The first time I flew a short regional route, walked through the jetway, and got into what I could only describe as a mini-jet. I couldn’t stand up straight, and if I did the plank| Aviator Insider
As a pilot, do you really need to wear sunglasses? Many people think that you don't and that pilots merely wear them to look cool. Indeed, as a new pilot many years ago, that| Aviator Insider
For decades now, Airbus and Boeing have had a stranglehold on the passenger transport airliner market, creating a highly competitive duopoly. The closest competitor to the two had been McDonnell Douglas, which wasn't much of| Aviator Insider
The HondaJet is a fixed-wing, retractable landing gear, t-tailed, twin-engined, light business jet with the engines mounted over the wings. It is the first production business jet of the Honda Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of| Aviator Insider
Since the 1960s, Learjet and Gulfstream became locked in a contest to develop the fastest and most luxurious business jets. The two companies pulled no punches and introduced some of the most iconic aircraft to| Aviator Insider
Before the Embraer 175 and its E-Jet siblings, there was a time when the Boeing 737 had no definite rival for feeder routes. The competition came from an awkward mix of Douglas jets and turboprops.| Aviator Insider
Intro The Beechcraft King Air 200 and 350 are versions of the Super King Air series. These are evolutions of a design that can trace its origins back to the venerable Beechcraft Twin Bonanza, introduced| Aviator Insider
The Beechcraft King Air 200 and Cessna 441, or Beechcraft Super King Air and Cessna Conquest II, as they are commonly known, are both twin-engine, turboprop, fixed-wing aircraft with retractable gear. However, the similarities don't| Aviator Insider
The Beechcraft Starship was a failed 1980s business turboprop designed with Scaled Composites as the successor of the King Air. Aviation is one of the most technologically dynamic fields in the world, and failure happens| Aviator Insider
Many airlines became icons of global aviation, but only Pan Am can claim to have created the scene as we know it. I was born after the demise of the original Pan Am but grew| Aviator Insider
After the Legacy and Phenom families broke into the market, Brazilian aviation manufacturer Embraer pushed further with the Praetor 500. This revision of the Legacy 450 midsize business jet quickly became the best-selling jet in| Aviator Insider