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Airbus Partners With Spirit Aerosystems On CityAirbus NexGen
A recently announced partnership between Airbus and Spirit Aerosystems is expected to bring the CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL from concept to reality. The aerospace giant picked Spirit Aerosystems for the job of manufacturing the wing of the eVTOL aircraft. Some quick information on the CityAirbus NextGen. CityAirbus NextGen is an all-electric, four-seat vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) multicopter concept featuring a wing...
NetJets Sign MoU For Lilium eVTOLs
Large and successful fractional ownership company NetJets has agreed to purchase a large number of eVTOL aircraft from Lilium. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) would involve the purchase of 150 of the Lilium eVTOLs for NetJets U.S and European operations...
Daher Posts Good Results Despite Pandemic
The Covid-19 Pandemic has made its impact on the business aviation industry but many airframers remained resilient despite the obvious issues. Daher specializes in fast turboprop aircraft and together with its relatively recent acquisition of Kodiak, the airframer now has a high-performing duo of business and utility turboprops to pull on. It's own fielded TBM series traditionally have done very well but in 2021, the more up-to-date models of the TBM line such as the most recent TBM 940 as well as the slightly older TBM 910 have propped up the deliveries on the TBM side. Overall, inclusive of Kodiak 100 planes, Daher delivered 68 turboprops in 2021...
HondaJet Most Delivered Jet IN CLASS For 5th Consecutive Year
Towards the end of February Honda Aircraft Company announced that it's sole jet model, the HondaJet and its iterations remained the most delivered jet in its class in 2021 for a 5th consecutive year. This is a continued good achievement for the airframer and perhaps will be the last major achievement for the outgoing CEO Michimasa Fujino. It was announced that Fujino will step down as CEO on March 31st 2022 and Hideto Yamasaki will take over the CEO position. Fujino will remain on in the role as an advisor...
Strong 2021 For Cirrus Aircraft
Cirrus Aircraft has enjoyed a strong 2021 thanks to robust performances from the company's SR line of aircraft. The sole jet-powered model, the Vision jet also performed decently with 86 of the type being shipped to customers around the world. On the general aviation side of their offering the SR line saw 442 SR series aircraft being delivered in 2021...
10th Consecutive Year Best Selling Light Jet
Despite the effects of the on-going Covid-19 pandemic some airframers are managing to do well in terms of garnering orders as well as keeping delivery quotas. One such airframer is Embraer and in fact, they have been once again in the position for having best-selling light jet. For the 10th consecutive year now, the Phenom 300 -the larger of two jets of the Phenom line- has been the best selling light jet in 2021 according to GAMA (General Aviation Manufacturers Association). 56 Phenom 300 series jets were delivered in 2021...
Accident To Joby eVTOL Test Aircraft
A Joby Aviation eVTOL prototype experienced a flight-test accident on Tuesday. No one was injured and the aircraft was not piloted at the time of the accident. The company has not said what was the nature of the accident nor the damage to the flight-test article. The Joby company is ramping-up flight testing on the two flight test articles -one of which recently had an accident-. The previous timeline called for entry into service into 2024. No word on whether the accident pushes back this timeline...
Milestone 8,000th Citation Delivered By Textron Aviation
The 8,000th Cessna Citation has been delivered by Textron Aviation to a customer. The landmark aircraft went to Scotts Miracle-Gro. This company is one of the world’s largest marketers of branded consumer products for lawn and garden care and it isn't the first time they have ordered a Citation class jet from Textron/Cessna...
Avalon To Lease 100 Or More VX4 eVTOLs To AirAsia
Today, Vertical Aerospace announced a major order and as such is continuing to pile on the orders for their VX4 eVTOL. While this order is not a direct one from the airframer it will come from lessor Avalon and see AirAsia lease 'at-least' 100 of the eVTOLs. Once everything comes to fruition, AirAsia will become the first South-East Asian operator of the type...
Last Scheduled Gulfstream G550 Delivered To USAF
The United States Air Force Airlift has taken delivery of its last scheduled Gulfstream G550 or as it is known in the air force as the C-37B (Gulfstream G550). The force has A variants (Gulfstream V) too with 16 of them comprising of that designation. The C-37B will be tasked with United States Vice President and cabinet-level official travel. The C-37B can provide secure communication via the L3 Harris system and it is a long-range large cabin jet...
