Category Archive: Business Aviation

Lufthansa, NetJets To Expand Private Jet To U.S. – AVIATION WEEK

A NetJets Citation X lands at Columbus International.  Photo:  Dave Reed - OPShots Contributor

Lufthansa and NetJets on Monday will unveil an expansion of their Private Jet offering into North America less than a year after reviving their partnership in Europe, Aviation Week has learned. The two operators launched Private Jet in 2005, but dissolved the relationship at the end of 2007,… Read more

Last Gulfstream G200 rolls off Production Line – Gulfstream

A NetJets Galaxy G200 lands at Cleveland in 2010.  Photo: Kenneth Koehn - OPShots Contributor

SAVANNAH, Ga., December 20, 2011 — Capping a 14-year production run, the last super mid-size Gulfstream G200 business jet – the 250th – has rolled off the production line in Dallas. It will be replaced in the Gulfstream fleet by the all-new large-cabin, mid-range Gulfstream G280, which is… Read more

Plane Registered to Jimmie Johnson Racing II races off runway at Key West – MIX3TRAVEL

A G150 similar to the accident aircraft lands at Cleveland in 2009.  Photo:  Dave Reed - OPShots Contributor

A Gulfstream 150 jet crash landed at the Key West airport this evening at 7:45 p.m. with the pilot and co-pilot radioing there were no brakes upon landing. Four people on board were taken to Lower Keys hospital, two with minor injuries and two transported for precautionary reasons.The plane was… Read more

Pilot Gets Prison Time in High-Profile Case – Flying Magazine

A challenger 604 at Akron Canton airport.  Photo: Gary Starcher - OPShots Contributor

Former Platinum Jet pilot Francis Vieira, 61, was sentenced to six months in federal prison on Monday for his role in fraudulent activity that led up to the crash of a Challenger 600 charter jet in 2005, which veered off the runway after a failed takeoff attempt from Teterboro… Read more

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