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First Phase Of Flight Tests Completed By Lilium eVTOL
Back in May 2019 Lilium announced they had completed the first test flight of their new eVTOL air taxi craft. Since then the aircraft has continued testing and achieved a number of targets. The aircraft also managed to transition from Vertical Take Off to Horizontal flight. Lilium also flew the aircraft at speeds just above 54-knots. Lilium isn't just testing this aircraft they have actually completed a 30,000-plus sq ft manufacturing facility in Germany to support the build-out of this venture...
Gulfstream Unveils New Flagship G700
While many knew that Gulfstream was working on something new it wasn't known what it would be called with certainty. With the G500 and G600 completing their certifications Gulfstream has gone back into the ring of creating another new model. The G700 is their latest offering and was announced today at the NBAA-BACE show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Is it really a new aircraft? Not exactly as it is basically a G650 stretched by 10-feet...
New Falcon From Dassault?
On the eve of the 2019 edition of the NBAA-BACE show in Last Vegas, Nevada French airframer Dassault has teased about the possibility of a new Falcon jet. No specifics were given relating to the new jet but just know they are working on something new. Plans are to unveil this new jet sometime in 2020 but we will see how that goes...
Medevac HondaJet ELITE Variant At 2019 NBAA-BACE
The Honda Aircraft Company is introducing a Medevac variant of the HondaJet ELITE and it will be on display at the 2019 NBAA-BACE show in Las Vegas, Nevada. The aircraft is operated by Wing Spirit which is a Honolulu-based air ambulance and charter operator. "We are pleased to announce the installation of the first medevac configuration on the HondaJet...
10 City-Pair Records Set With Challenger 350 Performance
The Challenger 350 is making alot of noise recently and Bombardier isn't keeping the news to themselves. A CL350 on its way around the country (United States) created 10 City-Pair records in the process. In 20.5 hours the CL350 created 10 City-Pair speed records...
50th PC-24 Delivered By Pilatus Aircraft
Since entry into service Swiss airframer Pilatus Aircraft has delivered the 50th unit of the PC-24 Super Versatile Jet. The launch customer's jet has been in service for about 20 months now and has amassed around 1,400 flight hours. Overall the current in-service PC-24 fleet is now at approximately 14,000 flight hours...
TBM 940 Gains FAA Certification
Earlier this year the Daher Socata TBM 940, the latest iteration of a long and successful TBM line, was certificated by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). With that in hand they were able to deliver the TBM 940 in Europe. One of the strong markets, the American market could not be satisfied as they did not have Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Type Certification (TC)...
EASA Certification For Gulfstream G500
Gulfstream has reached another milestone when it comes to the all-new G500. It is now been awarded approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) paving the way deliveries to be made to Europe. "The G500 has been very well received in Europe," said Mark Burns, president, Gulfstream. "Customers in the region have been drawn to the unprecedented level of technology and innovation in the flight deck and the impact that has on safety and efficiency...
2019 NBAA-BACE Will Have A Learjet 75 Liberty MockUp
The newest iteration of the Learjet 75, the Liberty, will be on display at this year's NBAA-BACE show in Las Vegas in the form of the full-scale mockup. The Learjet 75 Liberty was only unveiled a couple months ago and while you won't see a real plane on static display, if you know what the Learjet 75 looks like on the exterior it will be no different as the changes on the Liberty are mostly on the interior...
SyberJet SJ30i Reboot
You might have heard of the SyberJet SJ30i in the light category before . SyberJet has rebooted this impressive little business jet on the flight deck with Honeywell's Epic 2.0 Flight Deck. The avionics for this jet involve four 12-inch screens that show the pilots pretty much anything they need to see or know. Basically the second generation of this flight deck will now be trialed to have the amended Type Certification...
NASA's All-Electric Experimental X-57
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) has been working on an aircraft for a while now and we are now starting to see the tangible evidence of this effort. The experimental X-57 recently arrived at NASA and is to be an all-electric aircraft...
PW812D For Dassault Falcon 6X To Start Testing Shortly
The powerplant that will power French airframer Dassault Falcon's 6X, the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW812D is expected to start field testing very soon. The engine will be mounted to a Boeing 747 test-bed to be put through its paces -initially- before the year terminates. The Boeing 747-SP is Pratt & Whitney Canada's own test-bed used to evaluate the performance of their powerplants...
Global 6500 Enters Service
Bombardier has announced the service entry for one of their latest business jets, the Global 6500. The Global 6500 is essentially a new version to the Global 6000. With the aircraft now in service officially you can look forward to seeing this jet at the National Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) in Las Vegas on October 22 for its public debut...
Embraer Praetor 500 Gets FAA; EASA Nod
After receiving Type Certification from its local certification body, the ANAC—Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil a few months ago, Praetor 500 is now ready to deliver to an international market. This is thanks to Type Certifications from the United States-based Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)...
First Deliveries Start Of The Citation Longitude
With Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Type Certification given to Textron Aviation for their Citation Longitude, deliveries have already started. The new Super midsize executive jet, the latest in that category to hit the market will signal a newness to the industry. "The newly certified Citation Longitude brings unrivaled technology to the business travel market, for both the passenger and the pilot, offering our customers the most efficient and productive super-midsize jet now in operation," said Ron Draper, president and CEO...
Textron Delivers 500th Grand Caravan EX
A new milestone has been set by Textron Aviation in terms of delivery output on their single-engine turboprop Grand Caravan EX. They have now shipped the 500th Grand Caravan EX to a customer. Depending on the configuration these aircraft can seat between 10 and 14 passengers flying up to 960 nautical miles. The Grand Caravan EX is the third iteration of the C208 Caravan. This most recent variant entered service back in 2013...
Lufthansa Technik Airbus A220 VIP
Like Boeing, Airbus also tends to offer a VIP variant of most of their current product offering and this is now including the latest model in the fleet, the A220 (former Bombardier CSeries). This concept with a Lufthansa Technik completed outfit first surfaced at the 2019 European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (EBACE)...
FAA Certifies Cessna Citation Longitude
The newest jet from Textron Aviation, the Cessna Citation Longitude has been certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). It is now the latest addition to the diverse super midsize market."With the broadest lineup of business aviation platforms available worldwide, today Textron Aviation welcomes the Longitude into the esteemed Citation family of products and begins a new era of best-in-class solutions for our customers," said Ron Draper, president and CEO, Textron Aviation...
Transport Canada Certifies RR Pearl 15 For Global 5500; 6500
The stars are aligning well for Bombardier concerning the in-development Global 5500 and 6500. The local Certification body Transport Canada has given the nod to the Canadian airframer Bombardier regarding the Rolls Royce Pearl 15 powerplants that will power the new Global 5500 and 6500. As a reminder these new jets are not necessarily clean-sheet designs but upgraded versions of the Global 5000 and 6000...
Slow First Half 2019 For Dassault Falcon
The executive side of the business for Dassault has been pretty slow so far in 2019 for the French airframer. For the first half of this year, the company managed to sell seven jets and deliver seventeen making the overall performance very flat. The company is blaming a number of factors on the slow rate of business...
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