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Jetcruzer Once Dead; Has A Future Lifeline
Jetcruzer International, a California-based company is looking to bring back the Jetcruzer as a more sustainable aircraft for modern times. For those who may not be aware, the Jetcruzer design existed already in the 1980's as a tail-less aft single-engine aircraft but it never made it to market. However, with new vigor and resources from Victor Tao—owner of Farrar Aerospace in Riverside, California— the aircraft could come back to life thanks to this company's purchasing of the physical and intellectual remains of the program back in 2016...
BOOM Supersonic Misses 2023 First Flight Goal
BOOM Supersonic was advancing towards the first flight of their XB-1 demonstrator... and they still are. The end of 2023 did not go according to plan and the company felt the need to bolster the safety aspects of the demonstrator aircraft before fully proceeding with the first flight. Those safety upgrades are being done to the landing gear, dampening as well as engine intakes. The final round of high-speed taxi tests still have to be concluded before being cleared for the first flight...
First King Air B200 Retrofitted By Elliott Aviation With Garmin Autoland
The Garmin Autoland feature has been spreading and Elliott Aviation announced yesterday it has completed its first retrofit of the automated feature on a King Air B200. This milestone marks a significant achievement for both Elliott Aviation and opens the next chapter in the evolution of Garmin’s G1000 NXI Platform for King Airs. "We are thrilled to deliver our first Garmin Autoland upgrade in a King Air B200," said Dan Edwards CEO at Elliott Aviation. "Safety is always our top priority, and the Garmin Autoland system represents a groundbreaking advancement in aviation technology...
JSX Transitioning To Sustainable Flying With Hybrid-Electric Order
For small community air service in the future, JSX will be using hybrid-electric aircraft. This is why they recently made a large order for several types of hybrid-electric aircraft. In fact, it is an order for 332 aircraft between manufacturers Electra, Aura Aero, and Heart Aerospace...
3rd ACJ TwoTwenty Arrives At Comlux For Completion
The executive jet race is a big-ticket business and for completions centers like Comlux who specialize in taking a clean-sheet interior and finishing them to a clients' expectations it is equally busy. In the case of the ACJ TwoTwenty, this is one of the newest offerings from ACJ that can be transformed into a business jet. Comlux recently received the 3rd ACJ TwoTwenty and will get to work to fitout the interior and exterior to the customers exacting requirements...
Uncrewed Cessna 208B Caravan Flight
In November a Cessna 208B Caravan made a flight with no pilot onboard. The aircraft was set up with autonomous flight systems that are part of work by Reliable Robotics. The flight was monitored remotely by a pilot on the ground approximately 50 miles away...
New Date Set For Bids On Piaggio Aerospace Sale
In the latest round of information regarding Piaggio Aerospace, there is some movement expected for the start of the coming new year. The Extraordinary Commissioners attached to overseeing Piaggio's sale have set a new date for the next round of bidding by potential candidates...
Ampaire EEL Hybrid-Electric Sets Endurance Record
Ampaire recently flew its EEL Demonstrator for 12 hours continuously -which is an achievement on its own- on the 10th of December. Ampaire believes the flight establishes a new record for hybrid electric aircraft endurance with a total flight time of 12 hours exactly and over 2 hours of fuel and battery reserves remaining...
BOOM Supersonic; Honeywell Anthem For Overture
In October 2021, Honeywell unveiled a brand new high-tech avionics suite for the market. JF covered it at the time The new flight deck was made for a number of applications especially the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) market but executive jets and even cargo transports could be fitted with the new technology. https://www.jetforums.net/threads/n...-latest-avionics-flight-deck.4001/#post-25910 ...
M80 Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Unveiled By Maeve Aerospace
Earlier this year JF published an article on a Dutch startup that is seeking to bring a hybrid-electric aircraft to market in the late 2020s or early 2030s. https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-maeve-aerospace-to-fly-all-electric-maeve-01-by-2029.4626/ That company called Maeve Aerospace is back in the news again with a new offering. Instead of the 8-propeller model they were initially putting forth, there is now a more conventional 2-engine setup for an 80-seat hybrid-electric turboprop sized aircraft offering jet-like performance and turboprop efficiency...
