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Dassault Falcon 8X Debut At 2016 ABACE
French manufacturer Dassault Falcon is presently at the Asian Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (ABACE) and they have a fully outfitted Dassault Falcon 8X there on debut. This 8X has a full and finished interior and is the third aircraft in the testing program. It is presently on a four week 55,000 nm (101,860 km) global proving campaign designed to simulate the most extreme real world conditions customers might expect to face during their aircraft’s operational life. The campaign will take the aircraft through 65 different missions, from short hops to ultra-long range flights...
Gulfstream Announces Program Progress For G500; G600
Gulfstream, a General Dynamics Company, just announced the G500 and G600 program progress to-date. The G500 has yielded tremendous results thus far and G600's first Test Article has had the fuselage and wing mated in preparation for its first flight. The G500 flight-test program also achieved several milestones to include receiving the program’s first Type Inspection Authorization (TIA) from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The FAA issued the TIA for inlet compatibility and allowed Gulfstream to perform this testing for certification credit...
New TBM930 Unveiled By Daher Socata
Daher Socata has unveiled a new fast turboprop model. It is called the TBM930 and it is a step above the current TBM900 model which is doing so well. The new aircraft was unveiled to the public on April 5th during a customer event at the company's French headquarters in Tarbes. It is nice to have a new model but when it is based on the TBM900 and is an enhanced version of it, we can bet its going to take away market share from the TBM900. This is something Daher is acutely aware of and was echoed by their director of TBM sales, Philippe de Segovia...
Cessna Latitude Debuts At FIDAE Show in Chile
“The Latitude is already garnering strong interest from the Latin American market, offering customers our most spacious cabin environment and best-in-class operating costs,” said Bob Gibbs, regional vice president of Sales for Latin America and Caribbean. “We are the clear leaders in the Latin American jet market, with over 800 Citations and growing...
Bombardier Secures Order For 20 Challenger 350 Aircraft
On the first day of April Bombardier conveniently announces that they secured an order for 20 Challenger 350 executive aircraft. It is said to be a firm order and with current list prices and looking at a standard Challenger 350, the package is worth around $534 million USD...
Second Gulfstream G650ER Delivered To Qatar Executive
Deliveries have been rolling in for Qatar Executive since they made their order for Gulfstream G650ER executive aircraft. They announced just a few days ago that their second G650ER was delivered. The first was delivered in November of 2015. Qatar Executive’s second Gulfstream G650ER features an identical cabin interior as the first G650ER. The spacious state-of-the-art aircraft has a two-cabin configuration and seats up to 13 passengers...
M-Class Production Line Repositioned By Piper
Piper has announced that it repositioned its M-Class production line as a result of the impending certification of the M600 class-leading turboprop. For the M600, that certification is anticipated for third quarter of this year. However, Piper says that they have dropped the price for the M500. The pricing adjustment reflects as a drop from $2.264M to $1.99M for the M500. Additionally, there are some nice changes to this model. upgraded executive interior will be a standard feature on each M500 and includes a new color palette – Inverness...
EASA Certification For Pro Line Fusion King Air 350i/ER; 250
Beechcraft Corporation, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., announced that it has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification for its new Pro Line Fusion-equipped Beechcraft King Air 350i/ER and 250 turboprop aircraft with cabin enhancements, paving the way for deliveries throughout Europe...
Dassault Falcon 8X Enters Final Stages Of Testing and Certification
Dassault Aviation’s new flagship, the Falcon 8X, is entering the final stages of its flight test and certification program as work proceeds to prepare the ultra-long range trijet for initial delivery...
First Chinese G650ER Delivered By Gulfstream
American airframer Gulfstream Aerospace has created another first for themselves by delivering the first G650ER unit into the Chinese region. Chinese company Minsheng Financial Leasing Co. Ltd. (MSFL) recently took delivery of the brand new long-range fast large-cabin executive jet. When the G650 was announced in March 2008, its expected range was 5,000 nautical miles/9,260 kilometers at Mach 0.90. When it entered service in 2012, the aircraft delivered 6,000 nm/11,112 km at Mach 0.90. Its descendant, the extended-range G650ER, delivers a globe-girdling 6,400 nm/11,853 km at Mach 0.90 and 7,500 nm/13,890 at Mach 0.85...
