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Two New Upgrades For Project 'Canada'
One Aviation has announced yesterday two new upgrades for the new Project 'Canada'/Eclipse 700. Customers will be able to have have electrochromic dimmable windows and lithium-ion batteries. The very light jet will have the dimmable windows technology supplied by PPG Aerospace. The lithium-ion batteries will be supplied by Acme Aerospace confirmed by One Aviation CEO Alan Klapmeier...
Check The Daher Socata TBM910 At AirVenture Oshkosh
Daher Socata announced that they will be premiering the TBM 910 at the United States AirVenture at Oshkosh. The TBM 910’s appearance during this week’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh fly-in will be at Wittman Regional Airport, Wisconsin through to July 30. The G1000 NXi replaces Garmin’s previous G1000 configuration used by Daher on TBM 900 versions, introducing a high-resolution display design with state-of-the-art processors. These improvements provide a faster boot-up and software loading, while enabling the system to manage more aviation data and maps (such as visual approach plates)...
Cessna Denali Progress Steady
Since the big reveal of the Cessna Denali Single Engine Turbo Prop (SETP) by Textron Aviation, things have been steadily going on behind the scenes as it relates to the project...
2,500th Falcon Jet Shipped By Dassault
French executive jet airframer Dassault Falcon celebrated the 2,500th Falcon jet delivered to a customer. The milestone aircraft was a Falcon 900LX was handed over at the Little Rock Completion Center to a longtime Falcon customer based in the United States...
2Q17 Performance For Textron Aviation
Textron Aviation says that they revenues for the second quarter of 2017 dropped mainly due less King Air deliveries compared to the same period a year ago. Jet performance for the period have been decent with Textron shipping one more aircraft more than in the second quarter of 2016. 46 Citation aircraft were delivered in the second quarter while 19 King Air class turbo prop aircraft were shipped...
550th Gulfstream G550 Ships To Customer
Gulfstream is proud to announce that it has delivered the 550th Gulfstream G550 to a customer. The airframer did not list who the milestone executive aircraft was handed over to but it solidifies the notion that the G550 is one of the most popular large-cabin business jets around. “This milestone delivery affirms the continued demand for the G550, one of the most dependable and sought-after aircraft in the world today,” said Mark Burns, president, Gulfstream...
Latest On Global 7000 Program By Bombardier
Canadian airframer Bombardier's Global 7000 program is progressing well and the testing has surpassed 500 flight hours with FTV 4 and FTV5 in final phases of production. The first Flight Test Vehicle has been flying since November 2016 and since then two test articles joined the program. Overall when all five test articles have been engaged, Bombardier will look for certification by the second half of 2018...
2Q17 Yields 24 Executive Jet Deliveries For Embraer
Brazilian executive and commercial jet airframer Embraer announced its delivery performance for the second quarter of 2017. The release said that the company shipped 24 executive jets for the corresponding period. They also managed to deliver 35 commercial jets -regional type jets-. The breakdown for the executive side of the business is as follows...
First Production Pilatus PC-24 Wing And Fuselage Joined
The first customer-bound Pilatus PC-24 executive jet in production is now standing on its own legs according to Pilatus. The wings were recently joined to the fuselage marking a pivotal point in the production process for the first jet. The joining happened on the 12th of July at the company's head office facilities. This operation, referred to as a "marriage", requires the highest degree of concentration from the Pilatus builders. The process of attaching the wings to the fuselage demands accuracy to within a hundredth of a millimeter. Not to mention that the connection has to be solid enough to last for a "business jet lifetime"...
Embraer Flies First U.S Assembled Legacy 500
Another milestone was met for Embraer recently when the company flew the first United States assembled Legacy 500 midsize executive jet. The aircraft was put together at Embraer's Melbourne plant in Florida. The achievement comes just eight months after the company assembled the first Legacy 450 at the same Melbourne facility. The Melbourne, Florida Embraer plant has expanded its production capabilities to building the airframer's midsize line jets -the Legacy 450 and 500-. The entry-level Phenom 100 and 300 aircraft are also manufactured at this facility...
