Now in its tenth year, the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition is one of the world’s largest aviation events, scheduled to open May 4-6, 2010.
For the past decade, EBACE has brought together business leaders, government officials, manufacturers, corporate aviation department personnel, and all manner of individuals involved within the aspect of the business aviation – new business aircraft firms, avionics firms, handling organization, fractional providers, charter/lease companies, and titled aircraft resellers.
As in years past, the EBACE will display magnificent exhibits, such as the Static Display of Aircraft, Education Sessions, and Maintenance & Operations Sessions. Jointly conjoined each year by the European Business Aviation Association and the National Business Aviation Association, EBACE will be located at the superb Geneva Palexpo and Geneva International Airport. Covering nearly 100,000 square meters, exhibitions will be on display in seven separate halls. Dispersed among the vast airport landscape are nearly 300 exhibiting companies from around the world. In accordance the EBACE tradition, each major business aircraft company will unveil their newest product. For instance, one of this year’s upcoming highlights is the unveiling of Hawker Beechcraft’s entire 2010 product line. Included in this unveiling, Hawker Beechcraft will reveal the highly anticipated King Ait 350i and C90GTx.
After 10 AM’s ribbon cutting, the first day’s following schedule is the “Helicopter Static Display”, the “Bombardier Challenger”, the “Gulfstream M & O”, “Exiting the Economic Crisis!”, the “Bombardier Challenger 300”, “Aviation and the Enviorment”, and “Celebrating the Global Reach of Business Aviation.”
May 5th’s itinerary will consist of the following: the “Eclipse M & O”, the “Bombardier Global Series Technical Update”, the “Business Aviation Safety and Ongoing Safety Initiatives”, “Pilatus M & O”, the “SESAR Involvement and Perspectives”, the “Bombardier Learjet Update”, the “Flight Time Limitation”, the “Airports, Handling, and Ground Operations Committee Sessions”, and the “EASA OPS”.
Finally, May 6th events will feature the “Static Display of Aircraft Open”, the “Helicopter Static Display”, the “Airport Access”, and the “Emergency Response Planning Workshop.”
Although the major event occurs within Europe, attendees are consistently traveling from as far as Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and North America to just catch a glimpse at aviation history.
In a celebration of their tenth anniversary, Jetblue unveiled ICON Airtcrafts’s Icon A5 – a “bite-sized private jet with folding wings.”
Exhibited in perfect juxtaposition to the immense jet engines on display at J.F.K. Airport’s mini-aviation museum, the Icon A5 is small enough to fit into an average-sized garage. The lightweight carbon fiber airframe is outfitted with a wingspan of 34 ft, aircraft length of 22 ft, and minuscule aircraft height of 7.1 ft. Although the diminutive size only permits 60 pounds of luggage, the Icon A5 presents a cozy two-seater cabin bolstered with top-of-the-line technology, such as a GPS moving map, MP3 in-flight music port, LCD multifunction display, and removable side windows.
The Icon A5, which has deemed itself, “The very latest in sport aircraft design”, can reach a maximum speed of 120 mph, with a maximum traveling distance of 345 miles. Propelled by the steadfast 100 hp Rotax 912 ULS engine, the Icon A5 has an amphibious ability to take off from land or water.
Priced at $139,000, the Icon A5 will be available for purchase at the end of April.
