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Honda Aircraft Company Officially Names HJ2600 As Echelon
News from the starting day of the 2023 NBAA-BACE in Las Vegas, Nevada has to do with the Honda Aircraft Company. The airframer has announced that the aircraft previously known as the HondaJet 2600 (HA-480) is now formally called the HondaJet Echelon. The aircraft which was formally introduced at the EBACE in May has been moving along in the initial development stages and is expected to enter service in 2028...
100% Neat SAF Testing On Phenom 300E; Praetor 600 Successfully Concludes
Embraer has been testing 100% neat Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) use on the Phenom 300E and the Praetor 600 and announced that those tests have now been concluded. Most modern aircraft can take a blend of SAF and conventional fuel but not 100% pure SAF. The powerplants on the next business jet models are being made to take 100% SAF use. However, it is good news to know that more existing powerplants like those powering the Praetor 600 and Phenom 300E can take advantage of this bridge fuel...
Embraer Announces New Autothrottle Feature For Phenom 300
Recently, Embraer announced a slew of improvements both in the cabin and cockpit for the entry-level Phenom 100, which they now call the Phenom 100EX. The bigger Phenom sister, the Phenom 300 is also seeing an addition that the pilots will be benefiting from. The new autothrottle will be an optional feature though and is set to further enhance what is an already good single-pilot platform...
G500 Gets Steep Approach Approval From FAA
The Gulfstream G500 has been certified for steep-approaches. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval comes after the G500 demonstrated that it can fly the low-speed high-angle approaches into airports like Lugano in Switzerland and London City Airport. "Our customers already benefit from the revolutionary performance and efficiency of the G500," said Gulfstream president Mark Burns...
New Features; Performance Enhancements To PC-24
The PC-24 Super Versatile Jet is even more capable now thanks to upgrades that were just announced today by the airframer Pilatus Aircraft. Commencing with new aircraft deliveries in 2024, Pilatus has extended the payload-range capability of its Super Versatile Jet to achieve a maximum range with six passengers of 2,000 nautical miles (3,704 kilometers)...
Revamped Phenom 100 Revealed By Embraer As Phenom 100EX
The Embraer Phenom 100 has gone through some upgrades to the passenger cabin to the extent that the aircraft is now being called the Phenom 100EX. Let's look at what Embraer has done to justify the name-change. The Phenom 100 is Embraer's smallest light jet and the airframer has managed to make the cabin feel lighter -aesthetically and physically-. Lighter tones and colours are being used in the interior now as well as a reduction to the overall weight of the cabin, they managed to shave off 190 lbs. The added bonus is that the price for the entry-level jet remains unchanged despite all the changes made by Embraer...
CycloTech CruiseUp eVTOL
Cyclotech CruiseUp is one of the newest entrants on to the eVTOL scene but rather than the run-of-the-mill aircraft that we have now grown accustomed to that all use propellers in some form to provide vertical lift and then transitionary motion into cruise, this one is using a different technology. Remember the Voith Schneider Propeller (VSP) which was pioneered nearly 100 years ago by Ernst Schneider. This propeller is in use in all kinds of marine related applications around the world from harbor tugs, single and double-ended ferries, offshore wind farms, etc...
FalconWays Flight Optimization Tool Unveiled By Dassault
FalconWays is a brand new route optimization tool designed to save time as well as reduce emissions by the Falcon aircraft that utilize it. The new tool, FalconWays, will be offered as a flight app on Dassault’s FalconSphere iPad electronic flightbag and is compatible with Jeppesen and Universal flight planning tools. FalconWays was evaluated over a campaign of long flights between the U.S. and Europe and across Asia, as well as in numerous simulations...
2023 NBAA-BACE Debut For Citation Ascend
Textron Aviation announces that the Cessna Citation Ascend will be making its debut at this months NBAA-BACE in Las Vegas. However, it will be in the form of an updated cabin mock-up so patrons can get to experience what the cabin environment will be like of the forthcoming Ascend. The Ascend is the latest generation Excel/XLS class jet from Textron Aviation...
RTX Joins Boeing On NASA X-66A TTBW Project
The development of the X-66A is gathering steam as more essential partners join the project. Boeing has selected RTX as a collaborator of the X-66A Transonic Truss-Brace Wing demonstrator project. Boeing's X-66A program is zeroed in on the development of the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing (TTBW) concept. In the future this technology could lead to significant improvements in fuel efficiency and reduced emissions for next generation single-aisle aircraft on the horizon...
