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First Flight By 'Spirit of Innovation' All-Electric Aircraft
Rolls Royce has announced that the 'Spirit of Innovation' aircraft made its maiden flight. This aircraft is an all-electric aircraft but one that has the most densely power-packed battery setup of any all-electric aircraft. This has big-implications for electric aircraft going-forward. Warren East, CEO, Rolls-Royce said, "The first flight of the 'Spirit of Innovation' is a great achievement for the ACCEL team and Rolls-Royce. We are focused on producing the technology breakthroughs society needs to decarbonize transport across air, land and sea, and capture the economic opportunity of the transition to net zero...
Archer Aviation To Be Public Company On September 17th
Electric Aircraft developer Archer Aviation is now set to become a public company on September 17th. With the news of a merger between Archer and Atlas Crest Investment Corp being successful, this paves the way for the Initial Public Offering (IPO) to occur on the aforementioned date. It wouldn't be the first electric aircraft company to go public. In fact, the most recent one was Joby Aviation which mounted a 2 billion dollar IPO...
Eviation and Clay Lacy Sign Agreement
Clay Lacy in recent times has been moving towards reducing its carbon footprint. At its Van Nuys operation in California the company installed a plethora of solar panels, changed all lighting to LED, installed EV charging stations for electric vehicles and now it is going a step further. In the near future the company is looking to have a few all-electric planes from Eviation Aircraft. They signed an agreement to help build out the necessary infrastructure. This partnership makes it one of the first service providers to declare its intention on installing the required equipment for support of the operation of electric aircraft...
Citation 500 Type Certification Marks 50 Years
September marks the 50th year that the Citation 500 line of jets has been in operation since being granted FAA certification. On September 9th In 1971 the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted certification for the Citation 500. Deliveries started in 1972 with one going to American Airlines for flight training purposes. Deliveries continued through to 1985 and by then 691 units were shipped...
Cirrus Continues To Invest In Flight Training; Innovation
Cirrus Aircraft recently unveiled news about their continued expansion of their flight training facility at the Scottsdale Airport (KSDL) in Arizona as well as the formation of two satellite aviation innovation centers outside of Scottsdale, Arizona. Cirrus Aircraft chose the locations of Chandler, Arizona and in McKinney, Texas for the aviation innovation centers. As for the main flight training facility in Scottsdale, it will provide customers with a convenient location to receive personalized flight training and full-service aircraft management...
New Hondajet Fractional Ownership Provider Launches In U.S
A new business jet operator has formed and is now scene providing its services in the United States. The company is called Volato and they are using the Hondajet to provide a fractional ownership style business model. The provider has taken delivery of its first Hondajet ELITE S model -which is the latest iteration of the Hondajet- and already has sold shares in it. In fact, this is the first aircraft of ten the provider expects to have delivered. Volato expects to have taken delivery of all 10 by the end of 2022...
Aerion Liquidation Process Targets Year End
Anyone who has been following the demise of Supersonic manufacturer contender Aerion Supersonic may still be surprised by how quickly the company folded earlier this year. The extremely expensive nature of developing and seeing a supersonic program through certification and into service has widely kept other companies from achieving anything meaningful beyond the concept stages. The most recent announcement from a startup called Leap Aerospace intends to produce a supersonic aircraft aimed at a multiplicity of applications and not solely executive or passenger travel...
First International Speed Records For Gulfstream G700
The Gulftsream G700, the company's newest flagship has not even entered service and has set not one but two speed records. One of the testbed aircraft, with a fully outfitted production interior flew from Savannah to Doha, Qatar where it was on show for Gulfstream customer Qatar Executive. That trip spanned a considerable distance of 6,711 nautical miles or 12,428 kilometers, at an average speed of Mach 0.88 in 13 hours and 16 minutes. On this leg, the G700 was fueled on Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) as well, helping to lower its carbon footprint enroute...
1,500th Executive Jet Delivered By Embraer
Embraer has announced that it delivered its 1,500th executive jet to a customer. The landmark aircraft was a Phenom 300E and it went to a Swiss charter operator, Haute Aviation. Embraer is particularly proud of this achievement as it has happened in just 20 years when the industry typically takes around 34 years to deliver that many jets. The Phenom 300 is also the best-selling light jet presently having copped that distinction for approximately 9 years in a row...
Electra Aero To Collaborate With Bristow On Self-Charging Aircraft
Bristow is a well-known name in the vertical lift space concerning offshore supply work. They are now collaborating with Electra Aero to help them develop an aircraft that is self-charging and will have a range of 500 nautical miles. Actually it is a hybrid-electric aircraft that takes off in 300 x 100 feet and carries 5-7 passengers or 1,800 pounds of cargo up to 500 nautical miles in all-weather conditions...
