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Cessna Citation Excel; XLS Garmin G5000 Flight Deck Upgrade
The market is heating up for older generation business jets to have their flight decks overhauled and upgraded to modern avionics suites. The latest to be a candidate for upgrades is the Cessna Citation Excel and XLS models using the Garmin G5000 staggered touchscreen three-panel layout. These upgrades are expected to be available for retrofit in 2018 pending FAA approval. The upgrade is also expected to shed around 200 lbs of weight as well...
Brazil Gives The Nod To Fusion-Equipped Beechcraft King Airs
Brazil's Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC) has given the green light to Beechcraft's Pro Line Fusion-Equipped turboprop King Airs. It allows deliveries of those upgraded King Airs to commence into the Latin American region. The King Air 250 is going to be the first of the King Air type to be delivered with the Pro Line Fusion flight deck and cabin enhancements. The cabin now offers an enhanced passenger experience. With Wi-Fi capability available on all King Air models, the personal device-centric cabin environment allows customers to stay connected and productive throughout their flight experience...
57th Speed Record Attained By The Gulfstream G280
The Super Midsize Gulfstream G280 executive jet has added another speed record to the books. This is now the 57th record in relation to the G280 to date since coming into the market in November of 2012. The record involved a flight between Guernsey in the Channel Islands and Teterboro in New Jersey taking just 7 hours and 26 minutes. The super mid-size business jet departed Guernsey Airport at 7:54 a.m. local time and arrived at Teterboro Airport at 10:20 a.m. local time, completing the 3,216-nautical-mile/5,956-kilometer flight at an average speed of Mach 0.80...
Nextant 400A/XP Next Gen Flight Deck
Nextant, the airframer of the remanufactured 400XTI is offering upgraded flight deck for owners and operators of the 400A and XP variants. The four-display layout of the Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 suite is what is available for the 400A and XP. The latest Pro Line 21™ flight deck brings ADS-B compliance, four displays, synthetic vision, and newly-designed glare shield as standard features. Year-end incentive offers feature-rich flight deck for $399,995 with three year warranty...
Gulfstream To End GIV Series Production
With the brand new Gulfstream G500 soon to come into market Gulfstream is making the decision to end series production of the GIV. The company announced today that it will cease production of the G450 in 2018. The G450 was certified in 1987 and has since then been delivered to customers all over the world. To be specific, the executive jet airframer has delivered 870 G-IV, G-IVSP and G450s which all hold similar certificate...
Large Business Jet Deliveries Up In The Q3 For Embraer
Brazilian executive jet airframer Embraer has seen a bit of a spike in their large cabin jet deliveries for the Third Quarter (Q3). Bare in mind the hike is respective to their larger cabin offerings suggesting that it has been a 33-percent increase. The Legacy Line particularly the new 450 and 500 have been doing quite well to date. For a long time deliveries have been on the back of the Phenom Light Jet line. Let's look at the numbers for closer analysis...
First Cessna Citation Longitude Takes To The Skies
Textron Aviation subsidiary Cessna has celebrated the first flight of their new Citation Longitude model. The successful first flight now kicks off the testing towards certification in earnest for the Wichita-based airframer. The first flight of the Longitude comes less than a year after the model was introduced to the world...
First Dassault Falcon 8X Delivered
Finally the time came where French airframer Dassault Falcon celebrated the delivery of the first Falcon 8X longrange executive jet. The first milestone aircraft has been delivered to Greek Business Aviation company Amjet Executive...
Gulfstream G500 Upgrades; Certification 2017
Gulfstream is targeting next year for the certification of the G500 luxury executive jet. Five test articles are currently flying around testing various regimes and parameters important to attaining certification of the type. Those test aircraft have flown over 360 flights amassing over 1,500 flight test hours. One of them is a production aircraft with a fully finished production interior...
Embraer Flies First Legacy 450 Assembled In Melbourne, FL
Embraer announced yesterday that the first Legacy 450 model to be assembled in Melbourne, Florida United States has made its first flight. The mid-light jet performed as expected and all the flight test procedures were completed to satisfaction according to the Brazilian airframer. The Legacy 450 is the third business jet model to be assembled at the Company’s recently expanded Melbourne facility, where the midsize Legacy 500 will also be assembled, beginning in 2017...
