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Boeing eVTOL PAV Woes Before Paris Airshow Debut
Boeing is going ahead with the display of their electric Vertical Take Off Landing (eVTOL) Passenger Air Vehicle (PAV) at the 2019 edition of the Paris Airshow in Le Bourget, France next week. Boeing's subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences was bought by Boeing in 2017 and were the originators of the type of craft Boeing will be displaying. After a first successful flight by a prototype on January 22nd, 2019 and several others since then, the eVTOL crashed landed during a fifth test flight on 4th of June...
Pairs Airshow Debut For the Gulfstream G600
Gulfstream announced today that they will have the G600 present at the Paris Airshow next week. This will make it the first time the G600 attends a Paris Airshow. The show will get underway in Le Bourget, France from the 17th to the 23rd for the public. "The European response to the G600 and the innovations it brings to business aviation has been extraordinary," said Mark Burns, president, Gulfstream...
Uber To Get Skyport Facilities From Signature Flight Support
Things are starting to move in a realistic direction when it comes to urban mobility vehicles and that new industry. There are numerous companies currently developing tangible prototypes and have them in the flight-testing phases while some are in earlier phases of development and others are just mere concepts at this stage. However, what we have not been seeing is the physical infrastructure to support these Urban air vehicles being talked about much less be in development...
Atlas Winglet Issues Pushes Tamarack Aero To Bankruptcy
The on-going issues relating to the Atlas winglets of Tamarack Aero fitted on many Cessna Citation jets has forced the company into bankruptcy. With Airworthiness Directives (ADs) issued by both the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The ADs has effectively grounded global fleets of the Citation 525 series aircraft and as a result has the company retrofitting (for free). The bankruptcy they say is just a temporary measure...
Smooth Flight For Cessna Denali Development
It has been a relatively smooth flight so far in the early development of Textron Aviation's new Single Engine Turbo Prop (SETP) called the Cessna Denali. The Denali is powered by GE Aviation's new 1300 shp Catalyst powerplant and is connected to a large 105 inch McCauley prop that is made from composite materials...
Final Falcon 6X Design Frozen By Dassault
French airframer Dassault Falcon said it has frozen the final design of the new Falcon 6X aircraft. This means the design we have now will be what we see that goes into production. In fact, major parts for the first aircraft already have started to be manufactured and assembled. The first flight for the Falcon 6X is penned for early next year (2020). "Our design teams and partners have done an excellent job so far," said Eric Trappier, Chairman & CEO of Dassault Aviation. "Completing the design review this month and releasing the aircraft to the manufacturing process is a significant milestone...
Blackbird Commits To 100 eFlyer 4s From BYE Aerospace
BlackBird, the world’s leading on-demand general aviation marketplace, and BYE Aerospace, the world’s leading electric aircraft developer, recently announced a long-term partnership to make flying more affordable than driving for trips up to 300 miles. BYE Aerospace has received commitments for 100 of their eFlyer 4 electric aircraft from this company...
EASA Approves Daher Socata TBM 940
The latest TBM light turboprop single -the TBM 940- has been given the green light by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). With the type certification in hand the company can look forward to making deliveries of this latest model into various territories of Europe. The TBM 940 is the first production light turboprop single (sub 12,500 lbs) with auto-throttle tech in it from the factory...
Citation Jets Fitted With Tamarack Atlas Winglets Grounded By FAA
In April, 2019 JF carried an article that highlighted an AD issued by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) regarding Citation Jets fitted Tamarack Atlas winglets. News from the other side of the Atlantic suggests that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the United States has now grounded these jets that azre equipped with these winglets from Tamarack Aerospace...
Cirrus Aircraft Announce New Dallas Facility
Cirrus Aircraft company announced that they have identified a new facility at the McKinney National Airport (KTKI) in McKinney, Texas. It is aimed at providing a world-class customer experience for Cirrus's aircraft owners that are located in the Dallas Metroplex Area...
