The first time I experienced this phenomenon, it was the noise that got me. It was a loud whooshing sound that felt vaguely apocalyptic—if the apocalypse was happening in a car wash. I fly out of Denver, so this is a regular occurrence for me, but that first time felt otherworldly, almost claustrophobic, especially since I was watching workers outside the plane do things I’d never seen them do before. But for many passengers, it’s the smell that hits them first.
Behind business aviation’s boom: Is the industry ignoring structural risks?
By almost any metric, business aviation is enjoying one of the strongest periods in its history. Manufacturers are reporting record sales, OEM backlogs in some cases stretch years into the future,…



