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LABACE 2018 Debut For Gulfstream's G600
Starting next week, patrons will be able to see the newest executive jet from General Dynamics airframer Gulfstream. The G600 will be on static display at the Congonhas Airport in Sao Paulo for the 2018 edition of the Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (LABACE)...
Epic Aircraft E1000 Moves Closer To Certification
Yesterday Epic Aircraft updated the public about the latest relating to their E1000. Things have been quiet while the testing of the conforming test aircraft move along. They are elated to say that structural testing of the composite aircraft has been successfully concluded and Type Certification (TC) is on course for fourth Q4) quarter of this year. Ahead of that though the company expects to receive Type Inspection Authorization (TIA) from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) before the end of this month...
EAA AirVenture Debut For HondaJet Elite
The Honda Aircraft Company announced that has the HondaJet Elite at the ongoing EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh. It represents the newest iteration's United States debut. It is currently at the show which started on the 23rd and will continue to the 29th of July in Wisconsin. "As Honda Aircraft Company marks another milestone at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, I am reminded of how important this air show is to aviators and enthusiasts around the world," stated Honda Aircraft Company President and CEO Michimasa Fujino...
900th TBM Aircraft Delivered By Daher Socata
Daher Socata is celebrating the 900th delivery of a TBM turboprop aircraft. According to a July 23rd press release Daher Socata the 900th aircraft was a TBM 930 variant and went to Thomas Solano, an IT entrepreneur in Jacksonville, Florida."We are committed to maintaining the TBM as best-in-class for the long-term, and will continue a sustained production rate for the aircraft," said Nicolas Chabbert, Senior Vice President of the Daher Airplane Business Unit...
Piper's Growth Accelerates With Good Q2 Performance
Despite the recent FAA Airworthiness directive against Piper's flagship M600 the company should be in good spirits after enjoying a good second quarter performance overall. The overall performance for Q2 is up 65-percent over the same period last year. The company posted Q2 2018 aircraft revenue of $62.3M on 53 deliveries versus $52.1M revenue on 32 aircraft deliveries in 2017...
Q2 '18 Saw 20 Executive Jets Delivered By Embraer
Brazilian airframer Embraer reportedly shipped 20 executive jets for the second quarter of 2018. The breakdown is as follows, for the light jet category which is represented by their Phenom line, 15 were delivered. 12 of them were Phenom 300s and the other 3 were the Phenom 100. Of course the rest of the deliveries came from the midsize and larger cabin jets...
First Half Sees 18 Bizjet Orders For Dassault Falcon
Dassault Falcon has done a bit better this year so far in terms of its order intake. The French company said that is has taken orders for 18 business jets for the first half of 2018. This is four jets better than last year with 14 articles for the same period. These do not include old orders for the now defunct Falcon 5X...
Cessna Denali Mockup At EAA Air Venture
In a few days you will be able to see a full mockup of the Cessna Denali turboprop at the 2018 EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh. From July 23rd through to the 29th there will be a mockup with complete cockpit with functioning avionics, fully updated interior and the McCauley 105-inch diameter composite, five-blade, constant speed propeller. Travel to the Wittman Regional Airport for viewing...
BOOM Supersonic Delays XB-1 Demonstrator
As the race continues to heat up in the supersonic jet sector the realities of pursuing speed-of-sound benchmarks will crop up. BOOM Supersonic, a company in close competition with the likes of Aerion Corporation (AS2), announced at the ongoing Farnborough International Air Show in England, that it is delaying the XB-1 Demonstrator by a year...
FAA AirWorthiness Directive For Piper's M600
Piper Aircraft's flagship model the M600 single engine turboprop has been handed down an airworthiness directive from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). It appears that on some M600s undersized fasteners have been used in construction and to address this "unsafe condition" the FAA is issuing an airworthiness directive that will go into effect from July 25th, 2018...