Mexico Civil Aviation Agency Gives Green Light To HondaJet
Mexico’s Safety and regulatory civil aviation Agency has given HondaJet the green light. According to HondaJet’s head, Michimasa Fujino, with the certification from the Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC), it allows for deliveries to start into Mexico...
JCAB Certifies Piper's M500 Aircraft
The Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) has awarded type certification to the Piper M500. It’s something fairly special for Piper Aircraft as the certification marks the first time that a Piper Type Certificate has been fully validated in Japan...
Late 2016 Delivery For The Dassault Falcon 8X
Dassault Falcon is moving apace with certification work concerning their new Falcon 8X. The company has said that the majority of the certification process is completed and the three flight test jets in the campaign have so far concluded approximately 550 hours of testing...
Hartzell 5-Blade Prop Gains STC For Piper M500; Meridian
Hartzell Propeller has received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for a five-blade composite propeller designed specifically for the Piper Aircraft Meridian and Piper’s new M500. Hartzell collaborated closely with Piper Aircraft on the STC for the single-engine pressurized turboprops. “The Hartzell Propeller five-bladed prop design increases flight performance and value of Piper’s new M500 and approximately 500 Piper Meridians already flying around the world,” said Hartzell Propeller President Joe Brown...
Bombardier Challenger 650 Gains EASA Certification
Bombardier’s updated version of the Challenger CL605 has been given the green light by the European Aviation Safety Agency. The Challenger 650 features a new interior in the passenger cabin and the pilots benefit from new avionics and upgraded engines that provide approximately 5-percent more thrust over the previous model. The Challenger 650 features two GE CF34-3BMTOs with around 9,220 lbs of thrust...
Piper M600 Service Entry Delayed To Third Quarter 2016
The top-of-the-line Piper M600 has had some ‘challenges’ in coming to the market. The aircraft should already be shipping to clients but Piper has announced a push back on service entry for their brand new six-seater turbo-prop aircraft...
Bombardier Milestone Met With Delivery Of 75th Learjet 75
Canadian airframer Bombardier recently announced that they hit a new milestone with the Learjet 75 jet in production. The company at the time had delivered its 75th Learjet 75 -that makes for good reading-. The landmark aircraft went to Aurora Jet Partners out of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.“The 75th delivery of a Learjet 75 aircraft represents yet another high point in the proud history of our iconic Learjet brand,” said Sudduth...
Gulfstream Launch Systems Testing With First G600 Iron Bird Flight
Gulfstream G600 testing is underway with the G600 iron bird completing its first 'flight'. A spatially correct, dimensionally accurate structure that includes a flight deck, the iron bird allows engineers to test the flight control and mechanical systems, including landing gear, brakes and hydraulics in a ground-based lab. During the 30-minute flight, the G600 iron bird simulated taxi, takeoff and landing as well as maneuvers and transitions at altitude and airspeed...
Embraer Phenom 300 Is The Most Delivered Business Jet In 2015
Brazilian airframer Embraer is once again celebrating the Phenom 300. For the third straight year, the Phenom 300 has nabbed the title for most delivered business jet in the world. 70 of these aircraft were delivered to clients around the world in 2015. Recognized as one of the most desirable light jets by fractional programs, charter services, corporate flight departments and owner-pilots, 320 Phenom 300s are in operation in 28 countries. To date, the fleet has accumulated close to 300,000 flight hours...
Zetta Jet Firms Up Orders For Bombardier Global 6000s
Canadian business jet manufacturer Bombardier recently announced that Zetta Jet has firmed up on orders for the Global 6000. Zetta Jet has exercised options for a total of two Global 6000 ultra-long range business aircraft. These two options were part of an announcement for one firm order plus four options originally announced on December 15, 2015, for the same aircraft model. Additionally, Zetta Jet has procured options for two more Global 6000 business jets...
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