Category Archive: Business Aviation

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

DOT To Dismantle BARR Program | AVIATION WEEK

Business and general aviation aircraft will be the most effected by this move.  Photo:  Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. - OPShots.net

In the face of strong industry opposition and proposed congressional language, the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) is moving ahead with a proposal to provide public access to most business aircraft tail numbers via flight-tracking services. The change, to go into effect in about 60 days,… Read more

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