First Global 6500 Enters Final Completion Center In Montreal
The Bombardier state-of-the-art completions center in Montreal, Canada has welcomed its first Global 6500. The Global 6500 and Global 5500 are essentially the newest models from Bombardier and are basically the updated and refreshed Global 6000 and Global 5000 to bring them closer to the the standards of their flagship Global 7500. The Global 6500 is expected to enter into service (EIS) later this year...
First VIP Widebody Completion For Comlux Delivered
Comlux has announced that it delivered its first VIP widebody cabin completion. The widebody cabin completion was done on an Airbus ACJ330. Comlux Completion, the Completion & Services center of the group, based in Indianapolis USA carried out the work on the luxury jet. The following will give you an idea of the space available on this type of aircraft in a customized luxury VIP arrangement. The ultra-spacious interior of over 200 m2 /2200 ft2 allows up to 31 passengers to travel in ultimate comfort in various master suites, lounges, dining area, and first-class seating...
First Citation Latitude In Air Ambulance Configuration At EBACE '19
Textron Aviation's brand Cessna has a Citation Latitude at the 2019 edition of the European Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (EBACE). This is a fairly routine display of a well-selling model but the eye-catching aspect about it besides its bright yellow paint job is that it is actually an Air Ambulance. It is the first Citation Latitude Air Ambulance made by Cessna/Textron Aviation...
Piaggio Avanti EVOs Start Shipping Again
Italian airframer Piaggio Aerospace is trying to make a comeback after work essentially ceased for this company. They announce that a number of deliveries for the Piaggio Avanti EVO are underway including one to a repeat customer in Switzerland and the first EVO to the African continent, to an East African customer. "We are honored that Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones has reconfirmed his trust in our company and his satisfaction with the aircraft unique performance, and that a customer based in East-Africa chose Piaggio Aerospace and the Avanti EVO for their operations", said Vincenzo Nicastro, Extraordinary Receiver of Piaggio Aerospace...
Formula 1 Champion Niki Lauda Passes Away
Former Formula 1 Champion Niki Lauda has passed away. After an operation in August last year and then was back in hospital earlier this year he passed on yesterday. Even though he was well known for his exploits in racing Niki Lauda was very active in aviation, both commerical and business aviation. Many will remember his exploits with Lauda Air in 1985 of which the remnants still operate today as Lauda (as of March 2019)...
Honda Aircraft Expanding In Greensboro; HondaJet Ramp Up
Yesterday the Honda Aircraft Company announced at the 2019 European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (EBACE) that it is going to expand at its Greensboro facility in order to facilitate further ramp-up of the HondaJet and HondaJet ELITE models. The expansion will be worth around 15.5 million dollars and take the total worth of investment by Honda Aircraft Company into the site to around 245 million dollars or more...
Pegasus Universal Unveils VTOL Biz Aircraft At EBACE
South African based company Pegasus Universal Aerospace has used the 2019 European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (EBACE) as their global platform to unveil their Pegasus ONE VTOL (Vertical Take Off and Landing ) business aircraft. If you are at EBACE or planning on attending (May 21-23), you may find Pegasus Universal Aerospace at Pegasus booth (D23)...
FAA Certifies Embraer Praetor 600
Embraer has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) type certification for the new Praetor 600. The development comes approximately one month after it was certified by its native aviation organization, ANAC validated it. If you are at EBACE this year you will find an example of the Praetor 600 as well as the 500 alongside a slew of other Embraer offerings...
PC-24 Orderbook Reopened By Pilatus Aircraft
Swiss airframer Pilatus Aircraft announced today that it has reopened the orderbook for its super versatile PC-24 jet. They were forced to close the orderbook for the aircraft back in 2014 when they received orders for 84 aircraft in just 1.5 days! They said they closed the orderbook in order to be able to have feedback from the initial customers and make any required changes if needed...
Gulfstream G280 FAA Approved Touchdown; Rollout With EFVS
General Dynamics company Gulfstream announced today that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved the Enhanced Flight Vision System (EFVS) for touchdown and rollout on the Gulfstream G280. With installation of optional EFVS equipment, required training and a letter of authorization from the FAA, G280 pilots can land their aircraft without using natural vision to see the runway...
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