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150 mile Test Flight For Joby eVTOL aircraft
Most of the 'news' concerning the eVTOL space is about new concepts, actual ground testing, hovering in place or limited flying around a small closed course. The Joby eVTOL has broken this theme and created some sort of a record in the current electrified vertical take off and landing air taxi space. This is perhaps the first time that an eVTOL has flown more than 150 miles and the folks over at Joby made it happen. This is narrowing the reality of actually having eVTOLs zipping around urban spaces in the very near future...
Piper First To Certify Garmin's GWX 8000 Weather Radar
Piper Aircraft has created a first for itself. The airframer has received certification of the new Garmin GWX 8000 weather radar in all M-Class aircraft models. Piper Aircraft is now the first general aviation airframer to certify the all-digital radar in a turbo prop or piston product. "We are excited to lead the general aviation industry with the certification of the GWX 8000 StormOptix weather radar in our M-Class product line", said Piper President and CEO, John Calcagno...
Piaggio Narrows To Single Bidder; Final Negotiations Ongoing
There may be light at the end of the tunnel for Piaggio Aerospace. The process for establishing a buyer for the company appears to be coming to an end with the lineup of bidders to take over the company reduced to just one entity. The negotiations are also said to be in the final stages with Piaggio hoping to wrap up the sale within a month. The single unnamed bidder at this stage has been a part of at least nineteen other entities vying to take over Piaggio Aero Industries and Piaggio Aviation, the two companies operating under the Piaggio Aerospace brand...
King Air 260 Customers To Enjoy New Interior Options
Come early 2022, Beechcraft King Air 260 customers will be able to enjoy new interior options being offered for the new upgraded model. As standard the interior palette will be based on Alpaca, Buttercream, New Pewter, and Latte. There will also be a premium interior to choose called Lava Saddle. "The Beechcraft King Air is an iconic aircraft, and we place a great emphasis on continually improving these products," said Christi Tannahill, senior vice president, Customer Experience...
Dassault Falcon Deliveries Slide; Orders Jump In First Half
Dassault Falcon has been in a slump when it pertains to deliveries this year so far. Between January and June they managed to only ship six business jets. For the same period in 2020, the company delivered 16 jets to customers. While this performance for the year so far may seem alarming, the order intake has been much better. 25 new aircraft were booked during the first half of 2021 worth an estimated 1.66 billion dollars (1.413 billion Euros). For the same period last year, the order in take was only worth 787 million dollars (669 million Euros)...
Diamond DA50 RG Makes Debut At EAA AirVenture
The Diamond DA50 RG is a special aircraft from Diamond Aircraft. How many aircraft in its class do you know has the capability to retract its landing gear like much larger aircraft? Yes, this is what the 'RG' in the model name means, Retractable Gear...
Textron Aviation Moves Denali Model Under Beechcraft Brand
The new single engine turboprop that Textron Aviation is currently developing, called the Denali will no longer be known as the Cessna Denali. Textron Aviation has moved the aircraft to its Beechcraft brand where it will sit alongside the King Air models. From now on the in-development aircraft is known as the Beechcraft Denali...
Gulfstream Marks 500 Large Cabin Connectivity Installations
Over 500 Inmarsat Jet ConneX in-flight connectivity solutions have been made to Gulfstream large cabin jets Gulfstream noted. The robust Wi-Fi solution is available on new aircraft and can be retrofitted on qualifying existing aircraft. "Gulfstream owners expect a seamless transition from life on the ground to life on their aircraft, making connectivity essential," said Mark Burns, president, Gulfstream. "This milestone illustrates our commitment to performance with high-speed connectivity and increased productivity, allowing our aircraft to truly be offices in the skies...
G2+ Vision Jet Unveiled By Cirrus Aircraft
The G2+ is now the latest iteration of the Vision Jet by Cirrus Aircraft. It encompasses all the latest enhancements and developments Cirrus Aircraft have added to its arsenal of passenger and pilot oriented features. "The G2+ Vision Jet is the next step in continuing to transform personal aviation," said Zean Nielsen, CEO at Cirrus Aircraft. "The enhancements to both the take-off performance capabilities in hot and high conditions and the InFlight WiFi connected passenger experience ensure that the Vision Jet continues to exceed the evolving needs of our owners, both present and future...
