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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...
Dassault Underscores Large-Cabin; Long-Range At NBAA-BACE
With the large-cabin and long-range segment of the industry heating up between competitors, Gulfstream, Bombardier and Dassault, the latter is underscoring its efforts in the segment with the Falcon 6X, 8X and 10X at this year's NBAA-BACE. The show will kick off next week, the 12th of October in Las Vegas, Nevada (United States) and the company will have cabin mock-ups of the in-test Falcon 6X, the newly announced in-development new future flagship Falcon 10X as well as a full 8X aircraft to round out its large cabin offering at the show...
New Flagship G800 Unveiled By Gulfstream
The competition at the top of the large-cabin, long-haul segment between Gulfstream, Bombardier and Dassault Falcon has been heating up. Gulfstream is aiming to set itself apart from the competition with the latest announcement made by the General Dynamics company of a new ultra-long-range executive jet called the Gulfstream G800. Yes, their previous flagship, the G700 which is still in certification testing, isn't expected to enter service until 2022 and the company has already poked its nose back in front of the race with the announcement of the all-new G800. In fact, they also announced the G400 but that will be covered in another article...
SAMAD Electric Starling Cargo eVTOL
Samad's eStarling Cargo eVTOL has been receiving considerable attention especially since it has started testing flights towards certification. The aircraft is a fully electric vertical take off and landing cargo platform that promises 100 kgs of payload flying at 120 miles per hour with an expected range of approximately 220 kilometers. Samad is suggesting the aircraft can carry up to one person as well but this is going to be mainly for small cargo movements of precious and important goods like gemstones from the mining sector, medicines, mail, oil and gas field work...
eVTOL Aircraft From Honda
Honda is the latest to jump into the ring of the eVTOL for urban mobility/air taxi market. They did not say much about the craft actually but it will be an electric vertical take off and landing type. Based on the renderings we can see an eight-prop setup distributed across two booms and two ducted fans/props at the rear of the fuselage. It appears that the aircraft may well be a hybrid with the ability to run on hybrid electric as well as purely electric...
Comac Unveils Bizjet Version Of ARJ21
Comac is looking to cash in on the business jet market-share with the unveiling of a business jet version of the ARJ21 commercial airliner. They call it the CBJ, Comac Business Jet and an example will be on display at the Chinese Airshow in Zhuhai this week. It is not the first this manufacturer tinkered with the idea of creating a business jet. In fact at the Paris Air Show in 2019 it displayed a model which would have been the first time they showcased the jet outside of their domestic boundaries...
Airbus Launches High Performance Wing Demonstrator
Airbus has launched a new project which will be investigating technologies that improve and optimize wing aerodynamics and performance for any future aircraft. They will be using a Cessna Citation VII business jet platform in representative flight conditions. The demonstrator is another product that is being boosted by the Airbus 'UpNext' program. This is a wholly-owned Airbus subsidiary that allows for the fast-tracking of new technologies by building demonstrators at speed and scale, in order to quickly evaluate, mature and validate potential new products for future use on new planes...
ACJ Teams Up With Cyril Kongo On Special Edition ACJ220 Interior
A new interior concept for the ACJ Two Twenty is available thanks to a collaboration between Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) and well-known urban designer/artist Cyril Kongo -who is otherwise known as 'Mr. Colourful'-. It would be no surprise then to expect this interior concept would have splashes of colour and vibrancy as part of the decor language. Remember this interior cabin is a special edition and not the regular cabin the average client would normally choose...
Explorer Concept Cabin Unveiled By Lufthansa Technik
Normally the Monaco Yacht Show (MYS) is typically reserved for all things marine related in the superyacht industry. Often times you do see displays of helicopters and maybe amphibious aircraft designs intended for use with superyachts. Generally big widebody VVIP jets are not the norm however, at this year's Monaco Yacht Show (MYS) Lufthansa Technik unveiled a new concept for longhaul flying of widebody executive jets like the Airbus A330-based 330neo. In its VIP form as the ACJ330 the interior square-footage offers opportunities to tinker with new ideas...
GOL Signs LOI With Avalon For Up To 250 eVTOL Aircraft
GOL (Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A.) with Grupo Comporte is making an order through a non-binding Letter of Intent for up to 250 eVTOL aircraft from lessor Avalon (for the VA-X4 eVTOL aircraft). Once the aircraft passes the certification hurdle GOL expects to receive eVTOL planes starting in 2025...
Airbus Unveils CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL
Airbus has used the Airbus Sustainability Summit to unveil a new larger eVTOL called the CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL. The aircraft has been carded to first flight with a prototype in 2023. That would be followed by type certification in 2025 if all goes according to plan. The aircraft is a V-tail fixed wing airplane with eight electric motors and propellers. The cabin will take four passengers on journeys up to 50 miles at 75 miles and hour. "We are on a quest to co-create an entirely new market that sustainably integrates urban air mobility into the cities while addressing environmental and social concerns...
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...
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