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dedication, he pointed out, it has been 14 years since a fatal U.S. large-airline accident has occurred, with 28,000 uneventful arrivals taking place every day.Joe Clark, innovator at Aviation Partners, who reportedly “did more for the environment than anyone in aviation” by developing fuel-saving winglet technology, received NBAA’s Meritorious Service to Aviation Award. Bob Showalter, famed FBO owner at Orlando Executive Airport for almost 70 years, received the Jack Doswell Award, and the John H. Winant Award went to Jeff Lee of the Westchester Aviation Association.News Of The ShowTextron Aviation’s Cessna Citation division caused much of this year’s NBAA buzz, by announcing a new Hemisphere mid-size jet, an even larger and longer- ranged Citation than the Longitude. The latter aircraft was shown in the form of a fully-decked out static test article at the airport display. The Citation Latitude, now in service, was parked nearby; all three aircraft feature flat-floor stand-up cabins and the latest advanced avionics. The Longitude’s engine is now tobe the Honeywell HTF7700L; the airplane will be built at Textron’s former Beechcraft plant in east Wichita, taking advantage of space and skilled workers there. First flight will be in 2016, with deliveries beginning in 2017.The Hemisphere, slated to fly in 2019, will be a Mach .94 airplane with 4,500 n.mi. range, targeted to sell for $35 million. Engine and avionics choices are yet to be announced. With the Latitude and Longitude, Cessna will have a progression of choices for Citation buyers moving up the size and performance ladder. Textron Aviation President Scott Ernest also said Textron plans to move ahead with development of a large-cabin single-engine turboprop, to be powered by 1,300 shp GE turboprop, offering 1,500 n.mi. range and 280-knot speed.New aircraft, of course, abound at every NBAA show. Dassault brought an unpainted Falcon 8X, still in flight test, and Gulfstream showed up with one of the G500 flight-test airplanes. Hondajet showed its perennially ready-for-certification HA-420; FAA certification was subsequently issued on December 10, clearing the way for deliveries to begin after the first of the year. Piper’s new M600 turboprop is expected to be available by Q1 2016. Pilatus celebrated the first flight of its second PC-24 “versatile jet” in Switzerland on Day 2 of the show, while announcing significant 2016 product improvements for the PC-12NG turboprop. Bombardier’s Challenger 650 achieved FAA certification just a week prior to NBAA.Big order announcements are also typical of the NBAA show, with Flexjet President Kenn Ricci signing an agreement to buy 20 of Aerion’s proposed AS2 supersonic business jets, now projected to be available in 2023. More currently, Flexjet also ordered 20 more Bombardier Challenger 350s, doubling its order size. One Aviation, meanwhile, announced a Chinese deal for 20 of its Eclipse 550 very-light jets.Retrofitting older airplanes was big news as well. In addition to Nextant’s 400XTi and King Air 90XT refurbishing, Elliott Aviation announced its 400E upgrade program for Beechjet/Hawker 400’s, which includes a Garmin G5000 panel.Rockwell Collins and Duncan Aviation announced the availability of a Proline Fusion touchscreen update for the Proline 21 panel in Citation CJ3s, allowing owners to maintain ProLine familiarity while gaining ADS-B and WAAS capability. Sandel Avionics jumped into the flight deck business with an Avilon retrofit suite for the Beech King Airs, to be STC’d by June 2016. Universal Avionics was showing a Citation VII with its Insight flight deck instrumentation, and Innovative Solutions and Support had a Pilatus PC-12 on hand with its Future Flightdeck retrofit package, including an autothrottle installation that can be used with other PT-6A-equipped airplanes.In the propeller world, Hartzell announced a five-blade composite propeller for the Pilatus PC-12, cloning its6 • TWIN & TURBINEJANUARY 2016