Bye Aerospace Receives Order From Reykjavik Flight Academy
A new order has come in for Bye Aerospace and it is from the Reykjavik Flight Academy. The order is for three eFlyer aircraft which are broken down into two eFlyer 2, which is a two-seater primary training aircraft and one eFlyer 4- the four-seater advanced training aircraft-. They also suggest that negotiations are ongoing for an agreement for a further two optional eFlyer aircraft. The type was not suggested since negotiations on that is being worked out...
New Supersonic Aircraft By Leap Aerospace
Another supersonic contender has leaped into the limelight. This time it's a supersonic jet from a company called Leap Aerospace with very ambitious plans and a slightly different approach. We have seen that trying to develop and certify a supersonic aircraft as a startup is a very daunting task with a few players, notably two in the last years being the stand-out contenders. Those are Aerion and BOOM but the former realized just how expensive the endeavor is. Aerion folded unexpected earlier this year leaving BOOM to be the remaining viable developer of a supersonic aircraft intended for the business jet/commercial sector...
Saab Receives Bombardier Global For GlobalEye Conversion
Bombardier announced that it has delivered the fifth Global platform aircraft to Saab. This aircraft will then be transformed into the GlobalEye airborne surveillance aircraft. The new aircraft was flown to Sweeden and arrived at Swedish defense supplier Saab’s Linköping, location, ready for conversion into Saab's Airborne Early Warning and Control solution known as GlobalEye. The GlobalEye is based on the Bombardier Global 6000 platform and now with the newer Global 6500...
First Flight Nears For Beechcraft Denali
Textron Aviation announced that their brand Beechcraft, is nearing the first flight for the freshly renamed Beechcraft Denali (originally announced as the Cessna Denali). After successful ground engine tests the direction now moves towards preparation for the first flight of the new turboprop single. The ground engine runs, which took place at Textron Aviation’s west campus in Wichita, Kansas, verified the functionality of the fuel system and engine, as well as the interface with the avionics and electrical systems. By the end of the year, the Denali should see its first flight...
New Data Comms Soon Available For Hawker 4000; Citation Sovereign
As jets become older it is imperative for them to have access to various upgrade services which keep them ahead of the curve in operations and regulatory mandates. Two candidates under the Textron Aviation umbrella, the Hawker 4000 and the Citation Sovereign are ready for some upgrades...
First Pipistrel Velis Electro Operational In The U.S
Pipistrel Aircraft announced today that they shipped the first Velis Electo to its United States based customer. The aircraft is the first Pipistrel Velis Electro is flying in the USA. This is an all-electric aircraft by the way and is the world's first certified electric plane holding EASA certification and has only now been flown in the U.S. The first customer is the Florida Institute of Technology...
World Record Set For Longest Flight Solely By Sun Power
Towards the end of July, Pipistrel announced that one of its aircraft- the Pipistrel Alpha Electro- flew a record-breaking 227 nautical miles in California. The flight was powered by the sun...literally. It successfully set the world record for the longest flight in a production electric aircraft powered by off-grid, renewable solar energy, proving zero-emission aviation. For context, the aircraft wasn't producing its own electricity via embeded Pv cells on the wings on fuselage but rather the plane made several stops where it was charged using solar panels only...
Embraer Unveils Regional Turboprop Concept
Something new has been cooking at Embraer for a while and it is a design for a new turboprop that they believe will serve as a replacement in the 50 seat segment. The new aircraft is actually aimed at the 70 to 90 seat segment. A few days ago the Brazilian airframer gave more details on the upcoming new turboprop. One of the most notable aspects to the aircraft that stand out other than the intricate paint work is the aft-mounted engines. Of course while the idea is not new to have engines rear mounted as business jets use this arrangement, it is an odd sighting in use with propellers...
Wonderful Q2 Performance For Embraer
Embraer has posted admirable results for the second quarter of 2021. The good performance has actually be bolstered by strong bizjet sales. Overall the airframer expects to deliver 90 to 95 executive jets for 2021 which is just a bit below 2020's figure of 109. Embraer shipped 12 light jets and eight larger cabin bizjets in the second quarter which represented a 54 percent increase from a year ago...
Rolls Royce Delivers 100th Pearl 15 Engine In Less Than 2 Years
The Rolls Royce Pearl 15 powerplant which powers Bombardier's new Global 6500 and 5500 wide-cabin executive jets has now surpassed the 100th shipment mark. The Pearl 15 was announced about three years ago (May 2018) and has been in service (September 2019) on the aforementioned aircraft approximately two years since entry into service. The new engine still fits within the same nacelle that houses the Rolls Royce BR710 engines of the Global 5000 and 6000 and this was key in helping to speed up the development time of the new engine...
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