High Speed World Tour Completed By Gulfstream G500
General Dynamics company Gulfstream announced yesterday that their G500 jet has successfully concluded its whirlwind high-speed world tour. The world tour is an important part of the final testing for the G500 which would surround real world functionality and reliability for the aircraft. It encompassed 130,000 miles visiting 44 cities and 18 countries on six continents in just seven months. It even crammed in 20 cities in just 18 days...
Gulfstream G500; 600 Could Be In Some Nacelle Turbulence
News is that a contracted company by Pratt & Whitney Canada that has been responsible for making parts of the PW800 has stopped production of the Nacelle part of the engine that is destined to power the Gulfstream G500 and G600. There is a dispute going on between Pratt & Whitney Canada and a company called Nordam...
BBJ Demonstrator Delivered To Boeing By AMAC Aerospace
AMAC Aerospace announced that it has re-delivered a BBJ demonstrator jet to Boeing after an intensive year-long period of work. The scope of the work included refinishing of interior materials, continuity in colour scheme, custom layout for the interior, cameras were added as well as alert systems for taxiing...
Final Assembly For First Airbus ACJ320neo
Airbus announced last week that the first unit in the ACJ320neo series has entered final assembly and is expected to be delivered to Acropolis Aviation for VIP-interior fitout. The aircraft is moving along smoothly in final assembly at the Hamburg, Germany plant. Acropolis Aviation is due to receive the aircraft in the final quarter of 2018...
Boeing Unveils Hypersonic Design
While a couple private companies fight it out in the supersonic commercial/business jet realm, Boeing is taking the race hypersonic. That's right, Boeing announced the intention and released one rendering recently at an aerospace conference in Atlanta. The design proposes a top speed for 4,000 mph flying at 95,000 feet (FL950) and to come on stream in 2030 and onwards. This would cut travel time across the Atlantic to around 2 hours. Boeing isn't solely targeting the commercial market with this craft. It can have applications elsewhere like the military...
End Of The Road For Citation X+
Textron Aviation brand Cessna is looking to end the long-time production of the Citation X latest iteration, the X+. It wasn't that they weren't selling -even though demand has been slackening- it is more of a strategic move on the part of Textron. With the Citation Longitude expected to start deliveries soon they do not want potential cannibalism of market share for the new offering. So it appears the decision has been made to end the 22-year long production run of the fastest business jet...
Pilatus PC-24 Starts Unpaved Runway Testing
Alongside the successful introduction of the PC-24Super Versatile Jet to market service, Pilatus Aircraft is still doing testing on the aircraft model. One of the marketing tenants of the aircraft was that it would be able to operate for unprepared or unpaved runways which is one of the main reasons the aircraft is called the super versatile jet. Unpaved runway testing has gotten underway and the first test aircraft registered VB-VXA has already undergone its first set of rough field testing. Pilatus plans on obtaining 'Rough Field' certification in the fourth quarter of 2018. Testing started on June 19th 2018...
Second Generation Quest Kodiak 100
With the success of the turboprop Quest Kodiak 100, the company has gone ahead and made enhancements good enough to be renamed as the second generation of the original model. The original was introduced to the market in 2008 and now in 2018, the second generation is available. Upgrades flow in both the cockpit and the cabin...
Nextant Aerospace 604XT Fusion Upgrade Coming In Q4
Remanufacture specialist Nextant Aerospace says that they expect to gain supplemental type certification (STC) from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the avionics Fusion upgrade to the 604XT (originally the Bombardier Challenger 604) in the fourth quarter of 2018. The Challenger 604 came with the Rockwell Collins Pro Line 4 avionics suite and is being upgraded to the Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion flight deck -pending certification-. This represents the first phase in the modernization of the Challenger 604 to the Nextant Aerospace 604XT...
Pilatus PC-24 To Reopen Order Book After Operator Feedback
Oscar Schwenk, chairman of Pilatus Aircraft says he acknowledges that there is strong interest for the PC-24 Super Versatile Jet but won't bow to the pressure to reopen the order book prematurely. "We must give it time before we start on the next order round," says Schwenk. "We will gather feedback from a range of operators on how their PC-24 is performing, to see what, if any, steps need to be taken to iron out any issues with the aircraft...
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