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October 11, 2023

Airborne-Flight Training 10.11.23: Guimbal, TN Flt Training, Ascension Academy

Also: John & Martha King, USAF Instructor/Rescuer, STEM Educator Award, AAMS

September 2023 saw flight-instructors and aircraft owners from across the U.S. travel to Oregon for purpose of participating in Hélicoptères Guimbal Factory Instructor Training. The event was jointly hosted by Guimbal and Precision Support Services, LLC. Tennessee Flight Training has purchased the flight training division of Azure Flight Support, which includes Shelbyville Flight Academy and training locations in Crossville and Cleveland, Tennessee. In addition to broadening the scope of Tennessee Flight Training’s academic offerings, the acquisition facilitates long-term strategic partnership for Fixed Base Operations and maint

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Embraer to Debut Phenom 100EX at NBAA-BACE 2023

All-New Light-Jet Set to Impress

Embraer S.A., the multinational aerospace manufacturer of commercial, military, executive, and agricultural aircraft founded in 1969 and headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, has unveiled the Phenom 100EX, the latest evolution of company’s capable and popular Phenom 100 series of entry-level business jets. Those desirous of catching the earliest possible glimpse of Embraer’s all-new Phenom 100EX are encouraged to make tracks for Las Vegas, where the model will debut at 2023’s NBAA-BACE, which spans 17 through 19 October.

Higher Payload, Improved Interior, Predictive Maintenance

Pilatus has upped the full-fuel and maximum payloads of its proven and popular PC-24 light business jet by an impressive six-hundred-pounds (272-kilograms). The increase facilitates a two-hundred-nautical-mile increase to the aircraft’s six-passenger range. Beginning with new aircraft delivered in 2024, the full-fuel, single-pilot payload of Pilatus’s PC-24 will be raised to 1,315-pounds (596-kilograms). The aircraft’s maximum payload capacity will be increased to a class-leading 3,100-pounds (1,406-kilograms).

Aviation Icons to Sign New Book

Aviation icons, entrepreneurs, and acclaimed educators John and Martha King will sign personalized copies of their new book, Sky Kings: Flying Adventures With John & Martha, as featured guests at 2023’s NBAA Coffee Social in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Kings will be on hand at Booth No. N1834 at 14:00 PDT. Complimentary copies of the book will be available to the first three-hundred attendees at the Coffee Social.