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Gulfstream Delivers 400th G650 Family Aircraft
The Gulfstream G650 family of aircraft has notched-up a new milestone. The 400th G650 family aircraft was recently delivered to its owner. The landmark G650ER aircraft has been delivered to a U.S-based customer. It was only five years ago that the G650ER derivative entered service. The G650 and its ER variant are both performers. The G650 can fly up to 7,000 nautical miles at Mach 0.85 and 6,000 nautical miles when flying faster at a high-speed cruise of Mach 0.90...
Toronto Pearson New Site Of Bombardier Global Assembly
A couple days ago Bombardier conducted a press meeting in which it would discuss the future of the Global assembly plant in Downsview. Bombardier suggests that they are moving from the Downsview, Toronto plant to a new 1 million sq ft plant at the Pearson International Airport also in Toronto. They will be making the move and opening in 2023 the airframer revealed...
Europe Sees Its First Gulfstream G500
Towards the end of November Gulfstream announced that the first G500 has been delivered in Europe. The landmark aircraft has gone to a charter operator (unidentified at this stage) in the Western-European region. In the previous month in October, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certified the G500 which led the way to this moment, the first European delivery of the type...
Boeing; Kitty Hawk Formalize Relationship
Earlier this week Boeing and Kitty Hawk solidified their partnership and created a joint-venture called Wisk. If you cast your minds back you will remember that Kitty Hawk has been working on an eVTOL project called Cora. Kitty Hawk’s Cora eVTOL captured Boeing's interest and they have been working with them for a while now but more on the sidelines. The new partnership will see Wisk bringing the Cora eVTOL to market...
First Canadian Registered Avanti EVO Delivered By Piaggio Aerospace
Italian airframer Piaggio Aerospace announced that they have delivered the first Canadian-registered Avanti EVO. The aircraft has been handed over to Centoco Corp, a company in Ontario. The aircraft is not brand new actually it was manufactured in 2018 and used as a demonstrator in the United States. There are other Avantis that operate in Canada but they aren't registered there...
Raisbeck Engineering Wins FAA STC For King Air B200 Props
Raisbeck Engineering recently received Federal Aviation Administration Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for Hartzell's 5-bladed composite swept blades destined for the King Air 200. The modification was actually announced at the 2019 NBAA-BACE show in Las Vegas. The twin turboprops will now be able to benefit from the swept-oriented composite blades as they are significantly lighter than the OEM blades. In fact it is estimated that the composite Hartzell blades are 48 lbs lighter...
ACJ321LR VIP Ordered By TCS World Travel
The TCS World Travel company has ordered an A321LR for its next bespoke VIP offering to clients. The aircraft will feature only 52 passenger seats that all convert into fully lie-flat beds...
17,000th Pilatus PC12 Delivered To Customer
Pilatus Aircraft recently marked a landmark in deliveries for the PC12 line with the 17,000th shipment of a PC12. The landmark aircraft was delivered to JetFly Aviation, a longtime Pilatus customer. PC12s are the cornerstone of Pilatus' sales and for this year they will ship more than 80 before the year ends. The total PC12 fleet around the world exceeds 7 million flight hours...
Crystal Skye: A Glimpse Into Your Private BBJ777
Ever wondered how the other-half live and travel? Sure they charter and own smaller personal executive jets that whisk them around the globe at their whim but you can do the same on an airliner-size aircraft...if you can afford it! Meet Crystal Skye, Crystal AirCruises totally custom VIP Boeing Business Jet based on the Boeing 77L (Boeing 777-200LR). Crystal Skye came into being after this jet had its interior converted in 2016 by Greenpoint in Washington into an ultra-luxe outfit you see below...
Lufthansa Technik's First ACJ350 Completion
It is no secret that Lufthansa Technik is one of the most recognizable names in maintenance, completion and even refurbishment. Their first ACJ350 interior cabin completions project will be soon underway. The aircraft is expected to arrive at their facilities in April 2020. The Special Air Mission Wing of the German Government is the customer. Remember in the last few years transporting government officials and the head of state of Germany became an embarrassing spectacle after the aircraft used to do so broke down frequently. As a result new aircraft were ordered to help increase mission reliability...
