general aviation

The general aviation industry, which is made up of private and corporate jet manufacturers, is in an awful fix. The latest? Plane-leasing outfit NetJets just announced it is laying off 5 percent of its staff, or 350 employees, due to "severe economic conditions facing the aviation industry,"...

Last week, I dug out the phone numbers for some old contacts at Cessna, the large Wichita-based private airplane and jet manufacturer. Since Private Air, the magazine I edited, folded six months ago, I hadn't had much occasion to call out to Wichita. I was curious to hear how the people I knew at...