You would think that with such a historically loaded name, high school junior Nicholas Tesla Martin, “Nik,” would fret about filling the proverbial shoes of his namesake. According to Nik, however, he’s never felt pressure to take the same path as the man who made far-reaching achievements in electrical engineering; moreover, he regards his own engineering journey as a coincidence.

Still, it’s no wonder that when Nik approached Jetcraft about sponsoring him to attend the engineering leg of this year’s National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) conference, Lucy Castle quickly routed Nik’s gleaming list of accomplishments for funding approval. In addition to attending the NBAA seminars, Nik was pleased to connect with business aviation leaders, some of whom put him in touch with NASA for a possible internship.

Nik’s interest in business aviation and aeronautical engineering dates back to sixth grade, when he attended the class of an influential engineering teacher at h...

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A conversation with Jetcraft CEO Chad Anderson

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Executive & VIP Aviation International , November 2013

In August, Jetcraft Corporation and ExecuJet Group announced that Jetcraft had acquired ExecuJet’s business aircraft sales division. The rationale for the deal was simple: it would benefit both organisations’ clients “by offering the largest selection of quality new and pre-owned business aircraft from around the globe”. In many ways ExecuJet disposing of its sales arm simply followed the trend of large FBO/aircraft management businesses deciding to focus on their core revenue generation activities and free up senior management time from the complexities of selling into a difficult environment. We have seen this theme before with TAG Aviation and others. Unlike ExecuJet, Jetcraft specialises solely in new and pre-owned sales and the deal now makes it the largest aircraft brokerage on the planet.

Q: When did the idea for this acquisit...

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The Business Case and Performance Metrics Work Group (BCPMWG) presented three reports at the Sept 19th meeting of the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA) NextGen Advisory Committee (NAC). These reports were the culmination of two years of research that supports improved understanding of NextGen impacts.

The Fuel Data sharing report was especially well received by the committee, as well as NAC chair, Bill Ayer. The FAA has not yet had an opportunity to formally address the report, but will respond at the February NAC meeting.  Shortly after the NAC meeting, Michael Huerta referred to the research in these reports during a speech he delivered to the NextGen Institute public meeting on Friday, September 20th.

Jetcraft Avionics’ own Ken Elliott led the Data Sharing Task Group. The BCPMWD co-chairs, Ed Lohr, of Delta Air Lines, Inc. and Deborah Kirkman of The MITRE Corporation, acknowledged Ken’s efforts, saying: “Many thanks again to everyone who contributed to our w...

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At the NBAA 2013 Conference in Las Vegas last week, FlyRealHUDs.com rolled out a new HUD simulator that was built for Jetcraft Avionics. It simulates the enhanced flight vision system called “HUD Vision Access” which was recently certified for use on the Bombardier Challenger 604 business jet. HUD Vision Access combines Kollsman’s EVS-II and AT-HUD giving pilots greater visibility through rain, snow, smog and even heavy fog – with a level of detail and contrast never before achieved. The two systems combine to form the world’s most advanced EFVS solution all from a single OEM. Jetcraft has the only HUD and Enhanced Vision aftermarket program for corporate and air transport aircraft.

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On the eve of NBAA 2013, aircraft brokers here are expressing confidence that values of pre-owned aircraft have stabilized and pre-owned business aircraft transactions are on the upswing.

Jetcraft President, Chad Anderson, said “North America is back in action, which is a help for older aircraft.” Click here to read the full article.

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Chad Anderson, Jetcraft President, spoke about Jetcraft and our globalization efforts while at EBACE.

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World Aircraft Sales, Sept 2013

by Ken Elliott

Forever the frugal partner, my wife for years diligently selected the lower cost shoe, then complained of foot pain and sought the advice of medical experts. She will willingly admit to ignoring my suggestion that the quality and subsequently price of the shoe is directly related to the comfort of the foot. One day after all other avenues were exhausted she relented and purchased an expensive pair of Walking Company shoes and has never looked back on the need to evaluate value when making choices.

Older and wiser today we both make decisions based mostly on a value equation. Another great example of that is choice of vacations, particularly accommodation. For some folks the vacation is about sightseeing and not where you stay. After experiencing several hotel mishaps, for us it became very important to consider the hotel. However that choice is subject to a value equation where price is only one of several...

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Hong Kong, 27 August 2013 – L’VOYAGE, Sino Private Aviation (HK) Limited (SPAL) and partner Jetcraft Corporation (Jetcraft) announced a one-year charity project, effective 1 September 2013, to support the Hong Kong Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF HK)'s “28 Days to Save a Child’s Life” fundraising campaign (the Campaign). The charity project aims to raise over HK$1 million (US$136,800) to support the Campaign, in order to provide more than 2.2 million doses of vaccine to save children from Tetanus, one of the most deadly preventable diseases.

“We are honored to be one of the contributors to UNICEF HK’s ‘28 Days to Save a Child’s Life’ campaign. Being socially-responsible companies, L’VOYAGE and SPAL are committed to supporting this project.  We aim to donate 5,688 doses of tetanus vaccines per charter flight and 32,500 doses per aircraft sold. We hope that our contribution will encourage our industry peers to also join hands with UNICEF HK," explained Diana Chou, ...

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Absorption by Jetcraft, effective immediately, creates world’s largest business aircraft brokerage company

RALEIGH, NC, Aug. 8, 2013 – Jetcraft Corporation, an international leader in new and pre-owned business aircraft sales, acquisitions and trades, today announced the acquisition of the aircraft brokerage activities of ExecuJet Aircraft Trading (EAT), the business aircraft sales division of ExecuJet Aviation Group, of Zurich, Switzerland.

The coming together of two of the industry’s best sales teams will immediately benefit Jetcraft and ExecuJet clients by offering the largest selection of quality new and pre-owned business aircraft from around the globe. The newly combined Jetcraft sales force includes 20 senior sales executives, and another 20 sales, technical and marketing support staff, located in offices worldwide. Chad Anderson will remain President of Jetcraft and Andrew Hoy, formerly Managing Director, EAT, will oversee sales in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. ...

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