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DAY 3 May 23, 2019 EBACE PUBLICATIONS Convention News PC-24 selling fast Pilatus chairman Oscar Schwenk says that having reopened the order book— again for another tranche of 80 PC-24 jets—on Monday here in Geneva, the manufacturer already has sold 40 of these available slots. “We already sold half of the 80,” Schwenk told AIN. Pilatus took orders for 84 of its twinjets at EBACE 2014 before closing the order book, representing the first two years of production, said Schwenk. He added that the company reopened the order book to sell two more years of production “and then we will see.” INTOSH c DAVID M DAVID Record Flights ‘Next Big Thing’ mystery persists Falcon 8X sets SMO to by Curt Epstein and James Wynbrandt TEB record › page 8 As OEM’s display their flagship ultra- company would respond to the pending counterpart. “I think its perfectly logical that long-range, purpose-built business jets— arrival of its new competition, Gulfstream Gulfstream is going to answer the 7500 with Connectivity specifically Bombardier’s Global 7500, president Mark Burns stated, “Gulfstream its own true four-zone cabin answer to the Gulfstream’s G650ER, and Dassault’s Falcon has no intention to relinquish control of the 7500, because the worldwide market intelli- Viasat brings Ka-band 8X—this week at EBACE 2019, speculation market we created with the G650/G650ER.” gence suggests that the design and mission to smaller jets › page 10 stoked by the manufacturers themselves But on Monday, during the company’s of our clients will demand it furthermore,” abounds on what comes next. press conference at EBACE, Burns was Anderson told AIN. “We do think there is When Gulfstream’s flagship G650 slightly more circumspect. “The good thing space in that segment, and I think you will Giving Back entered service in December 2012, the about the strength that we have and the com- hear an announcement shortly.” Savannah airframer decisively seized mitment that our parent [General Dynamics] Others such as veteran industry ana - Valcora fuels the the mantle of largest dedicated busi - has is we are able to invest in the future,” he lyst Rolland Vincent, president of Rolland planet, too › page 12 ness jet. That was reinforced when the responded to a question from AIN regarding Vincent Associates, suspects the airframer 7,500-nm-range G650ER variant joined its any follow-on models. “The airplanes that we could be readying another surprise, as it did line up two years later. It held that title have now, I believe, make us very competi- with the simultaneous announcement and Training until December, when Bombardier deliv- tive. [The] G500, G600, G650 give us a very rollout of the G500 back in 2014. “We think Training providers co-op ered the first new top end of its Global fam- competitive large-cabin base to build from, they’ve already made engine selection, we ily, the four-zone Global 7500. “Gulfstream but we certainly want to think about the think the thing is being built, actually,” with OEMs › page 20 opened the ultra-long-range segment in future, as well. Will there be airplanes after Vincent told AIN this week at EBACE. He general with the G650 but, yes, Bombardier the G500 and G600? Yes.” added that he believes the mystery twinjet is the leader in the true four-zone cabin Yet, the industry is rife with speculation informally referred to by the industry as History environment,” said Chad Anderson, presi- that the Savannah airframer (Booth T139, the “G700” will be a direct competitor to A business aviation dent of aircraft brokerage Jetcraft. SD 406) will soon be moving to regain the the 7500. 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The Cambridge Airport ........................................... 18 Bell (Booth SD405) brought its Bell 429 “cocoon” enables Cayman Islands Civil Aviation Authority ....12, 32 outfitted with Italy-based Mecaer Avia- normal conversation tion Group’s MAGnificent interior and without headsets, CEPA ................................................................37 Helialps’ Bell 505 Jet Ranger X this week according to Bell senior Cirrus Aircraft ................................................. 39 to EBACE 2019. To date, the company has v-p Patrick Moulay. Collins Aerospace........................................... 24 delivered 330 Bell 429s and 150 Bell 505s. WAGNER MARK Dassault Falcon ............................................. 1, 8 The helicopter manufacturer also Dubai Airshow ................................................ 26 signed a purchase agreement with Aus- windows, along with digital func - Finally, Moulay pointed out that Bell trian Hubi-Fly for a Bell 505 at EBACE and tionality such as Wi-Fi and passenger was at the CES 2019 electronics show in Elit’Avia ........................................................... 24 recently announced the certification of controlled moving map audio-visuals Las Vegas with its Nexus VTOL concept Flight Consulting Group ................................. 29 the light single helicopter in both Ukraine customized to clients’ needs. design. Exhibiting at a tech show is a bit of FlightSafety International ............................... 20 and Russia. Those certifications have Last year, Bell expanded its global foot- a departure for a long-standing aerospace GDC Technics ................................................. 29 sparked seven recent sales to corporate print approving Helideal, located in south- company such as Bell, but given that so Global Jet ....................................................... 39 customers in Germany, Greece, Ukraine, ern France, as a certified training facility much of the VTOL technology is coming and Russia, Bell said. in Europe. Helideal is also a Bell Indepen- out of that sector, it made sense, accord- Global Trek Avaition ....................................... 24 “Our Bell 429 interior is the most dent representative and uses all of the Bell ing to Moulay. Gogo Business Aviation....................................11 exclusive and unique VIP interior in our Training Academy pilot certification mate- “We see the industry transforming Gulfstream ...................................................1, 32 portfolio,” said Patrick Moulay, senior rials for Bell 505 helicopter training. and our CEO, Mitch Schneider, is push- Hadid International Services ...........................34 vice president of International Busi - Next up in Bell’s stable is the Bell 525, ing us to reimagine the future of Bell,” HeliOffshore ................................................... 36 ness for Bell. “The sound level is unique which Moulay says is in test flight cer- he said. “You might have noticed that because of the cocoon we’ve developed; tification and coming along nicely. “We we no longer have ‘helicopter’ in our Honda Aircraft .................................................. 9 you can have a normal conversation are targeting certification in the next 12 name and that is indicative of the type Honeywell ...................................................4, 10 without headsets.” months, ideally by year’s end but you know, of change I’m talking about. It reflects Inflite The Jet Center ...................................... 29 The smaller Bell 505 is also avail - it is certification and could take more time. the fact that we want to be a new com - Inmarsat ..........................................................10 able with the VIP MAGnificent interior, We have five aircraft flying and all the pany. Nexus is a concept that we think Jeppesen ......................................................... 12 which includes multiple storage con- flight-testing has been going well, exceed- will be a prototype flying in a few years. soles, a variety of seating configurations, ing the technical specifications we had for But there are a lot of other projects we Jet Aviation ...................................................... 12 the company’s SILENS sound-dead - the program,” he said. Bell is fine-tuning are not