AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - December 2021 - 48

BRIEFING
NEWS FROM NBAA
BUSINESS AV I AT ION IS experiencing strong growth, with demand for both new
and used business jets seeing a steady increase, according to Honeywell's thirtieth
annual Global Business Aviation Outlook. Honeywell's forecast was released
just ahead of the National Business Aviation Association's Business Aviation
Convention and Exhibition in mid-October. The report estimates there will be
7,400 deliveries of new business jets in the next decade, with up to 620 deliveries
this year.
Honda unveils new larger jet concept
Honda Aircraft is developing a new sibling for the original HondaJet. Attendees at
NBAA in Las Vegas were the first to see the HondaJet 2600 concept, which is projected
to match the range and capability of a larger aircraft with efficiency.
Textron adds two more Citation Gen2s
First came Textron's Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen2, with its enhanced cabin features.
Now, the company's Citation M2 and XLS will join the Gen2 groundswell.
Tamarack takes on King Airs
Tamarack Aerospace is branching out beyond Cessna Citation jets with its Active
Technology Load Alleviation System winglets, developing retrofits for Beechcraft
King Airs.
Blackhawk announces PC-12 engine mod
Blackhawk Aerospace will soon have an engine upgrade option available for more
than 600 Pilatus PC-12s: replacing the stock Pratt & Whitney PT6A-67B engines
with its PT6A-67P variant.
Raisbeck sells fuel-saving Caravan retrofit
A Raisbeck Engineering supplemental type certificate improves the Cessna 208B
Grand Caravan with factory-installed cargo pods modified with a forward fairing
and dual aft body strakes.
NetJets orders 100 Embraer Phenom 300Es
The largest charter and fractional-ownership fleet in the world will add up to 100
Embraer Phenom 300Es in the coming years, as NetJets builds capacity for one of its
most popular models.
Bombardier touts new Challenger 3500 interior
Bombardier is taking the environment into account with its Challenger 3500, from
environmentally friendly ways of sourcing its interior materials to a zero-carbon
flight test program.
Boeing Business Jets marks twenty-fifth anniversary
Boeing Business Jets executives painted a positive picture for a continued rebound
from the challenges surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, noting that most
orders are from first-time buyers.
iPreFlight Genesis Pro improves flight ops collaboration
iPreFlight Genesis Pro enhanced flight planning with integrated en route, takeoff,
and landing performance is expected to launch in 2022.
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AOPA PILOT / December 2021
Test Pilot Answers /
from p. 43
1 The straight-wing North American FJ-1
Fury was the U.S. Navy's first operational
jet fighter. It could take off from a carrier
without catapult assistance, was replaced
by the Grumman F9F Panther, and was
developed into the F-86 Sabre.
2 True. The " Flying White House " can be
refueled in flight.
3 False. Although there has never been
an Olympic contest involving aviation,
Switzerland was awarded a gold medal in
Aeronautics at the Berlin Olympics in 1936
in recognition of Hermann Schreiber's
glider flight over the Alps. There were
plans to establish Aeronautics as an
Olympic event, but the 1940 games were
canceled because of the war in Europe.
4 Alaska, Alaska, Hawaii, and Alaska,
respectively. Note: Alaska is most easterly
because the Aleutian Islands stretch to
almost 170 degrees east longitude, which
means that the westernmost part of Alaska
is in the Eastern Hemisphere.
5 In the event of war, GPS satellites can
be damaged or destroyed by an enemy.
Stars, however, cannot be. The SR-71 had
an adaptable navigation system (ANS) that
used star tracking and was accurate within
feet.
6 True. In 1827, George Pocock, an
English schoolmaster, hitched a carriage
to two large kites flown in tandem. By
steering the lower, aft kite with two
cords, he could navigate the carriage for a
considerable distance.
7 The five European countries are
Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San
Marino, and Vatican City, the world's
smallest country.
8 The correct answer is C. At a
groundspeed of 80 knots, a 12-degree
descent profile would require a sink rate of
1,723 fpm (as compared to 425 fpm for a
3-degree glideslope).
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