Tecnam H3PS Hybrid P2010
The Tecnam H3PS Hybrid 2010 is the first parallel hybrid system in General Aviation according to the airframer. While the first flight of the hybrid Tecnam P2010 happened on December 21, the airframer made the announcement today. The successful first flight was made possible by Tecnam Aircraft, in collaboration with Rolls-Royce and Rotax specialized teams...
Garmin Engine Indication System For Select PC-12s Available
Something new from Garmin has been added to be made available to the cockpit experience for select Pilatus PC-12 turboprop singles. It is called Garmin’s TXi Engine Indication System (EIS). The EIS is available as a complete Garmin cockpit retrofit with the GFC 600 autopilot, G600 TXi primary flight display, GTN Xi navigators, GTX ADS-B transponders, GWX weather radar, and GI 275 electronic flight instrument configured as a standby flight instrument...
H3 Dynamics Completes World's First Hydrogren Propulsor Nacelle
Emerging technologies are coming to the fore and one of the newer talking points for propulsion is Hydrogen whether it is for yachts and ships or even for aircraft. We are still a long way away from having hydrogen-based propulsion but the research has long started and different entities are designing and testing concepts with the fuel. H3 Dynamics is one such company that is doing this and they have developed what is called the first Hydrogen Propulsor Nacelle...
Bombardier Posts Encouraging Earnings But Slight Slide On Deliveries
As Bombardier has transitioned from an all-round commercial, business and rail-mobility company to a simple all-business jet unit their previous woes have been lessening as the chart a new path for success. The company beat their market guidance for the previous year posting a significant lift on earnings that reflected an increase in the region of 220 percent. Revenues were also up by 7 percent. Cost cutting measures seem to be working as well as in the last year they managed to cut interest expenses by 250 million which they want to keep up to reach a 400 million dollar reduction by 2023...
New ACJ330-300 Delivered To K5-Aviation
Yesterday Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) announced that K5-Aviation has taken delivery of an ACJ330-300 from ACJ. The aircraft will now be prepared to have its VIP interior fitted. The company for that job is Fokker Techniek. They will install the 243m² cabin which will have K5-Aviation guests relaxing in utmost comfort and relaxation. With the capability to fly for up to 18.5 hours which could equate to flying from Europe all the way to Australia with out stopping, the appeal is there for discerning customers...
Leonardo; Vertical Aerospace Collab On VX4 Fuselage Development
Yesterday, Vertical Aerospace announced the agreement between themselves and Leonardo to collaborate on fuselage development as it relates to the VX4 eVTOL aircraft. Vertical Aerospace has alot of orders to fulfill but just because there are orders it means very little if you cannot get the aircraft to come off the rendering monitors and into reality as a full-certified passenger aircraft. This collaboration will see a tangible transition towards building the real aircraft but with a caviat...
First Production Cessna 408 SkyCourier Rolled Out
Yesterday Textron Aviation announced that the first customer-bound Cessna 408 SkyCourier -which is intended for cargo customer Fedex- has been rolled out. Over 2,000 flight test hours so far have been racked-up over the time the three flight test articles have been carrying out test flights. Certification by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is anticipated in the first half of this year. Just remember the first flight took place approaching mid-2020...
Garmin Updates G5000 For Hawker 400XP/Beechcraft 400A
There are some updates that are coming to the G5000 flight deck that Garmin produces. The company announced today that the G5000 for the Hawker 400XP/Beechcraft 400A will have some new updates which will make the platform even more capable...
Dassault First Customer Falcon 6X Arrives In Arkansas.
The first Dassault Falcon 6X for the first customer has finished assembly and departed Dassault's France-based Bordeaux-Mérignac facility bound for the United States where it is to arrive at the completions facility in Little Rock, Arkansas. The aircraft bore the registration F-WZOC, of course this is the temporary registration. This particular aircraft is S/N 5, while S/N 4 is a test aircraft that will feature a finished interior to be tested under real-world scenarios...
Jaunt Air Mobility Signs LOI With Flapper Tecnologia, S.A.
Texas based Air Mobility company Jaunt Air Mobility has signed a Letter Of Intent with on-demand aviation company, Flapper Tecnologia, S.A. (“Flapper”), to purchase their eVTOL aircraft. After a final agreement is signed, Jaunt will provide Flapper with up to 25 Jaunt Journey aircraft to grow Flapper’s on-demand Urban Air Mobility (UAM) fleet in Latin American markets. The Jaunt Journey aircraft is a combination of a helicopter and a fixed wing setup...
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