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Electra Aero Signs Contract With U.S Air Force
Electra Aero today announced that it has signed a contract with the United States Air Force. The contract is to strengthen advanced air mobility markets through the development of hybrid-electric propulsion systems for electric ultra-short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft. "Electra is thrilled to be working in tandem with the U.S. Air Force and its innovative Agility Prime team to accelerate the tech transition of eSTOL into the commercial marketplace...
JETIT & JETCLUB Are Launch Customers For eFlyer 800
With Bye Aerospace unveiling its design for a 8-seat all-electric aircraft called the eFlyer 800 earlier this year, it stirred significant interest as well as debate with what traditional turboprops it will be competing with in the future. The eFlyer 800 will seat 7 passengers plus a pilot -hence the 8 seats- and fly them 500 nautical miles with estimated 45 min IFR reserves. The specs are all estimates at this stage but the figures are promising given this aircraft will emit very few pollutants while operating...
Interior Concepts Revealed For Airlander 10
By now you should be familiar with the Airlander 10 which is this massive airship being developed by Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV). To this stage despite the idea of a passenger airship as well as testing on the flight article we have not seen any recent interior concepts or renderings...until now. Hybrid Air Vehicles released a slew of recent interior renderings suggesting what the interior of the airship could be like...
Raisbeck Drag-Reducing System For Cessna 208B Caravan
Raisbeck Engineering has been working on a Drag-reducing system for the Cessna 208B Caravan -which carries the cargo pod beneath the fuselage-. The new system has completed pre-certification tests and is likely to be awarded its STC by August, 2021. With this new system, two aerodynamic strakes have been added to the aft of the cargo pod while the forward section gains a composite forward fairing to improve the aerodynamics and thus decrease drag and increase fuel efficiency...
Another Avanti EVO order For U.S Customer
You might remember JF wrote an article back in September 2020 on a surprise order from the United States for an Avanti EVO. The order came from Mid-South Service Inc and you can read more on that at the following link. https://www.jetforums.net/threads/n...avanti-evo-order-from-the-united-states.3610/ . This time however, there is a new order from another U.S based customer, US investment company Off The Chain Capital...
Vertical Aerospace Gets Lift From Virgin Atlantic Partnership
UK eVTOL entity Vertical Aerospace has been given a vital boost with a partnership being announced between them and Virgin Atlantic. The partnership does of course entail the purchase of many of the company's VA-X4 eVTOL UAM aircraft...more on that later in the article. The aircraft is said to meet the stringent requirements of the CAA and EASA. With a flat out top speed of 202 mph the VA-X4 will be a nimble craft carrying up to four passengers and the pilot 100 plus miles. It is all electric, therefore no emissions as well as a low noise profile overall...
Embraer Signs First Phenom 300MED
Embraer has signed the first Phenom 300MED variant. You might remember JF alerting you to the Phenom 300 medevac STC that was in the works last year. https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-embraer-phenom-300-medevac.3552/ . The airframer now has an actual contract for the first example and the launch customer is GrandView Aviation. "We originally selected the Phenom 300 as our national fleet platform due to its flexibility and high utilization reliability...
United Orders Up To 50 Overture Jets From Boom Supersonic
In an interesting twist, BOOM Supersonic is now the buzz word in the bid to bring a supersonic passenger jet to market. Aerion previously stole the limelight with their development of the AS2 but since their stunning announcement at the end of May that they ceased operations, BOOM Supersonic has moved to the forefront. JF will tell you why shortly but first let's form some context. Aerion was pushing to develop a family of supersonic jets the first was the AS2, a Mach 1.4 aircraft aimed at the business/executive market...
Citation Mustangs Now Benefitting From G1000 NXi Upgrades
Citation Mustangs for a while now have been able to upgrade their original G1000 flight decks to the more up-to-date G1000 NXi platform from Garmin. However, there is additional value being added to the NXi iteration of avionics for the Mustang. Garmin has revealed an STC for the Mustang that adds more features to the NXi upgrade...
Largest New eVTOL Order Placed By HALO/Directional Aviation
It is becoming the norm to see eVTOL and Urban air vehicles of the future mature from design to development. As the development of vertiports (specialized small urban airports where eVTOLs will operate from) gets underway around the world, companies are becoming more incentivized to order eVTOL aircraft to prepare for the new future of urbanized air travel. To this end, the largest new eVTOL order has now been placed by a company called HALO/Directional Aviation...
