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New Volocopter Flies Over Incheon Airport South Korea
Yesterday Volocopter flew its eVTOL over South Korea Incheon Airport. German urban air mobility (UAM) pioneer, Volocopter, conducted a crewed public test flight in front of hundreds of spectators at Incheon Airport in Seoul, South Korea. As part of the 2021 K-UAM Confex, the 5-minute flight trial covered approximately 3 kilometers and reached a maximum altitude of 50 meters and a maximum speed of 45 km/h. One week earlier, on 11 November, the air taxi company completed a public test flight at Gimpo International Airport...
Embraer Receives Continuing Order For Phenom 300s
Brazilian executive jet airframer Embraer has received a further large order for Phenom 300s. The order comes from well known operator NetJets who already operates a large quantity of the type. In fact, Embraer delivered more than 100 of these light jets to NetJets and now that company made an order for another 100. Initially NetJets first signed a purchase agreement with Embraer in 2010, for 50 Phenom 300 executive jets plus up to 75 options...
GE Aviation Completes First In-Flight Test Of Catalyst Engine
The first in-flight test flight of the GE Aviation Catalyst engine has been completed. This engine is for their launch customer, Textron Aviation who is developing the new twin-engine turboprop called the Beechcraft Denali (previously known as the Cessna Denali)...
Lufthansa Technik 'EXPLORER' Concept Finalized
JF wrote an article a few months ago when Lufthansa Technik used the Monaco Yacht Show (MYS) to unveil -what they termed- as the EXPLORER concept. https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-lufthansa-technik-unveils-explorer-concept-cabin-at-mys.3976/ .This was a design for an Airbus ACJ330 which would be unlike anything we have seen before; utilizing that platform. Not many concepts have been developed for the A330 platform and Lufthansa Technik saw the opportunity to bring a new look and design using this jet's platform. What they presented at the MYS back in September was not the final version...
Hermeus 'Quarterhorse' Prototype Comes Alive At Unveiling
In August, JF wrote an article on the new Hermeus 'Quarterhorse' demonstrator which is being aimed at flying in 2022. https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-hermeus-quarterhorse-to-fly-n-2022.3910/ To reach this step the demonstrator needs to be tested on the ground before it can even fly to validate the design and technology. Recently Hermeus celebrated the powering-up of this aircraft for the first time -publicly-. "Last week we held a little event and unveiled a full-scale prototype of our first aircraft Quarterhorse", said the Hermeus company...
ACJ Highlights Their ACJ319neo Offering With K5 Aviation
The Airbus Corporate Jet (ACJ) encompasses many models that run from the ACJ TwoTwenty, through to the regular ACJneo which would encompass the 318, 319 and 320neo family and it also covers the widebody segment taking in the ACJ330neo and even as large as the ACJ350. The company recently had an ACJ319neo on display at NBAA-BACE last month which is operated by K5 Aviation...
Gulfstream G700; G600 Set New City-Pair Records
Towards the end of October, Gulfstream was able to attain even more prestige with their next generation aircraft. New city-pairs have been made utilizing the G600 and the all-new G700 -which has not entered service yet-. The G700, the one involved in the record was full-outfitted with a finished interior performing flawlessly between the city-pair of Houston, Texas, to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia flying 7,172 nautical miles/13,283 kilometers, its longest-distance flight to date. That flight was flown at an average of MACH 0.87 and achieved the distance in 13 hours and 40 minutes...
$400M Global Production Site To Open In 2023
Come 2023 Canadian airframer Bombardier will open its brand new $400-million dollar production site at Toronto Pearson. It will be for Global line production and will replace its current 1960s era Downsview plant. In 2019 the company made the announcement that they were moving their Global Jet family aircraft production to a new site. The new 770,000 sq-ft facility will also be significantly more environmentally friendly and efficient...
JetForums; Flying Into The Future
Over the past 2 years we've watched jet aviation undergo a revolution that is reshaping private aircraft and we've documented this daily. We're literally watching the future unfold with a slew of super-sonic aircraft, electric aircraft, eVTOLs and Ducted Fans. If you have an interest in jet aviation, we built a community specifically for you...
ZeroAvia Incorporating Hydrogen Powertrain Into Dash-8-400
Zero-emissions aircraft are coming to reality in all shapes and forms whether it is a new development or using an existing platform and reengineering it, this trend is picking up. The latter is the case when it comes to what company ZeroAvia is doing. ZeroAvia is endeavouring to change the powertrain of the DeHavilland DHC-8-400 (Q400) to a 3MW+ hydrogen-electric powertrain system. The aircraft will contain a ZA2000, the largest ZeroAvia's powertrain platform, capable of producing between 2,000 kW and 5,000 kW...
