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Tamarack ATLAS Active Winglets Approved For Cessna Citation 525B Series
Cessna's Citation CJ3 and CJ3+ are now greenlighted to be able to carry Tamarack Aerospace's ATLAS Active Winglets. The winglets recently gained certification and once retrofitted will go a long way to extending the range of your CJ3 or CJ3+. Besides performance, the new winglets add further to the aesthetic appeal of these aircraft...
Full-Electric Sun Flyer 2 Nearing First Flight
The Sun Flyer 2 is a fully-electric prop aircraft that is in development and close to its maiden flight. Being developed by BYE Aerospace, the aircraft has been going through its paces on the ground at Engelwood, Colorado. The company is named after its CEO, George Bye and it is looking to soon have its first flight even though a definite date has not been set...
Indian Order For The XTI TriFan 600 Hybrid Electric Jet
The in-development XTI TriFan 600 Hybrid-Electric jet has gained an Indian order to their growing backlog. Since last year, the company has been adding orders to the backlog and last month XTI announced an order from an Indian client. Arvind Lal, Chairman and Managing Director of Dr...
ANA; Honda Aircraft Company Partners
Big news for the Honda Aircraft Company with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a relationship with ANA Holdings. Yes, this means that ANA soon could be using HondaJets to transport some of their business and executive passengers on existing shuttled routes. ANA will introduce current business jet users and its commercial flight customers to the HondaJet by maximizing the utilization of the aircraft...
FIDAE To See Piper M600 For The First Time
The FIDAE Show is expected o start on April 3rd and run through to the 8th of April. It is at this show that Piper is expected to display one of their M600 turboprops for the first time. To be more specific, Piper is collaborating with Chilean dealer Aeroneed to display the aircraft at the exhibition...
Bombardier Ramps Up Global 7000 Activities Ahead Of Certification
Canadian airframer Bombardier is currently busy ramping up all activities surrounding the Global 7000 model as it moves ever closer to EIS. The Global 7000 is the company's newest model that will make it out of the testing phase and into service. Of course the Global 7000 was being developed with the Global 8000 model but Bombardier discontinued development of the latter, for now...
DELETE Facebook!
As responsible members of the internet community, we feel the need to help our members protect their interests and personal information. Many of you may have heard the news that an extremely popular app – Facebook – has been secretly collecting private and personal information through users mobile phones. Facebook has been collecting call logs and text logs from some user phones, then selling that information to 3rd parties who “target” both you and your contacts.
Elon Musk has deleted the Facebook pages for Tesla and SpaceX. Following in his footsteps, we have deleted the Facebook pages for YachtForums and JetForums. We hope others follow suit...
Embraer Revenue Slide Into The End of 2017
It appears that Embraer executive jets continued the third quarter slide in jet deliveries into the 4th quarter and ended 2017 fairly flat in that regard. The overall revenue for the year accumulated was in the region of 1.48 billion dollars and that was as of the end of December 31st. If that is compared for the same period in 2016, revenues stood at 1.73 billion dollars at the time. For 2017, Embraer Executive Jets delivered 109 business jets compared with 117 in 2016...
Testing Starts On Cessna Sky Courier 408 Design
Remember in November or December of 2017, JF alerted you to the unveiling of the Cessna Sky Courier 408 design? Cessna has been quietly behind the scenes working on fine-tuning the design for the final product before the build gets underway on the test planes. Cessna says that they have completed initial wind tunnel testing on the Sky Courier 408 model, paving the way for the final design...
Cirrus Aircraft Does Well In 2017 With Strong Delivery Figures
Cirrus Aircraft reported in February on their performance in 2017. They painted a good picture with numbers-up, backed by strong delivery figures. Of course the majority of their deliveries would be in their SR line of aircraft but their new jet, the SF50 Vision® Jet is starting to hold its own...
