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Canadian Type Certification For HondaJet ELITE
The latest iteration of the HondaJet, the ELITE has now expanded its certification scope to the Canadian authorities. They (Honda Aircraft company ) recently received type certificate for the HondaJet ELITE from Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA). The ELITE has been certified in other countries around the world including the United States (Federal Aviation Administration), Europe (European Aviation Safety Agency), Mexico (Directorate General of Civil Aviation), Brazil (National Civil Aviation Agency), India (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) and Japan (Japan Civil Aviation Bureau)...
Nextant 604XT Advancing With AutoPower Kit
Nextant Aerospace is quietly working on various components to the remanufacturered 604XT. One of them is the advancement of the AutoPower kits for this aircraft. It is expected that the Safe Flight AutoPower system kits will be an option for customers on the Pro Line Fusion flight deck upgrade package for Bombardier Challenger 604...
First Quarter 2019 Deliveries Rises For Cessna Aircraft
Textron Aviation company Cessna Aircraft has seen rising deliveries for the first quarter of 2019. The good performance was backed by deliveries of 44 Citation jet aircraft for the quarter period ended March 31st. This is up significantly over the previous period in 2018 which yielded 36 deliveries jet aircraft. Textron Aviation is working hard on trying to get the long-awaited Super midsize Citation Longitude model to market. The aircraft was originally penned for Entry Into Service (EIS) in 2017. It is now into the second quarter of 2019 and the Longitude is yet to come to market...
Textron Aviation Inks Order For 8 XLS+ Jets At ABACE
Textron Aviation announced at the Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (ABACE) that its brand Cessna has inked a deal for eight (8) Cessna Citation XLS+ aircraft. The order has come from Cessna-AVIC Aircraft (Zhuhai) Co., Ltd., a Textron Aviation joint venture in China. The two companies signed on the deal on the 16th of April at the show held at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport. The aircraft will be delivered to the Flight Inspection Center of CAAC (CFIC) starting from this year and through to 2021...
Certification Closer For Gulfstream G600
General Dynamics company Gulfstream is presently at the 2019 ABACE and news is that they are even closer to certification for their G600. The G600 and its sibling the G500 are at the ABACE show. The G500 has been in service since September 2018 after being certificated in July the same year...
HX-2 'Flying Wing' By Horten Aircraft
A 'Flying Wing' in 2019? Yes, a prototype flew to the recently held AERO Friedrichshafen in Germany. It is called the HX-2 by Horten Aircraft. Of course the flying wing is not a new concept as this one pays homage to Reimar Horten from his exploits in the World War II era in regards to the fuselage-less winged aircraft...
Flaris LAR 1 Finally Takes Off
After six years the Flaris LAR 1 has finally been able to take off on its first test flight. The test aircraft took off from the Zielona Gora Babimost Airport with Wieslaw Cena, an experienced experimental pilot at the controls on April 5th. Once certification is completed of this single-jet engine aircraft it will be available for all to purchase. Flaris is targeting the market of PPL (Private Pilot License) holders...
Longest BizJet Flight Set By Gulfstream G650ER
Gulfstream has answered Bombardier's record setting Global 7500 firmly with a new endurance record posted by one of their G650ER aircraft. Since the G650/ER came into service at the end of 2012 it has been the staple for speedy long-range executive flight of any purpose-built business jet. Bombardier decided to tackle this top-of-the range jet head on with its Global 7500 setting a commanding record flight of 8,125 nautical miles last month...
Epic E1000 Fast Turboprop Soldiers On Despite Crash
Following the news of an Epic LT turboprop aircraft crashing on Sunday the company is suggesting that all is well regarding their new E1000 composite aircraft. The crash of the Epic LT reportedly killed one of Russia's richest women, Natalia Fileva. Two others also perished in the crash. The aircraft was a kit-plane built by Epic Aircraft. Epic Aircraft was taken over by the S7 Group back in 2012 and they had been working to certify the E1000 and bring it to market...
Enhanced TBM 910 At Florida's Sun n' Fun 2019
This year Daher Socata's TBM 910 is an enhanced version being showcased at Florida's Sun n' Fun International Fly-In that's presently going on April 2nd to 7th. The 910 this year comes with a few new features. This is on top of the new TBM 940 that Daher Socata recently introduced. Some of the features include; G1000 NXi avionics suite features that are incorporated in the high-end G3000 advanced flight deck of the TBM 930 and the TBM 940...