Daher Delivers Air Ambulance-Configured Kodiak 100
Today Daher announced that it has delivered a Kodiak 100 in air ambulance configuration to Airborne Flying Service, Inc. JB Kirk, Airborne Flying Service’s president, said the benefits of the Kodiak 100 in an air ambulance role include the aircraft’s operational cost effectiveness, its large loading door, an airframe that is lower to the ground, and the state-of-the art cockpit with integrated flight deck. Kirk said that after considering multiple other choices of aircraft for the role, the Kodiak 100 became the clear choice...
World's First Boeing 737 MAX BBJ Delivered By Jet Aviation
Completions center Jet Aviation has re-delivered the world's first Boeing 737 MAX BBJ. The aircraft -a MAX 8 variant- pictured below has been delivered to an undisclosed customer. The completion was designed, crafted and engineered entirely at Jet Aviation’s completions center in Basel. It represents Jet Aviations third re-delivery for 2021 so far. "We want to congratulate Jet Aviation on this great milestone," said James Detwiler, president of Boeing Business Jets. "The BBJ 737-8, with its ultra-long-range and ample cabin space, and Jet Aviation’s top-quality design and craftsmanship create a perfect combination...
HondaJet ELITE S Unveiled By Honda Aircraft Company
The last upgrade to the HondaJet was the ELITE version. The Honda Aircraft Company has just announced yet another upgrade to the jet, simply called the 'HondaJet ELITE S'. Several upgrades are available with the new 'S' version which is aimed at keeping the Light Jet continually in the spot light. So what is on offer and different about the latest iteration of the HondaJet. Next we take a look at some of those upgrades available...
Eclipse Aero Rising...Again?
Eclipse Aerospace (EAI) is in the news again not for bankruptcy-related news though. It appears the company is trying to make a comeback. In fact the company is actually operational it seems with 50 employees back at work, all of them former Eclipse Aero staff. British entrepreneur Christopher Harborne is perhaps responsible for allowing the company to be where it is currently. He purchased the brand from the umbrella company One Aviation-which was the last major reinvention of the Eclipse saga-. Mr. Harborne is said to have spent over 6 million dollars in production equipment; MRO facilities in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Aurora, Illinois...
GE Aviation Stops Work On Affinity Engine For AS2
With the news that Aerion Aerospace suddenly ceasing operations work on the powerplant that was destined to power the aircraft has also stopped. The Affinity engine being made by GE Aviation was expected to be the powerplant powering the supersonic AS2 by Aerion. GE Aviation has been working in the supersonic sector for business/airliner jets being designed for this purpose. The AS2 was not the only jet that GE Aviation was making an engine package for. In fact just last year the company handed over two powerplants (F414-GE-100) for the NASA X-59 QueSST. Below we see the AS2 in Net Jets colours as they were a customer for the supersonic jet...
Aerion Aerospace Unexpectedly Ceases Operation
One of the main forerunners in the race to bring a supersonic business jet to market has dropped out of that race. Effectively, Aerion Aerospace has folded and ceased operations unexpectedly after failing to raise the funds needed to see the AS2 jet through certification and to market. The news is sudden and unexpected after the company broke ground on what would have been its 300 million dollar headquarters facility in Melbourne, Florida...
Collins Delivers Avionics For NASA X59 QueSST
Collins Aerospace has delivered the avionics for NASA's X59 QueSST aircraft. It is not the usual avionics set up that you tend to see though. Besides the usual MFDs there are some extra screens fitted in the cockpit of the X59 QueSST . This solution was needed because of the design of the front of the aircraft. Since the jet is designed and optimized for high speed there are no windows looking forward in the cockpit...
First ACJ TwoTwenty In Build
While most of the attention is placed on Airbus Corporate Jet's (ACJ) established models, its newest model, the ACJ TwoTwenty has been working its way through construction. The fuselage for the first ACJ TwoTwenty arrived at the assembly factory in Mirabel, Canada. This is less than a year since Airbus Corporate Jets announced the TwoTwenty model. First flight is actually planned for later in the year with an aggressive timetable being followed...
Jaunt Air Mobility eVTOL Development Gets Boost From CAE
There are many companies at present in various stages of conception, design and development of respective eVTOL aircraft. As the need to feed a bourgeoning future urban air market continues different players in the market space are making strides with the support of other related and relevant companies. For example, Jaunt Air Mobility announced recently that they have received a boost in the form of expertise from CAE to expedite the Design, Development of Jaunt Air Mobility's eVTOL Aircraft...
New ACJ319neo Order Rolls In For ACJ
Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) announced today that it won an order for a single Airbus ACJ319neo from an undisclosed customer. "We are delighted to win another order for the ACJ319neo. Customers will enjoy travelling in the spacious cabin whilst flying intercontinental routes. The ACJ319neo has a robust reliability...
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