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Sikorsky HEX Platform Now Seen
Recently JF published an article talking about the progress of the Next Generation Civil Tilt Rotor. There are several tilt-rotor aircraft in service in both commercial and military applications but they all have one thing in common. The entire engine tilts to provide the transition from hover to cruise or vice versa. In the case of the upcoming NGCTR it is only the transmission that moves...
USAF Takes Delivery Of First Batch Of Pivotal Blackfly Aircraft
While the Pivotal Helix is aimed at the personal market it has received the attention from the United States Air Force (USAF). In fact the USAF has procured 4 examples of the craft which were recently delivered to them...
Phenom 300: 12th Straight Year Of Best-Selling Light Jet
For the 12th straight year, the Embraer Phenom 300 has been the best-selling light jet in the industry. Additionally it is the best-selling twinjet for the fourth year running, according to data released by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA). With 63 Phenom 300-series aircraft having been delivered in 2023, this figure puts Embraer in the driving-seat of the light-jet market...
New CPO For Asian Market Launched At Singapore Air Show
The Singapore Air Show for 2024 got underway today and one of the news items coming out of the first day is that Honda Aircraft Company has unveiled a Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) program for the Asian market. Honda Aircraft company already launched a CPO initiative for the Americas and Europe...
AD Issued For Some PT6 Turbine Blades
Canada's regulatory and safety body Transport Canada has issued an emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD) for Pratt & Whitney Canada's PT6 Turbine engines. It relates to PT2 (power turbine) blades. It has come to light that there was an incident of PT6A-67 P2 Blade failure as well as P2 blade failures on PT6 engines in testing at P&W Canada facilities. The airworthiness directive (AD) is CF-2024-05...
First Flight Coming Soon For NGCTR Demonstrator
The Next Generation Civil Tiltrotor (NGCTR) Demonstrator that Leonardo is working on is being prepared for its maiden sortie/first flight. This has been a long time in the making as it was originally expected to be flying since 2020. Leonardo suggests that the Covid-19 pandemic and its associated spin-off effects derailed that timeline. However, the first demonstrator hull is in final assembly and below you can see some of the most recent images of the progress thus far...
Hydrogen Turboprop Engines For The Future?
Are Hydrogen turboprop engines going to be part of a future going forward? In an aviation world that is continually becoming more and more environmentally conscious and on a path to some decarbonization the majority of those efforts have been focused on the jet engine...
G700 Now Expected To Be Certified In March
The Gulfstream G700 is anticipated to make its Singaporean Air Show debut later this month when the event kicks-off on February 20th running to the 25th. Gulfstream will also be displaying a G600 at the show. The aircraft is still not in service officially as it has been granted certification by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The G700 was supposed to have received certification towards the end of 2023 allowing for the first deliveries but that did not happen...
New M700 Fury By Piper Aircraft
Piper Aircraft unveiled the latest iteration of its M-Class turboprop single. It is called the M700 Fury which takes over flagship status from the M600SLS. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification for the newest aircraft is expected to come in March of this year while other international approvals are set to be awarded in the second half of the year...
HondaJet's 250th Unit Shipped
The HondaJet, which earned its type certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in 2015, has been a game-changer in its class. To date, the aircraft holds 14 type certifications around the world. Its progressive evolution, from the HondaJet (2015), to the HondaJet Elite (2018), the Elite S (2021), and the latest Elite II (2022), has consistently redefined the very light jet category...
Stable Performance For Daher In 2023
By the end of 2023 Daher recorded 74 deliveries to customer around the world which was only 1 more unit more than in 2022. In terms of order intake for 2023, that perfectly matched the previous year as well standing at 100 units and takes their backlog well into-2025...
PC-24 Touches Down On Australian Highway
Pilatus PC-24 recently landed on an Australian outback highway. It is the first time that a PC-24 has landed on a highway according to Pilatus. It should be clear that the event was a simulation ran by Royal Flying Doctors Service in Australia to test their response to a road accident in more remote areas. The highway was closed for the simulation and a touchdown zone painted on the highway to help guide the pilots...
2024 To Be Encouraging For Some Airframers
2024 will be a year where large-cabin executive jet deliveries climb. This is simply because the Dassault Falcon 6X and the Gulfstream G700 are expected to be squarely in service. Both the Falcon 6X and the Gulfstream G700 faced delayed certification and in the case of the G700 that has pushed entry-into-service (EIS) into 2024. EIS was expected to be towards the end of 2023 for the G700. That has pushed a bunch of customer units into 2024...
Southern California Preparing For Electric Aviation
As part of the ramp-up towards certification of individual eVTOLs and electric aircraft in general, the charging infrastructure needs to be in place as well. In many cases, this infrastructure along with the airport's/vertiports/landing areas have not even been started. Remember quite a few of these new aircraft are supposed to be certified in 2025. In the case of Joby Aviation, the first aircraft recharging station for air-taxi type aircraft in Southern California will be placed at the John Wayne Airport...
Official Unveiling Coming For X-59 QueSST This Month
The last we heard about the Lockheed Martin/NASA QueSST X-59 was perhaps mid-2023 when they were ground-testing the first assembled test aircraft prototype. https://www.jetforums.net/threads/news-nasa-x-59-moves-towards-ground-testing.4687/#post-29152 . We were able to see parts of the airframe last year but not a fully-assembled aircraft. This month NASA is expected to officially roll-out the X-59...
Hermeus Project Latest Advancements
The Hermeus Project is a hypersonic endeavour that JF has been following over the last few years. This article serves as an update to this project. JF carried a previous article stating that the 'Quarterhorse' was supposed to have its first flight in 2022...
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...
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