Q2 2020 Piaggio Aerospace Aims To Find Buyer
Now almost-defunct aerospace company Piaggio Aerospace is looking to have a buyer by at least the start of the middle of next year, (2020). If they can find a buyer/investment they can potentially get back into the game. The Italian Government apparently offered around 250 million Euros for Piaggio to finish the last stages of the P-1HH development program...
Niki Lauda Accepts Global 7500 Delivery
Long-time Bombardier jet owner Niki Lauda recently accepted delivery of his Global 7500 jet. It also represents the first Global 7500 delivery to Europe for Bombardier. He has previously owned a Challenger 300, Global 5000 and Global 6000 with the Global 7500 being the crowning achievement in his Bombardier fleet...
500th Phenom 300 Delivered By Embraer
Brazilian airframer Embraer has hit a milestone with the Phenom 300. They have shipped the 500th specimen since it was introduced to the market back in. The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) said that the Phenom 300 has been the only business jet to reach this milestone in the last 10 years. The aircraft that took the tally to the 500 mark was a Phenom 300E -the latest iteration of the Phenom 300 line-...
First WiJet HondaJet Delivered
The first HondaJet for French air taxi operator WiJet has been delivered and already pressed into service from the company's Le Bourget base. The first jet was delivered only on March 20th and the company is expecting the delivery of the second unit this coming week. WiJet has on order 16 of the type (HA-420 HondaJet). The registration of the first is LX-WJA and the second is expected to be LX-WJB...
Two Daher Socata TBM Pilot Owners Set Record Between NY & Paris
Two pilot owners of the TBM very fast turboprop class of airplane by Daher Socata recently set a speed record. They flew between New York and Paris with a TBM 930. Dierk Reuter and Phil Bozek flew the TBM owner by Reuter across the Atlantic in approximately 8 hours and 38 minutes at an average speed of 364-knots. They departed from Westchester County Airport (KHPN) north of New York City, and landed at the historic Le Bourget Airport (LFPB) near Paris. This was the same airport that Charles Lindbergh landed at after his pioneering transoceanic crossing too...
Praetor 600 Finishes Certification Flight Tests
At the start of this week Embraer completed certification flight tests for the new Praetor 600. You would remember this new model along with the Praetor 500 was revealed last year at the 2018 NBAA show in Florida. Now that certification testing is done the aircraft is now set to start deliveries by mid year. The flight test regime accumulated nearly 340 hours and now the aircraft is engaged in maturity testing to prepare it for Entry Into Service (EIS)...
Embraer Phenom 300 Most Delivered Light Jet 7th Year In A Row
Brazilian airframer Embraer has once again come out on top when it comes to most deliveries in the light jet class. 2018 proved to be another good year for the Phenom 300 with the company delivering 53 Phenom 300s and 300E's. This makes it the seventh (7th) year in a row that Embraer enjoys this distinction. The Phenom 300 has managed to take half of the light jet market share since originally being launched in 2005. Of course since then the new Phenom 300E launched as the upgraded and more stylish iteration...
Daher Socata Undrapes The TBM 940
The latest iteration of the very fast single engine turboprop Socata line from Daher Socata has been unveiled by the company at an owner's seminar. Daher announced the news to the world on March 7th via Press Release and as you will imagine it is the successor to the not-so-old TBM 930. "The TBM 940 redefines the ultimate private aircraft: user-friendly, safe and efficient for both pilots and passengers," said Nicolas Chabbert, Senior Vice President of the Daher Airplane Business Unit...
Longest Business Jet Flight Completed By Bombardier Global 7500
The folks over at Bombardier are happy with the Global 7500's performance as it settles into the mainstream of executive jet service after initial entry into service late last year. A Global 7500 jet has officially flown the longest business jet flight in history. The aircraft flew a total distance of 8,125 nautical miles which even exceeded its own range (of 7,700 nautical miles) on paper. The award-winning business jet departed from Singapore Changi Airport at 7:12 a.m. local time and arrived at Tucson International Airport at 8:19 a.m...
Vision Jet Growth Bolsters Good Performance In 2018 For Cirrus
Cirrus Aircraft says that they recorded their strongest deliveries in a decade in 2018. This good performance was backed by the Cirrus Vision Jet which enjoyed decent growth in the last year. The company shipped 63 of the jets combining to make nearly 100 Vision Jets in service around the world. Their SR line is also continuing to grow with 380 of the series delivered which makes it the fifth consecutive year that the company has shipped over 300 SR Series aircraft...
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