A multi-engine, instrument rated pilot, James Wynbrandt has been an AIN and Business Jet Traveler contributor since 2003. His in-depth reporting and insightful features have won more than a dozen editorial honors, including two National Business Aviation Association Gold Wing Awards (2019; 2021), and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Barron’s, Fortune, Forbes, and Smithsonian Air &amp; Space. He has flown his Mooney M20K 252 on assignments throughout North and Central America and the Caribbean. Wynbrandt is also the author of Flying High (Wiley &amp; Sons), a biography of Jet Blue founder David Neeleman, as well as histories, references works, and books on a variety of other topics from major publishers. He lives in New York City.

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“Aloft has a strong reputation and expertise in providing stand-alone auxiliary fuel systems for high-production aircraft, to increase the capability of the airframe’s range for niche operations such as VIP and special mission,” said Robert Sundin, president and CEO of the U.S. company. “Comac valued this expertise and the overall risk avoidance by using the industry’s biggest name in the field.”
The ARJ21 family is one of the large passenger aircraft programs under development by Comac, which is also developing the the C919 and CR929.

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