Go Signal Given To Piaggio To Find New Owner
The Italian government has given the go-ahead to Piaggio Aerospace to look for a new owner. The long complicated process follows the folding of the airframer that makes the Avanti EVO twin pusher-prop. They have been restructuring since the end of 2018 and since then received orders and commitments for projects, maintenance work and new aircraft...
Kodiak Sales Expansion Right After Daher Acquisition
On the heels of Quest Aircraft's acquisition by Daher comes news of Kodiak sales expansion in the Asian region. Altair Business Aviation based in Turkey, and Forth Corporation based in Thailand were recently added to complement their sales network in the Southeast Asia. "We have witnessed a steadily growing interest in Asia for the Kodiak, and we’re pleased to welcome two new partners to the Kodiak family to support that interest," said Paul Branham, Kodiak Sales Director for Asia, Europe, Middle East and Africa...
Mooney Appears To Be In Trouble
This week was a tough time for the Mooney airframer when many of its workers were reportedly let go. Remember a few years ago this company was taken over by Chinese interest. To be specific, a Chinese Real Estate company called Meijing Group acquired them and all seemed to be going decently for Mooney until this Chinese company closed its doors recently...
FAA Type Certification For Epic's E1000
The long-awaited full type certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been granted to Bend, Oregon-based airframer Epic Aircraft for their E1000 single engine turboprop. The aircraft is run by the Pratt & Whitney PT6A-67A which is a 1,200 SHP powerplant enabling a maximum cruise speed of approximately 325-knots...
Cirrus Aircraft Introduces Safe Return Feature On G2 Vision Jet
Emergency automated landing seems to be the next big thing in business jet aviation on the smaller-end of the industry. First we heard of the HALO system with the revamped Piper M600 SLS and now Cirrus Aircraft is bringing a similar technology to their Cirrus Vision Jet G2. Cirrus calls theirs Safe ReturnTM. "Our mission is to make personal aviation more accessible by continuing to improve passenger comfort and safety," said Zean Nielsen, Cirrus Aircraft Chief Executive Officer...
2019 3rd Quarter Deliveries Climb For Embraer
Thanks to the new Praetor 600 and coming on-stream for service the third quarter of 2019 looks better than it did in 2018 for the same period. 7 Praetor 600s were shipped to customers and this made the different in the Q3. Other deliveries included the popular Phenom line (14 Phenom 300s and 1 Phenom 100) as well as 1 Legacy 500 and 4 Legacy 450s. This totals 27 business jets shipped in the third quarter of 2019...
M600 SLS From Piper Aircraft
Piper Aircraft has been quiet in recent times but they are back in the news because of a revamp of the top-of-the-line M600. The new next-gen variant is called the M600 SLS. What's different about the SLS versus the standard M600 we have been accustomed to? Firstly, the SLS stands for Safety Luxury and Support which gives an idea the direction we are going in with this aircraft. The M600 SLS has something called the HALO System which is keep in this new very automated aircraft...
First Year Of Service For G500 With 25-Plus Deliveries
Gulfstream has announced that in just over a year since the new G500 entered into service that they have delivered more than 25 units to customers. In this time period the first G500 to a Brazilian customer also happened. The first G500 was delivered in September of 2018. "When the first all-new G500 was delivered last September, we knew customers were receiving a mature aircraft backed by Gulfstream’s record of delivering on its promises," said Mark Burns, president, Gulfstream...
Update On The Falcon 6X By Dassault Falcon
French airframer Dassault Falcon updated the public on the latest developments with their in-development Falcon 6X. The first aircraft is in the initial stages of assembly where the different sections of the fuselage are being worked on and more-or-less completed. Dassault said they expected assembly to be done later this month in an update at the NBAA-BACE in Las Vegas, Nevada...
NBAA-BACE Update From Piaggio Aerospace
Italian airframer Piaggio Aerospace has given an update into the latest going on at the company. In our last update we heard that the company was looking for a new buyer (and they still are), but more has been revealed. At the NBAA-BACE show they allowed the media to know their current position...
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