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FAA Certifies Nextant Aerospace G90XT Turbo Prop
Nextant Aerospace are pleased to announce that the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted full certification for their G90XT Turbo Prop...
Gulfstream G500; G600 To Asia-Debut In Singapore
The 2018 Singapore Airshow is fast approaching as it kicks off from February 6th and runs through until the 11th. Gulfstream will be taking their G500 and G600 to the show where they will be on static display along with other excelling members of the Gulfstream fleet. The super midsize Gulfstream G280, long range G550 and the ultra long range, wide-cabin G650ER will be on show as well...
Cessna Performance For 2017
Textron Aviation's Cessna brand did okay in 2017 depending on how you count the numbers and which angle you analyze. It would have been a sub-par performance in their King Air turboprop department with those aircraft not meeting 2016 delivery established figures. King Air deliveries totaled 86 for 2017 which was 20 units less than the 106 shipped in 2016...
Chinese Certification On Horizon For Honda Jet
Honda Aircraft Company has been making moves to create the framework for their HondaJet to make a successful entry into the Chinese market. Last year Honda Aircraft Company announced that it chose Honsan General Aviation of Guangzhou as a HondaJet dealer in China. That is not only a big step in the right direction for integration of the HondaJet in this market but it makes sale potential alot easier for customers. They will not only be focusing on selling HondaJets in the Chinese area but they will be providing maintenance services too for the jets, in Hong Kong, Macau and China...
Epic Aircraft Flies Second Conforming Test E1000
The latest conforming test aircraft for the E1000 turboprop has taken to the skies. The aircraft is registered N332FT which is one number different from the first test aircraft -N331FT-. This one also looks a bit different with the grey belly paint...
G500 World Tour Starts; 12 Cities Being Visited
The Gulfstream G500 is soon expected to gain certification and entry into service and to drum up support, awareness and hopefully sales, they are taking the G500 on a world demo tour. In fact, they have started already and it is expected to run until June. During this tour the aircraft will visit 12 countries around the world. Of course the aircraft they will be using is a fully outfitted G500 and will demonstrate the cutting-edge and luxurious interior that this model can offer...
Final G450 Delivered By Gulfstream
Gulfstream just announced that it has delivered its final factory-line G450. It is somewhat a sad moment for an executive jet that has been leading in its segment for the last 12 years and for nearly 30 years the GIV series has been stellar. The Gulfstream G500 is set to enter service soon so the void from the now out-of-production G450 will eventually be refilled by the state-of-the-art G500...
Elliott Aviation New ADS-B Solution For Citation Excel; XLS
Elliott Aviation said yesterday that they have completed FAA testing on a new low-cost ADS-B for the Citation Excel and XLS. In addition to the Citation Excel, this STC can be applied to any aircraft with the Honeywell Primus radio package like the Hawker 800A/800XP and Hawker 1000. The STC is fully integrated and requires no modifications to the existing Honeywell equipment and is priced significantly less than the current Honeywell upgrade by 40% or more. It also does not require upgrades to any current Honeywell equipment which can save operators additional cost and downtime...
Aerolíneas Ejecutivas Orders Cessna Citation Latitude Jets
Textron Aviation brand Cessna is celebrating with a recent order from Mexican bizjet company Aerolíneas Ejecutivas (ALE). The company wants three mid-size Cessna Citation Latitude aircraft for their fleet and they will be operated in their fractional ownership arm, MexJet.“The Latitude will bring a winning combination of class-leading cabin comfort, performance and low operating costs to ALE’s fractional customers,” said Lannie O’Bannion, vice president, Sales, Latin America and Caribbean...
Deliveries Surpass Forecast In 2017 For Dassault Falcon
French airframer Dassault Falcon had a little to cheer about last year when they delivered more planes than they forecasted for the year. The company has been going through a tough time with business jet demand and supplier issues which led them to cancel the Falcon 5X program...