Gulfstream Sells Last G150 Finishing 10-Year Production
General Dynamics company Gulfstream announces that it has sold its last Gulfstream G150 effectively ending a ten-year production run of the venerable midsize business jet. The jet was sold and is expected to be delivered to the customer in the middle of 2017. For G150 owners have no fear, Gulfstream will still be supplying parts and service for the type even though production is ending. Gulfstream’s fleet of nearly 120 G150s comprises operators in the U.S., Canada, Central America, South America, Europe and Asia...
Phenom and E2 Seat-Manufacturing Plant Opens In Florida
Brazilian airframer Embraer has widened its presence in the United States and more specifically Florida with the establishment and opening of a dedicated seat-manufacturing plant for its Phenom and E2 jet models. The new 50,000 square foot plant is located in Titusville, Florida and was opened on September 19th, 2016...
Piper Receives Approval For M600 From Mexico
In a recent press release Piper says that they have received approval from Mexico for their M600 model. Piper received type validation from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation of Mexico (DGAC) and represents the first approval for the M600 in the Central and South American region. Application for validation was filed shortly after receipt of the type certificate from the FAA...
Daher Socata Delivers First UK Based TBM 930
Daher Socata is a manufacturer of very fast turbo prop executive aircraft and their latest so-called TBM model is the TBM 930. Deliveries of the latest iteration commenced a while ago and now Daher announces that they have delivered the first 930 to be based in the UK. It also marked the initial TBM 930 sale by Flying Smart – the newly-appointed TBM Authorized Distributor for the U.K. and Ireland...
FAA Gives Nod To Hawker Beechcraft 400XPR
The Beechcraft Corporation which is a subsidiary of Textron Aviation recently gained Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification for the Beechcraft 400XPR jet. All components of the exclusive factory-approved, engineered and supported upgrade package are available for installation on Beechjet 400A/Hawker 400XP aircraft at Textron Aviation service centers worldwide...
US Production Certificate For Piper's M600
Piper has attained United States Production certification for the M600 which basically will allow them to manufacture and test the M600 from their Vero Beach facilities. The M600 is the newest aircraft in the Piper family and is a six-seat turboprop machine. It is a nice upgrade to the company's M500 aircraft and showcases a digital fuel management system, slightly redesigned wing and new restyled interior...
First Piaggio Avanti EVO From New Villanova d’Albenga Plant Flies
The first Piaggio Avanti EVO pusher-prop aircraft to come out of the new Piaggio Villanova d'Albenga Plant has taken its first flight. Last year Piaggio made the decision to move their production from Genoa to the new facility Villanova d'Albenga. This aircraft is expected to be finished up for a client and delivered for later this month...
First Registered And Operated Bombardier Challenger 650 In Mexico
The first Bombardier Challenger 650 to be both registered and operated in Mexico has been announced by Bombardier. It now joins numerous Bombardier business jets that operate in that region. The aircraft entered service earlier this year and is now with approximately 200 other Bombardier executive jets operating in the Mexican area and 550 in the general Latin American region. The Challenger aircraft series, and the Challenger 650 jet in particular, are leaders in their category in Latin America with a market share of over 40 per cent...
Piper's M500 Gains EASA Approval
Piper announced on Monday that their M500 turboprop has been given the greenlight by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). This means that deliveries can start to filter into the European region under European registrations and operations. Brazil, Canada and Japan's respective agencies have already given approvals to the M500. “EASA certification is an important milestone allowing us to kick off a major sales campaign to bring the M500 to the European market,” said Simon Caldecott, President and CEO of Piper Aircraft...
First Cessna Citation Longitude Nears First Flight
Textron Aviation brand Cessna says that they are one step closer to having the first Cessna Citation Longitude take flight. The Longitude has now completed initial ground engine testing which will directly pave the way towards the first flight of the new aircraft model...
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