Asian Sky Quarterly 2022 Q3

NBAA-BACE ROLLS OUT OF ORLANDO
in its simplicity and designed to show just how simple an eVTOL's
interior could be, whilst the flight simulator took visitors on a trip
around the New York skyline, hoping from building to building with
ease and at a speed unheard of in the city.
Dassault’s Falcon 6X
test aircraft, and will essentially be used for air data calibration and
reduced vertical separation minimums (RVSM) compliance. The
two Gulfstream G700s will be used by Gulfstream on a world tour to
visit customers and potential customers. The two aircraft will start
from opposite sides of the world, and will visit countries in South
America, Europe, Africa and Asia, as well as events in the Middle East
including shows in Riyadh, Bahrain and Dubai.
Although most aircraft were a short coach ride away at Orlando
Executive Airport, the convention halls held several advanced air
mobility (AAM) electric take off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Hard
to miss was the bright yellow Wisk Cora, it’s first generation eVTOL.
For many it was the first time to be able to get up close and personal
with the all-electric self-flying eVTOL, which Wisk had previously
shown in Australia and the UK. The Cora sat as part of an AAM
corner, which also included displays by fellow AAM companies Jaunt,
and Overair.
Also on display was a cabin mockup from Supernal, who took the
opportunity to demonstrate its vision of AAM by having its cabinmockup
as part of a flight simulator. The cabin mockup itself, whilst
not necessarily representative of the finished version, was beautiful
NBAA-BACE is of course a time that many companies tend to
release their major news, with the Monday being littered with press
conferences. This year, whilst there was a lot of news, there wasn’t
much major news. Gulfstream announced that it would take its G700s
on a world tour, and Honda released an updated HondaJet called the
Elite II. Elsewhere, JetNet announced that it would be acquiring Asset
Insight, FlyExclusive continued to make Textron happy with further
Citation orders, and Web Manuals upgraded its app.
As always, the event was also host to a number of personalities, this
year featuring astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, Monica Barbaro
– an actress that starred in the second Top Gun film – and NASCAR
racer Dale Earnhardt Jr. All three spoke separately on the mainstage
in the convention halls about different topics. Later, Barbaro was
given a quick tour of the static display before being whisked back off
to Los Angeles on a chartered Cessna Citation X.
With the event drawing to a close, many drew comparisons between
the event and the events that had taken place pre-pandemic. There
were fewer people in attendance, but aside from the last day this was
not noticeable. The halls were packed with exhibitors as they were
before COVID-19, so the only real difference was the number of social
events, which seemed lower than in previous years.
For some, NBAA-BACE being in Orlando was a great excuse to
combine a business trip with a family holiday to Disney, whilst for
others the event being in Orlando was a great excuse to miss the
trip completely. So as NBAA-BACE waves goodbye to Orlando for
the foreseeable future, it's worth just remembering one thing: What
happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas.
Gulfstream G700
Wisk Cora
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