Bombardier Global 7000 Progresses; 8000 Doubtful
Canadian airframer Bombardier announced the Global 7000 and 8000 almost in the same breath and the industry was expecting a development and certification program of both of them almost around the same time you would have seen with Embraer and their Legacy 450 and 500 models and even Gulfstream with their G500 and G600 models. The situation has not worked out exactly as planned for Bombardier regarding the 7000 and 8000 Global programs running smoothly together at least...
New Five Year Plan For Piaggio Outlined
Piaggio Aerospace has outlined its plan for the next five years for overall operations. Remember they are also engaged in the defense industry namely with a military variant of the P180 which they call the P.1HH (hammerhead). There is also going to be invigoration of the business aircraft side of things with the P180 Avanti EVO...
Increased Employment At Piper As a Result Of High Aircraft Demand
Piper has seen the largest expansion of its employment role since 2009. The airframer said that it has achieved double-digit growth in deliveries and aircraft revenue for the 2017 period so far. The increase in demand for Piper products and resulting increase in production volume has driven the company headcount to over 900 employees located at the Piper world headquarters in Vero Beach, Florida...
Boeing Business Jets In 2017
Boeing Business Jet's year has not been too bad. Back at the National Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition a few months ago the executive arm of Boeing Commercial said that they had booked 14 orders for business jets at that time. As for the breakdown of those jets signed, the company disclosed the aircraft types. The orders include one 737, four BBJs, three BBJ MAXs, one BBJ 787-8, two BBJ 777-300ERs and three BBJ 747-8s. The orders garnered would account for approximately 2.7 billion dollars...
Textron Aviation Gives Faster Connectivity To Citation X
Textron Aviation has brought faster connectivity to one of the fastest civilian jets currently flying. The Cessna Citation X is the executive jet that Textron Aviation is giving a connectivity upgrade thanks to new STC approval for the Gogo AVANCE L5 connectivity solution...
Polish Pilots Complete Circumnavigation In A Daher Socata TBM 930
An extra ordinary feat was done when two Polish pilots completed a four-week-long circumnavigation of the planet in a Daher Socata TBM 930 fast turboprop. The duo, flew points that took them south of the Equator for most of the journey. The trip amassed 25,831 nautical miles and involved landing in 25 countries with 26 stopovers. Tomek Dudziak and Arjan Bakker were the pilots and they started the journey on November 6th and ended on December 3rd. The longest flight duration was six hours (from the Totegegie Atoll in French Polynesia to Easter Island), while the longest distance was a 1,629-nm...
Honda Aircraft Company Expand HondaJet Sales To HK, Macau, China
The Honda Aircraft Company is pleased to announce that it is expanding its sales presence in the Asian market. The Greater Chinese area, Macau, and Hong Kong have seen expanded sales with the appointment of a special dealer. Honda Aircraft Company implemented Honsan General Aviation Co & Ltd as the Honda Jet dealer in the area...
MoU On Future Of AS2 Between Aerion; Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin has been working with Aerion behind the scenes on the AS2 supersonic business jet by the Aerion Corporation. Lockheed Martin is no stranger to developing supersonic craft, most notably, the SR71 Blackbird, which was a Mach 3 aircraft. Lockheed Martin has been working closely with Aerion for about a year now to see the viability of this aircraft ...
Falcon 5X Program Cancelled By Dassault Falcon
The powerplants chosen to power the Dassault Falcon 5X executive jet are at the center of why Dassault executive made the decision to cancel the program. Multiple issues relating to the Safran Silvercrest engines resulted in delays to the program and the most recent publicly released issue was revealed in October 2017. The original delivery of compliant Silvercrest engines were supposed to happen in 2013 to meet Dassault Falcon's planned testing program...
Pilatus PC-24 Gains FAA; EASA Approval
A new chapter has begun for the Pilatus PC-24 light versatile executive jet. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approvals have been granted for the new jet. This brings the first customer-bound example closer to service entry...
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