HondaJet Expands Into India With Sales
With Wings India (India's largest civil aviation expo) wrapping up yesterday, Honda Aircraft Company took the chance to inform the world that they are continuing to expand their sales pitch. The latest area of capture is India with the appointment of Arrow Aircraft Sales and Charters Pvt., Ltd. as an authorized sales representative based in New Delhi, India. Honda Aircraft Company attended the Wings India event for the first time...
Citation Longitude Flies 31,000 Nautical Miles In 31 Days
Textron Aviation brand Cessna reports today that one of their Citation Longitude aircraft flew around the globe, covering 31,000 nautical miles in 31 days. To complete this feat, the aircraft flew 27 legs visiting 12 cities in the process. It is an impressive feat for this new aircraft which is Cessna's current flagship...
Challenger 350 Steep-Approach Certification Soon
Canadian airframer Bombardier is zeroing-in on certification for steep approaches using the Challenger 350. Bombardier says they have wrapped up testing of the Challenger 350 in regards to steep approaches and approval is anticipated to be granted later this year...
First Citation XLS With Garmin G5000 Cockpit Flies
With STC expected in early 2019, Garmin is moving ahead with heavy testing of their G5000 integrated flight deck for the Cessna Citation XLS. Garmin retrofitted a Citation XLS with the G5000 system and it flew for the first time last week. The first flight lasted just over 100 minutes. Pilots of the Citation XLS will soon enjoy three 14-inch displays and according to Garmin will provide up to 150 lbs of weight savings...
Most Delivered Midsize Jet; Citation Latitude
The battle is on for the most delivered business jets in the middle of the market. The most delivered executive jets in the super midsize and midsize categories are currently between Bombardier's Challenger 350 and the Cessna Citation Latitude respectively. For Cessna, the Citation Latitude as earned the title as most delivered midsize business jet for a second consecutive year now. 2017 was indeed a good year for the Textron Aviation company...
India To See Falcon 8X For The First Time At Wings India
Wings India is India's largest civilian aviation showcase and Dassault will be showcasing their flagship Falcon 8X at this show which is expected to open tomorrow (March 8th) at the Hyderabad Begumpet Airport...
Longest Leg Flown By Cessna Citation Longitude To Date
With the Cessna Citation Longitude expected to gain Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and (European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification very soon, Texrton Aviation company Cessna is gearing up to show the best face of their newest aircraft to market. After the Singapore Airshow finished last month, a Citation Longitude that was on display departed the Seletar Singapore Airport (XSP) and flew non-stop to Sydney, Australia (SYD). That journey took the aircraft 7 hours and 39 minutes at an average speed of Mach 0.80. Onboard were two pilots and five passengers, rounding out the 3,504 nautical mile journey at 41,000 feet...
Falcon 6X Unveiled By Dassault Falcon
Many of you might remember the constantly reoccurring issues Dassault Falcon was having to deal with in relation to the Falcon 5X program. Of course since then, they cancelled that program and decided to look towards the future. Today, the French business jet airframer announced that the 6X will take first flight in early 2021 and commence deliveries in 2022. After the issues Dassault Falcon experienced with the Safran Silvercrest engines that were powering the 5X, Dassault decided to move away from them and use Pratt & Whitney Pure®Power Canada's PW800 powerplants for this new 6X...
HondaJet Finishes 2017 As Most Delivered Business Jet In Class
The HondaJet continued its strong performance in the last year as it closed out 2017 with the distinction of having delivered the most jets in the light jet category. This is based on numbers provided by General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA). The Honda Aircraft Company is steadily ramping up production to increase the rate to meet customer demand. At present, Honda Aircraft Company says they are making four aircraft per month at their Greensboro, North Carolina plant...
Bombardier Challenger 350 Dominates SuperMidsize Segment
The Bombardier Challenger 350 is dominating the SuperMidsize market. This is according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA). For 2017, Canadian airframer Bombardier delivered 56 units of the Challenger 350 resulting in a 53-percent market capture for the SuperMidsize segment. Bear in mind that the Challenger 350 entered service in 2014 and has passed the 200 delivery mark already in 2017. The delivery pace is being kept up backed by continuous order intake...
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