Stratolaunch Completes Captive-Carry Flight with TA-1 Test Vehicle
Some news from Mojave, California regarding the Stratolaunch enterprise. Stratolaunch, LLC announces the completion of a captive carry flight with the first powered Talon-A hypersonic vehicle, TA-1. The flight was the twelfth for the company’s launch platform Roc and the first in which the aircraft carried a Talon vehicle with live propellant as part of a buildup approach for Talon-A’s first powered flight. The flight lasted a total of three hours and 22 minutes and represented a significant step forward in the company’s near-term goal of completing a powered flight with the Talon-A vehicle, TA-1...
First Flight On Batteries For EcoPulse Demonstrator
While the EcoPulse aircraft has been under preliminary testing since its introduction in 2019, the aircraft which is a modified Daher 900 series turboprop, has been utilizing its main turboprop propeller. However, at the end of November the aircraft took-off from Tarbes, France with batteries onboard and utilized the electric propellers along with the hybrid turbogenerator...
Special Edition Cirrus SF50 Unveiled
Cirrus Aircraft has unveiled a new special edition SF50 Vision Jet. The initial announcement was made at the 2023 NBAA BACE in Las Vegas, Nevada. The special edition SF50 Vision Jet is for the 500th delivery overall of this single-engine personal jet. The SF50 is recognized as the first jet-powered single-engine personal jet in the world...
Bombardier Globals With Vision FlightDecks In Line For AAU
Vision-equipped Global business jets made by Bombardier now can have that system upgraded. It can be upgraded through the Advanced Avionics Upgrade (AAU) and that is essentially avionics software and hardware enhancement that boasts the latest technology to enhance situational awareness and offer advanced visualization features. Powered by Collins Aerospace and available for in-service Global 5000, Global 6000, Global 5500 and Global 6500 aircraft equipped with the Bombardier Vision flight deck...
GlobalEye Program Continues With Latest Delivery
The latest (seventh) Bombardier Global-based jet has been delivered to Saab for its conversion into the renowned GlobalEye airborne platform. The newest aircraft is now ready to be transformed into Saab’s Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) solution which we know as GlobalEye. Saab’s GlobalEye incorporates some essential attributes of the Global business jet including over 11 hours of operational endurance, state-of-the-art avionics, and class-leading maintenance intervals...
First Hybrid-Electric STOL Flight For Electra Goldfinch Demonstrator
Electra is proud to announce that its Goldfinch eSTOL demonstrator took off for the first time earlier this month. The first flight took place on November 11th and again since then. The aircraft is a hybrid-electric craft that uses a runway like a conventional aircraft does but not needing alot of runway...hence its STOL (Short Take Off and Landing) credentials. The company says the aircraft only needs around 300-feet to take off...
Gulfstream Finishes World's First Trans-Atlantic Flight On 100% SAF
The world's first Trans-Atlantic flight on 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) has been completed by Gulfstream utilizing one of their G600 aircraft. Data Collected During This Mission Will Advance Industry Toward Net-Zero Goals. The aircraft in question departed the company’s headquarters in Savannah and landed 6 hours, 56 minutes later at Farnborough Airport in England...
Progress Updates With Overture Program
With a myriad of ground-related testing completed for the XB-1 demonstrator aircraft that BOOM Supersonic is using to push forward into the flight-testing realm, the first actual flight of the XB-1 is around the corner. BOOM Supersonic said that ground testing included ground taxi testing up to 90-knots. High-speed taxi tests are next and then first flight will take place after at the Mojave Air & Space Port...
Switchblade Flying Car Takes First Flight
The Switchblade Flying Car by Samson Sky has made its first flight. For those who may not know...the Switchblade is a three-wheel, street legal vehicle that you drive from your garage to a nearby local airport. Once there, the wings swing out and the tail extends in under 3 minutes...
Aircraft Management Services By Honda Aircraft
With the global fleet of respective iterations of the HondaJet approaching the 200,000 flight hour mark Honda Aircraft Company has introduced Aircraft Management Services (AMS), a customer-centric service solution designed to make HondaJet ownership effortless while offering owners greater control and predictability over maintenance demands. This was announced at the recently held NBAA-BACE show in Las Vegas, Nevada...
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