Dec. 30, 2025
The NBAA YouTube channel videos that prompted the most viewer engagement this year offer a compelling look at the size and importance of business aviation – an essential American industry.
Take a look back at some of the most-viewed videos of the year:
NBAA’s Bolen Tells Freakonomics Radio Hosts: Let’s Modernize, Not Privatize ATC
The year included several flashpoint moments in which long-time advocates for air traffic control privatization resurfaced calls for the U.S. to emulate other countries’ flawed privatized ATC models. In this interview for Freakonomics Radio, heard by millions of listeners, NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen underscores the aviation community’s unified focus on building a brand-new U.S. ATC system, and not getting mired in a distracting debate about overhyped and underperforming privatized ATC models.
Veteran Aviators Emphasize the Need for Go-Around Preparedness
In a year that put flight safety in sharp focus, NBAA responded with a host of new resources highlighting safety best practices, and encouraging new ways of thinking about incident and accident avoidance. As one example, this popular video shows why the best pilots treat every approach as if it could end in a go-around – an especially important philosophy for responding to unclear ATC instructions, challenging wind conditions, unusual traffic patterns or unstabilized approaches – so that go-around readiness becomes second nature. Read more in the July/August issue of Business Aviation Insider.
Captivating Aerial Video Supercharges NBAA Award Presentation to Trailblazer Steuart Walton
An audience of thousands was wowed by the riveting cinematography, including thrilling air-to-air footage, that tells the story of aviator, entrepreneur and business leader Steuart Walton, who was honored with NBAA’s Meritorious Service to Aviation Award during the keynote at this year’s NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) in Las Vegas, NV.
Business Aviation is Key to The Wonderful Company’s Success
The California-based producer of iconic American brands has orchards and operations from Oregon to Mexico and beyond. How to manage such a sprawling portfolio, which includes POM Wonderful pomegranate juice, Wonderful Pistachios, Teleflora and FIJI Water? Business aviation, of course. This video, which accompanies a feature story in NBAA’s Business Aviation Insider magazine, highlights how business airplanes play a central role this company’s success – a reality for countless other companies of all sizes, all across the country. Read the full article in the November/December edition of Business Aviation Insider.
In Hurricane’s Devastating Wake, Business Aviation Provided Critical Support
Who could forget the indelible imagery featured in this year’s global news coverage revealing Hurricane Melissa’s terrible toll on the island nation of Jamaica? In this moment of crisis – as with countless other natural disasters – business aviation snapped into action, supporting flights to transport doctors and critically needed supplies to victims in need, and continued to do so long after the news crews moved on to other events. This video, taken by Brad Pierce, CEO of Orlando-based Restaurant Equipment World and AERObridge volunteer, took viewers along for one of a number of business aircraft missions that brought help, hope and relief to island residents.
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