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Kodiak Sales Expansion Right After Daher Acquisition
On the heels of Quest Aircraft's acquisition by Daher comes news of Kodiak sales expansion in the Asian region. Altair Business Aviation based in Turkey, and Forth Corporation based in Thailand were recently added to complement their sales network in the Southeast Asia. "We have witnessed a steadily growing interest in Asia for the Kodiak, and we’re pleased to welcome two new partners to the Kodiak family to support that interest," said Paul Branham, Kodiak Sales Director for Asia, Europe, Middle East and Africa...
Mooney Appears To Be In Trouble
This week was a tough time for the Mooney airframer when many of its workers were reportedly let go. Remember a few years ago this company was taken over by Chinese interest. To be specific, a Chinese Real Estate company called Meijing Group acquired them and all seemed to be going decently for Mooney until this Chinese company closed its doors recently...
FAA Type Certification For Epic's E1000
The long-awaited full type certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been granted to Bend, Oregon-based airframer Epic Aircraft for their E1000 single engine turboprop. The aircraft is run by the Pratt & Whitney PT6A-67A which is a 1,200 SHP powerplant enabling a maximum cruise speed of approximately 325-knots...
Cirrus Aircraft Introduces Safe Return Feature On G2 Vision Jet
Emergency automated landing seems to be the next big thing in business jet aviation on the smaller-end of the industry. First we heard of the HALO system with the revamped Piper M600 SLS and now Cirrus Aircraft is bringing a similar technology to their Cirrus Vision Jet G2. Cirrus calls theirs Safe ReturnTM. "Our mission is to make personal aviation more accessible by continuing to improve passenger comfort and safety," said Zean Nielsen, Cirrus Aircraft Chief Executive Officer...
2019 3rd Quarter Deliveries Climb For Embraer
Thanks to the new Praetor 600 and coming on-stream for service the third quarter of 2019 looks better than it did in 2018 for the same period. 7 Praetor 600s were shipped to customers and this made the different in the Q3. Other deliveries included the popular Phenom line (14 Phenom 300s and 1 Phenom 100) as well as 1 Legacy 500 and 4 Legacy 450s. This totals 27 business jets shipped in the third quarter of 2019...
M600 SLS From Piper Aircraft
Piper Aircraft has been quiet in recent times but they are back in the news because of a revamp of the top-of-the-line M600. The new next-gen variant is called the M600 SLS. What's different about the SLS versus the standard M600 we have been accustomed to? Firstly, the SLS stands for Safety Luxury and Support which gives an idea the direction we are going in with this aircraft. The M600 SLS has something called the HALO System which is keep in this new very automated aircraft...
First Year Of Service For G500 With 25-Plus Deliveries
Gulfstream has announced that in just over a year since the new G500 entered into service that they have delivered more than 25 units to customers. In this time period the first G500 to a Brazilian customer also happened. The first G500 was delivered in September of 2018. "When the first all-new G500 was delivered last September, we knew customers were receiving a mature aircraft backed by Gulfstream’s record of delivering on its promises," said Mark Burns, president, Gulfstream...
Update On The Falcon 6X By Dassault Falcon
French airframer Dassault Falcon updated the public on the latest developments with their in-development Falcon 6X. The first aircraft is in the initial stages of assembly where the different sections of the fuselage are being worked on and more-or-less completed. Dassault said they expected assembly to be done later this month in an update at the NBAA-BACE in Las Vegas, Nevada...
NBAA-BACE Update From Piaggio Aerospace
Italian airframer Piaggio Aerospace has given an update into the latest going on at the company. In our last update we heard that the company was looking for a new buyer (and they still are), but more has been revealed. At the NBAA-BACE show they allowed the media to know their current position...
Daher Completes Quest Aircraft Company Acquisition
Daher Socata is pleased to announce that they have completed the acquisition of the Quest Aircraft Company. Previous news on this highlighted that they were in the process of purchasing Quest but now the process it completed and will mean increased North American marketshare for the French airframer."Our acquisition of the Quest Aircraft Company is perfectly aligned with Daher’s strategy to intensify its business footprint in America," said Daher CEO Didier Kayat...
Pilatus Unveils PC-12NGX
Swiss airframer Pilatus aircraft announced at the NBAA-BACE currently underway in Las Vegas, Nevada the third generation Pilatus PC-12NGX...
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...
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