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Up Front: August 2011
August 1, 2011
Transformation is one of the most extraordinary themes of the human experience. We strive for it, experience it, witness it–sometimes even dread it. But one thing we can be sure of is that constant change and evolution surround us.
15 people who shaped business aviation
August 1, 2011
While plenty of companies used private lift in the first half of the last century, business aviation really took off after World War II, thanks to the availability of inexpensive former military aircraft and out-of-work pilots and the development of purpose-built jets like the Sabreliner and Lockheed Jetstar.
Bimini Big Game Is Back
August 1, 2011
Ernest Hemingway was just one of the characters who engraved the Club in popu
For more than seven decades, the Bimini Big Game Club was a larger-than-life destination on this tiny Bahamian island just 50 miles off the Florida coast.
Germany's Angle
August 1, 2011
Kieler Woche is the world’s largest sailing event and the largest annual fest
The Jutland Peninsula–which Germany and Denmark share and which separates the North Sea from the Baltic–includes a region that was once the independent kingdom of Angle. This is where the English language originated and the Danish Vikings headquartered. On top of its colorful past, however, Angle has an enjoyable present.
Problems? Maybe We Can Help
August 1, 2011
Most of the time, business aviation makes air travel painless and trouble-free. That's what you're paying for and that's why you love it.
Ready, Set...Go to Reno
August 1, 2011
The National Championship Air Races and Airshow will once again be held at Reno Stead Airfield in Reno, Nev. Scheduled for September 14 to 18, this is the last pylon racing event in the world, where seven classes of aircraft race around the course–sometimes at more than 500 mph.
Sushi, Sake and Wheels Up
August 1, 2011
Six couples were treated in June to a private cooking, sushi-rolling and sake-tasting class led by Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto (in photo) as part of a promotion by Flexjet.
Ditch the jet, buy a sub?
August 1, 2011
“As we live a life of ease, Every one of us has all we need, Sky of blue and
The latest hot asset among the world's billionaire elite, according to a recent story on Yahoo! News, isn't the newest or biggest private jet. It's a submarine. The news service reported that Microsoft magnate Paul Allen, film director James Cameron and Russian oil billionaire Roman Abramovich are among the 100 or so owners of private submarines plying the seven seas.
Bizav Industry Rebuts Wall Street Journal Article
August 1, 2011
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has responded to a Wall Street Journal article that criticized corporate jet use.
Bobbi Brown
August 1, 2011
Haven't heard of Bobbi Brown? It's a good bet you're a man. I had no idea who she was until a month or so before I met her, but when I mentioned her name to our editorial director, she called Brown a "life-changing" figure and immediately pronounced her cover-worthy. Then I talked to my 12-year-old daughter, who said, "You're meeting Bobbi Brown?! In person?!"

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“[New billionaires in fast-growing countries] have to buy longer-range airplanes. If you’re flying from Mongolia to Nigeria, it’s either a three-day journey flying commercial or a nine-hour flight on your jet.”

-Steve Varsano, owner of London’s The Jet Business