Surf Air Mobility Orders 150 Caravan EXs; Convert To Hybrid-Electric
A rather large order has come in to Textron Aviation for up to 150 Cessna Grand Caravan EX single engine turboprop aircraft. The order is really broken down into 100 firm orders and options for 50 more if exercised. The order is from Surf Air Mobility and the company plans to take these stock aircraft and convert them to hybrid-electric. Yes this will involve removing the factory installed Pratt and Whitney PT6 with hybrid-electric systems from around 2024...
Rheinland Air Service Orders Five eFlyer 800 All-Electric Aircraft
Bye Aerospace announced that they have received an order as well as the required deposit from Rheinland Air Service (RAS) for at least five (5) eFlyer 800 aircraft. What is interesting is that into the future RAS will be MRO support to eFlyer800 aircraft in Central Europe. They will also become a reseller of eFlyer800 aircraft in Germany, Austria and Switzerland for Bye Aerospace...
First HondaJet ELITE S Delivered
The first HondaJet ELITE S has been delivered to an undisclosed customer. Back in May, the Honda Aircraft Company announced the HondaJet ELITE S, the upgraded Hondajet in its third iteration since originally being launched. The registration is N712LV on the new plane and it features an ice blue and white paint livery...
EASA Certifies Cessna Citation Longitude
The Cessna Citation Longitude has been certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) which naturally now allows the Textron branded company to make deliveries into Europe. The Longitude is Cessna's largest Citation model executive jet in production. It would have been superseded in the future by the Citation Hemisphere but that program got cancelled during its development...
All-Electric ES-19 Gains Traction With United Order
United Airlines is back in the news once again after signing and announcing an agreement to purchase all-electric ES-19 turboprops. Not too long ago the airline shocked the world after announcing the order for a significant number of BOOM supersonic aircraft. Now the airline is going in the other direction instead of supersonic, they are going green and quiet. Heart Aerospace is the name behind the ES-19 aircraft and as the model name suggests, it will be a 19-seat shorter-range regional aircraft...
Embraer Delivers First Porsche Collab Phenom 300E
At the end of June, Embraer announced that it delivered the first limited-edition Phenom 300E aircraft—part of the Duet collaboration with Porsche—to an undisclosed customer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The aircraft was delivered at Embraer’s state-of-the-art Global Customer Center in Melbourne, Florida. This very limited edition offer saw pairing the fastest and longest-ranged single-pilot certified jet with the gold standard in production sports cars, the Porsche 911 Turbo S...
Final Commercial G550 Delivered By Gulfstream
Gulfstream has completed and delivered the final commercial G550 to an international customer. Last year the airframer announced that they were going to deliver the last available commercial G550. The G550 has been in production for nearly two decades with the last specimen taking the worldwide fleet to over 600 active aircraft. The award-winning G550 entered service in 2003 as the launch platform for the Gulfstream PlaneView™ flight deck...
The PC-24 Being Upgraded By Pilatus
With other airframers offering upgrades or slightly different iterations to their best-selling jets, Swiss manufacturer Pilatus is upgrading the PC-24 super versatile jet. According to the airframer based on customer feedback from over 50,000 hours of fleet operations, Pilatus has incorporated numerous new features into Super Versatile Jets which come off the production line from this year onward. Existing owners and operators of the PC-24 need not to worry as the upgrades will be available. The upgrades are centered around, passenger experience, avionics and so on...
Wireless Cabin Management System Unveiled
At the Aircraft Electronics Association convention in Dallas last week Cabin Management Solutions unveiled its new CMS Evolve cabin management and in-flight entertainment system. The facet about the CMS Evolve system is that it is completely wireless. There is a patented wireless technology that allows the system to communicate through interior furnishings and products throughout the interior. This complete system is already STC'd on a Dassault Falcon 900. The next approval they are going for is on the Gulfstream G550...
ACJ & Philips Sign On Health Monitoring Systems Equipment On ACJs
As part of its continuous customer care approach and the excellent connectivity on-board the ACJ aircraft, this new agreement will enable instant access to uniquely comprehensive in-air medical care supported by the latest technology for ACJ clientele. "We are pleased to partner with Philips in offering our customers state of the art inflight medical care. This is an enhancement of our customer services portfolio that our ACJ customers will benefit from," said Benoit Defforge, ACJ President...
Citation CJ4 GEN 2 Approved By EASA
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has given approval to Textron for their latest iteration of the Citation CJ4 (GEN 2). With the approval in hand, it now permits Textron to place deliveries into Europe. From this quarter deliveries should start to occur in Europe for the light twin jet. Among the first operators to receive the Cessna Citation GEN 2 in Europe will be Geneva-based charter operator DALaviation Switzerland...
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