New 7-Bladed Prop Awarded EASA STC
Prop manufacturer MT-Propeller has been hard at work finessing advanced multi-blade propellers that calls for 7 and even up to 9 blades. Right now they just received STC from EASA for the installation of the new 7-blade Silent 7 Propeller MTV-37-1-E-C-F-R(G)/CFR228-54( ) on the twin engine aircraft Shorts SC-7 Sky Van. The STC was granted in early October...
Aura Aero Prepares An Electric Regional Transport Aircraft
Aura Aero is another relatively new company to the scene of electrified aircraft and while what they are seriously proposing isn't an eVTOL it is an electric (or even hybrid) regional transport aircraft. They are developing a 19-seat regional electric aircraft which sits just on the threshold as being a commercial light aircraft. The company with 50 employees will create an electric aircraft development center this year, increasing its workforce to 80 people by December. Its leaders believe that there is a market for electric planes with an hour's endurance for pilot training...
Lilium; ABB Partner On Charging Infrastructure For Lilium Jet
Finally there is news about vertiport infrastructure for the eVTOL sector. ABB and Lilium is collaborating to ensure charging facilities at vertiports are established for Lilium's seven-seat Lilium Jet. The eVTOL space is moving and growing with new a cadre of proposals and concepts being constantly added. Hoewever, there has not been enough emphasis on the infrastructure needed to support these aircraft when they are eventually certified. ABB and Lilium are striving to get their infrastructure up and running by 2024 which is when the Lilium Jet is earmarked to enter service...
New Upgrades Coming To The G280
A few days ago Gulfstream announced that the super-midsize category G280 executive jet will be getting some much needed upgrades. Competition has continually been stiff in this segment and Gulfstream is ensuring their offering in-segment is top class. The G280 model has over 220 examples in service flying around the world and that in itself is testament to the product Gulfstream has fielded. However, Citation Longitude, Citation Latitude, Challenger 3500 (upgraded Challenger 350), Praetor 600 by Embraer all give the G280 competition...
Cessna Announces Citation M2; XLS Updates At NBAA
Textron Aviation brand Cessna announced at the NBAA-BACE in Las Vegas, Nevada some upgrades and updates to two more of its Citation models, the Citation M2 and the XLS. Before you would have heard of the Updates given to the Citation CJ4 which resulted in the name CJ4 Gen2 well, similar ethos is being followed with the M2 and XLS. With the upgrades these models are now known as the M2 Gen2 and the XLS Gen2...
eDA40 Unveiled By Diamond Aircraft
Diamond Aircraft is looking to get in on the electric aircraft market. They announced that they will be offering the eDA40. Yes, that is an all-electric trainer from Diamond Aircraft. The company suggests that it has been researching electric and hybrid platforms since 2011 with aircraft such as the DA36 eStar and eStar 2 which were hybrid platforms. They also had a project called 'HEMEP' which was the world’s first hybrid-electric multi engine with lower fuel consumption (higher efficiency) and decreased noise pollution. Therefore the unveiling of the eDA40 should not be a surprise...
New HondaJet 2600 Concept Unveiled At NBAA-BACE
The Honda Aircraft company has unveiled something new at the NBAA-BACE show in Las Vegas. The HondaJet 2600 is at the show in the form of a cabin mockup and at first glance it looks just like their current HondaJet and iterations. It is just a larger aircraft following the breakthroughs and technologies fielded for the HondaJet. We should note, the HondaJet 2600 is a concept and nothing that is going to go in production... just yet. Honda Aircraft Company is feeling the market out for response to the new concept before throwing money behind a certification program...
Honeywell Unveils Its Latest Avionics Flight Deck
Honeywell just unveiled their latest avionics flight deck for a myriad of cockpit types. It is called Anthem Avionics and it is their next-generation avionics platform designed for aircraft as small as eVTOLs in the Advanced Air Mobility segment to executive jets to as large as cargo transports. Anthem has a touchscreen interface and is connected to the cloud. A few eVTOL manufacturers have expressed interest to have this flight deck in their cockpits, namely VA-X4 of Vertical Aerospace and Lilium Jet of Lilium...
Gulfstream G400 Executive Jet Unveiled
Gulfstream just unveiled two new executive jets, the new future flagship G800 and the new G400. Most of the attention went to the future flagship but the G400 deserves some recognition as well. In fact the G400 is still part of Gulfstream's large cabin segment which pushes it to six aircraft (G400, G500, G600, G650/ER, G700 and G800)...
NBAA-BACE To Feature Advanced Air Mobility Section
The Advanced Air Mobility segment which covers aircraft like eVTOL type aircraft is set to have a starring role in this year's NBAA-BACE show. Before there might have been a scattering of concept aircraft but this year there is a concerted effort to bring more focus and attention to this sector. Quite a few manufacturers are expected to display their products such as XTI Aircraft, Bell, Honeywell, Jaunt Air Mobility Kitty Hawk etc. The NBAA-BACE show is to start on the 12th of October and run to the 14th...
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