VoltAero Breaks Ground On Massive Final Assembly Plant
VoltAero is pleased to announce that construction has started on their final assembly plant for its Cassio-family of electric-hybrid aircraft. This is an important step to allowing the company to transition from flight testing and development to scaling-up to fulfil current and future orders for the aircraft family...
Cirrus Aircraft Innovation Center Opens In Duluth
Cirrus Aircraft has officially opened its brand new Innovation Center in Duluth at the Duluth International Airport (KDLH) in Minnesota. The Innovation Center is dedicated to the development of the next-generation innovation that supports Cirrus Aircraft’s products and services while preserving the mission they serve and making personal aviation more approachable. Cirrus Aircraft has provided significant investment to transform the 189,000-square-foot building on 39 acres into a state-of-the-art Innovation Center...
Beta Technologies Successfully Flies eCTOL from NY to YUL
Beta Technologies Electric Conventional Take Off and Landing Alia aircraft successfully landed in Montreal on the 27th of September. This is important because it marks the first time that a fully-electric aircraft landed at the Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (CYUL) and Montreal entirely. The aircraft flew 55 miles from Plattsburgh International Airport (KPBG) in New York making the trip in 30 minutes. The flight involved traveling through the busy airspace of a Class B airport, which typically sees up to an average of 53,000 passengers per day...
Surf Air Mobility Intent On Electrifying New Caravan EX Order
An interesting development has occurred regarding the Cessna Grand Caravan EX that company Surf Air Mobility ordered. A company ordering planes isn't big news however, it is what Surf Air Mobility plans to do with them after they receive them into their fleet. The company has paid the deposit for the first 20 Grand Caravan EX turboprop singles and expects to start to take delivery in the first half of 2024...
Garmin G5000 Carded For Citation XLS+; XLS Gen 2
Today, Textron Aviation announced good news for owners and operators of the Citation XLS+ and XLS Gen 2. These aircraft will now have the ability to be upgraded with the Garmin G5000 suite in the cockpit. Federal Aviation Administration Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for this is pending and expected to be handed down in the first half of 2024. The upgraded avionics suite will be available for installation at Textron Aviation Service Centers once the STC has been granted...
Record Textron Aviation Order From NetJets
Textron Aviation has announced that it signed a record-deal with fractional-ownership powerhouse NetJets. NetJets are accustomed to making massive orders typically for 100 to 150 planes or more at a time. However, the company has struck a deal with Textron Aviation for as many as 1,500 jets. Of course the delivery time frame will be long, 15 or more years to satisfy. What aircraft NetJets are acquiring from Textron? More Citation Latitudes, Longitudes and the brand new Citation Ascend...
McCauley Propeller C780 Available For King Air 300 Series
Beechcraft King Air 300 series now has an added boost from the new propeller that McCauley Propeller Systems has for this category aircraft. The C780 propeller is for the Beechcraft King Air B300 series and the first retrofit was already recently done and aircraft returned to service. The worked happened at Textron Aviation's Tampa Service Center...
World's First Piloted Hydrogen-Electric Flight
H2FLY has completed the world's first piloted Hydrogen-electric flight. While there are other players in relation to hydrogen-electric development most of these exploits are either ground-related testing or autonomous testing of the vehicle. H2FLY actually had a piloted vehicle with liquid hydrogen fuel in the electric aircraft. A number of flights were done piloting a demonstrator HY4 aircraft that was fitted with hydrogen-electric fuel cell propulsion...
RR Pearl 700 Certified By FAA
The Gulfstream G700 is anticipated to to be certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the fourth quarter of this year. The powerplant powering the G700 had yet to be given full approval by the American regulatory body up until recently. The FAA has now given approval for the Rolls Royce Pearl 700 engine that powers the G700 and also the upcoming G800! Noteworthy is that this same engine was certified by EASA a year ago in September 2022. The BR700-730B2-14 is an advancement on the previous BR725 variant that powers the Gulfstream G650/ER...
Comfort; Speed; Range Enhanced On G700
After excessive testing of the Gulfstream G700, the airframer today has announced that it has increased the overall performance of this model. The range, speed and comfort for passengers in the cabin have all been enhanced. The G700 already had impressive figures but in an industry where the competition at the top is unrelenting, airframers have to constantly keep their class-leading products fully-desirable. In recent years, Gulfstream has been battling Bombardier for the top of the long-range, high-speed business class segment and the Global 7500 has taken over from the G650ER...
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