 2011 - 2:15 PM
The entire team at Business Jet Traveler magazine is proud to announce that Jeff Burger, editor, received NBAA’s Gold Wing Award.
Pilatus Spectre
Oct 11, 2011 - 11:15 AM
Swiss aircraft manufacturer Pilatus Aircraft is displaying the Spectre, a variant of its popular PC-12 NG single-engine turboprop reconfigured for ISR.
Eclipse VLJ
Oct 10, 2011 - 9:27 PM
A new revitalized Eclipse VLJ is rising from the ashes of bankruptcy with a boost from Sikorsky’s substantial minority investment.
XOJet
Oct 10, 2011 - 8:33 PM
Charter operator XOJet yesterday announced a firm order for seven Hawker 800XPRs, with delivery of all seven scheduled before the end of the year.
Oct 10, 2011 - 7:09 PM
Hawker Beechcraft also announced that synthetic vision will be available on all Pro Line 21-equipped Hawker and Beechcraft platforms.
Living Wall
Oct 10, 2011 - 5:18 PM
The idea of a “living wall” in a business jet cabin was something designer Edese Doret says he had been thinking about for about a year.
Oct 11, 2011 - 8:15 PM
NBAA 2011 Floor Candids
Oct 11, 2011 - 8:15 PM
NBAA 2011 Aircare
Oct 11, 2011 - 6:15 PM
NBAA 2011
Oct 9, 2011 - 6:00 PM

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Aerion supersonic business jet
Oct 10, 2011 - 7:20 AM
Aerion Corp. says it has gained traction among aircraft manufacturers with its new aerodynamics consultancy–Aerion Technologies.
Nextant 400XT
Oct 10, 2011 - 7:00 AM
Nextant Aerospace received FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) approval last month for its 400XT conversion for the Beechjet 400A and Hawker 400XP.
The Jet Business Store
Oct 10, 2011 - 6:40 AM
The Jet Business is taking aircraft sales right to billionaire main street with the opening of the first storefront retail outlet of its type.
Mitsubishi MU-2
Oct 10, 2011 - 6:00 AM
Barrington Irving, the youngest pilot and the first African American to fly solo around the world, will welcome 50 students from Las Vegas’s Rancho High Sc
Oct 10, 2011 - 5:30 AM
ACES Systems, a division of Technology for Energy Corp.
Yankee Pacific custom cabinetry in a BBJ2
Oct 10, 2011 - 5:10 AM
When Yankee Pacific president and CEO Ken Goldsmith says his sprawling company of cabin completion subcontractors started small, he isn’t being disingenuou
Hawker Beechcraft 800XPR
Oct 10, 2011 - 5:00 AM
Asked recently how Hawker Beechcraft is doing, company chairman and CEO Bill Boisture’s answer of, “We’re doing all right,” was abbreviated at best.
DH-6 Twin Otter life-extension fuselage
Oct 10, 2011 - 4:50 AM
Engineering modification house Ikhana Aircraft Services (Booth No. C7116) expected to receive FAA supplemental type certification (STC) of its DH-6 Twin Ot
Oct 10, 2011 - 4:40 AM
Zodiac Aerospace comes into NBAA 2011 buoyed by an agreement with its banks to increase the amount and maturity of its financing.
Mobile service vehicle
Oct 10, 2011 - 4:30 AM
Dallas Airmotive recently announced that it will open a new Regional Turbine Center (RTC) at Singapore’s Seletar Airport in February 2012.