Dassault Falcon 5X Flies With 'Preliminary Engines'
As many of our readers will know, the Dassault 5X program has been hit by delays resulting from issues relating to the Safran Silvercrest powerplants that are due to power this aircraft. However, today a testbed Falcon 5X took to the skies powered by 'preliminary variants' of the Silvercrest engines...
1500th Pilatus PC12 Handed Over To Customer
Pilatus recently celebrated the delivery of the 1500th PC12 turboprop. The milestone aircraft went to Royal Flying Doctor Service in Australia. Just under 2,000 Pilatus employees and guests took part, watching with pride as the 1,500th PC-12 with its special livery was handed over to the RFDS by Oscar J. Schwenk, Chairman of Pilatus. The anniversary aircraft had been earmarked for the RFDS as a symbolic thank you for its longstanding loyalty. In the run-up to the handover, Pilatus employees were invited to write thank you messages to the customer, to be displayed on the 1,500th PC-12...
Nextant Pushing The Remanufacture Envelope
Nextant Aerospace is the world's builders of the 400XTi, G90XT, and newly announced Challenger 604XT and they are pushing the envelope further in terms of capability by merging with a solid comapany. They announced the merger with Air Services, a leading provider of off wing services including component repair and overhaul, PMA capability and composite manufacturing and repair...
Fourth Gulfstream G600 Takes To The Skies
Yesterday Gulfstream announced that the fourth G600 made its debut flight and joined the ongoing test program. The jet still unpainted took off from Savannah-Hilton Head Airport around 6:50PM local time and spent just over an hour in the air. The aircraft climbed to as high as 51,000-feet and reach Mach 0.925. The fourth aircraft joins the test regime only six weeks after the third test article...
Raisbeck Swept Props For King Airs Gain Approval In Argentina
Raisbeck Engineering has notched-up another Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) validation for its swept prop aimed at the Beechcraft King Air 300 series. For those who may not know, Raisbeck Engineering is essentially an aftermarket aircraft equipment manufacturer and their swept blades for this line of turboprop is gaining quite a footing...
Daher Socata TBM 910 On Show At PAS'17
Daher Socata's newest aircraft model, the TBM 910, is at the 52nd edition of the Paris Air Show. It is the company's latest iteration of TBM aircraft and they are hoping to drum-up sales of the very fast single-engine turboprop during the show. Our new TBM 910 version – as well as the other TBM-series aircraft – is seeing increased interest of commercial operators for its unmatched performance-to-cost ratio,” commented Nicolas Chabbert, Senior Vice President of the Daher Airplane Business Unit...
Cessna Turbo Skyhawk JT-A Certified By EASA, FAA
This upgraded Cessna Skyhawk has been now certified by EASA and the FAA and is ready for deliveries to customers. The turbo-powered Skyhawk JT-A is more powerful and has better performance than its predecessor. Climb rate, speed, takeoff distance and range are all better than the previous iteration. The Turbo Skyhawk JT-A is a factory option as well that includes an integrated powerplant, propeller and cockpit upgrade package that boosts the standard Skyhawk’s performance...
Embraer Legacy 450 To Debut At Paris Air Show
Le Bourget is set to see the Embraer Legacy 450 in all of its splendour for the 52nd edition of the Paris Air Show. Although this is the only executive jet that the Brazilian airframer is showcasing at this airshow the company is displaying the KC-390 from it's defense arm as well as the E195-E2 from the commercial side of the business. As a reminder, the Paris Air Show starts June 19th to the 25th...
Textron Rolls Out First Production Citation Longitude
The first production Cessna Citation Longitude has rolled out of the Plant IV facility at Beech Field in east Wichita. “The Citation Longitude sets a new standard in the super-midsize segment, not only through the aircraft’s design and performance, but also in the way we are manufacturing it,” said Ron Draper, senior vice president, Integrated Supply Chain...
HondaJet Gains Canadian Certification
The HondaJet is well into the ramp-up process of delivering customer bound aircraft but the company is still slowly spreading its wings around the world in terms of gaining certification approvals. The latest came from the Canadian Authorities...
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