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Textron At 2026 EAA AirVenture
Textron Aviation is attending the 2026-edition of the EAA AirVenture set to take place in four days in Oshkosh. The company is bringing a varied line-up to the show a list that includes jets, turboprops and piston offerings. However, the stars of the Textron line-up this year will be the Cessna Citation CJ3 Gen2 and Beechcraft King Air 360 Crimson Edition...
New Upgrades Coming To Phenom 300
Embraer has just announced that its Phenom 300 light jet which has been one of the most popular light business jets in the world for over a decade is going through its latest round of upgrades to keep the aircraft at the forefront of customers in this market segment. The new aircraft will be denoted as the Phenom 300EV when it comes to market in 2028...
eFlyer 2 Edges Nearer To First Flight
Bye Aerospace has been quietly working on their work to advance the eFlyer 2 towards its first planned flight. That first flight is coming up soon as the company is targeting 2027 for certification. Given many of the orders and commitments have come in from overseas customers, this is not just a FAA PART 23 certification endeavour...
Last Prototype Makes First Piloted Flight
June 5th, 2026 was the date that Vertical Aerospace made the first flight with their latest full-scale prototype that was piloted by a human. Paul Stone was the test pilot behind the controls for the momentous flight for Vertical Aerospace...
First Flight Successful For Falcon 10X
The first flight for any brand new model is usually a momentous occasion for its airframer. This was the scene for Dassault Falcon as the company embarked on the first flight to kick-off real world flight testing towards full certification. This is a big deal for Dassault Falcon as this is their full push to place themselves much higher on the totem pole of ultra-long-range and widebody business jet manufacturers. The Falcon 8X put Dassault Falcon in the 6,500 nautical mile territory...
Quarterhorse MK 2.1 Achieves First Supersonic Flight
There is definitely a race going on now in the supersonic and hypersonic experimental departments. Between, NASA's/Lockheed Martin's X-59 Demonstrator, BOOM Supersonic's XB-1 and Hermeus Quarterhorse program each company has been knocking off their first supersonic flights...
First Full-Scale F1 Demonstrator Flies For Honda
Honda is a full mobility company with its name attached to vehicles, bikes, outboard engines, boats, business jets and now it is getting into the eVTOL space. They have been quietly advancing their testing program for their eVTOL with the successful testing of a full-scale demonstrator. This was an 8-rotor full-scale demonstrator called 'F1'...
First Supersonic Flight For NASA's X-59 Demonstrator
On June 5th, the latest flight of the NASA X-59 demonstrator exceeded transonic and entered into supersonic territory. The experimental aircraft reached supersonic speeds for the first time on the specific flight. The flight departed Edwards Airforce Base in California and assessed handling and flying characteristics at upper subsonic and supersonic speeds. That flight endured for 81 minutes and reach a maximum altitude of 43,400-feet and a top speed of MACH 1.1...
Hot-Humid Testing For ALIA CX300 In Florida
Beta Technologies with their ALIA CX300 has concluded several days of hot and humid testing in Florida in partnership with Signature Aviation. The company previously conducted cold-weather testing in Burlington, Vermont, and Plattsburgh, New York earlier this year. It is certainly very important to understand how the CX300 aircraft performs across a wide spectra of temperatures. Not just the aircraft but also the supporting charging infrastructure...
Third Known Hypersonic Flight By Stratolaunch
Stratolaunch have been a bit quiet lately but they have been subtly working behind the scenes on the hypersonic program. In fact, the company just announced a few days ago about their latest hypersonic test flight with the Talon-A hypersonic vehicle. The company says this was back in March when Stratolaunch successfully executed MDA’s (United States Missile Defense Agency ) Flight Test Experiment Other-04 (FEX)-04 flight test mission from Mojave Air and Space Port supporting ongoing hypersonic flight testing...
Be Aware: Eclipse 500/550 Operators
Operators of the Eclipse Aviation 500/550 models should be aware that the main manufacturer and supplier of key parts for this aircraft is going out of business. Resurgent Aviation Solutions (RAS) has been trying to sell the company but appears to have not attracted meaningful interest to furnish a satisfactory sale...
PDR Passed By Otto's Phantom 3500
Otto Aerospace's Phantom 3500 laminar flow aircraft has passed its Preliminary Design Review (PDR) which continues to give the program momentum towards the first flight in 2027. By late in 2027 the first aircraft which will be FTV1 should make its first flight according to Otto CEO and President Scott Drennan. The '800 Project' -which is what the model is referred to as internally-, went through the PDR over a two day period at the company's planned future home in Jacksonville, Florida...
AltoVolo eVTOL Prototype Makes First Flight
AltoVolo is another eVTOL company that is not well known but published its design for a new eVTOL but since then we have not heard much about the company's progression on anything substantial by way of development of a program...until now. The company has been quietly working behind the scenes and now has built and fielded a prototype of their Sigma eVTOL project...
Electric Electron E5 Prototype Carded For 2027 First Flight
Dutch start-up Electron Aviation is positioning itself to be able to field a test prototype of its future E5 Albatross aircraft. The test prototype is anticipated to take flight in 2027. The company is currently fundraising to help build the prototype aircraft and have it ready for that maiden flight. This is just the test prototype though. We have also noticed the design has changed slightly...
Aero Friedrichshafen 2026: Business Aviation
The 2026 Aero Friedrichshafen show has grown significantly on the business aviation front. The show, which usually has a diverse offering and tends to have alot of General Aviation aircraft is growing with business aviation. One must note that the cancelation of the European Business Aviation Conference Exhibition earlier this month that was supposed to have come off in early June could have had a positive knock-on effect for the Aero Friedrichshafen...
Dubai Completes World's First Vertiport
Vertiport infrastructure is essential for the growth and build-out of the future urban air taxi eVTOL fleet. As eVTOL development as well as certification advances on and eVTOL come into service there will have to be the appropriate facilities for these short-haul electric aircraft to operate to and from...
Hypersonic With Hypersonix Launch Systems
If this is the first time that you have heard of Hypersonix Launch Systems (HLS), it is because they are a relatively new startup out of Australia. For now the company is working on uncrewed vehicles in collaboration with entities like NASA and particular militaries. However, the longer term aim is to make the passenger and commercial aviation available on this hypersonic platform...
M700 Fury 7-bladed Prop Option Available
The Piper M700 Fury was already an efficient and quick single engine turboprop but stemming from a recent EASA supplemental type certificate approval operators will have the opportunity to upgrade the Fury's propeller. This isn't just any propeller either, the option is for a 7-bladed MT prop for this aircraft. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approvals are expected soon regarding the aforementioned propeller...
All-Electric Elysian E9X
The new Elysian E9X all-electric aircraft is by a Dutch start-up had the aircraft initially with an 8-motor setup. After a conceptional design review, recent revisions to the design now has the E9X with 6 motors and longer wings as well as increasing the maximum take off weight to above 80 tonnes. It has been envisioned to carry between 88 to 100 passengers. The operational range has been cited at 405 nautical miles...
Quarterhorse MK 2.1 Supersonic Flights Go Ahead
Quarterhorse MK 2.1 experimental vehicle by Hermeus has been given the greenlight to commence supersonic flight. On April 9th the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved test flights for the Quarterhorse MK 2.1 above MACH 1. The program is going through incremental steps across the Quarterhorse program. The first example went through similar points of progression and now the second iteration is being stepped-up incrementally towards supersonic flight...
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