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Qatar Executive First G650ER Delivered By Gulfstream
There is often a time for the first in anything and that time recently came for Qatar Executive -the business aviation arm of the familiar high-end commercial Gulf carrier Qatar Airways-. The executive jet company recently took delivery of its first ultra-long-range Gulfstream G650ER business jet. To sign off on the formalities for the spanking-new Mach 0.92 jet was Mr. Akbar Al Baker, head at the Qatar Airways Group. The delivery is just the first of many to come. Qatar Executive ordered up to as many as 30 Gulfstream jets which are potentially mixed between the Gulfstream G650ER, G500, and G600 models...
Middle East Client Orders Legacy 650 From Embraer
Brazilian airframer Embraer formally announced that they signed an order for one of their top-tier executive jets. The order comes in from a Middle Eastern client who coincidentally is an Embraer repeat customer. They also say that the jet will be delivered to the client before the year has concluded. Once delivered the aircraft will be managed by Titan Aviation Group, a company based in the UAE that specializes in providing global aviation services...
FAA Certification Gained By The Honda Jet!
The day has finally come for the Honda Aircraft Company that concludes a very long journey as a run-up to certification for the Honda Jet. The Honda Jet has been granted full Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification. The type certification was granted on Tuesday 8th, December but the formal announcement was made by both the FAA and Honda Aircraft Company yesterday, the 9th. Honda Aircraft Company validated the HondaJet’s performance, safety, function and reliability through rigorous ground and flight tests with the FAA...
Speed Record Set By Legacy 500 By Embraer
Embraer is in the news again as well as their Embraer Legacy 500. This particular aircraft has gone into the record books for setting in-class speed records recently. Two new speed records were set by the midsized aircraft bringing the total to six notched up by this new aircraft so far in 2015. “These new speed records reaffirm the Legacy 500’s superior performance and its suitability for transoceanic missions as well as coast-to-coast flights,” said Marco Tulio Pellegrini, President & CEO, Embraer Executive Jets...
G650 Receives AutoBraking As Standard By Gulfstream
Gulfstream is now offering AutoBraking for its flagship G650 and ER variant executive jets as standard. Autobrakes allow for a faster reaction time than a pilot response and give pilots the ability to select one of several braking levels, depending on the situation...
Large-Cabin Citation Hemisphere Announced At NBAA
Cessna has officially entered the larger cabin market with the announcement of the new Citation Hemisphere. This model now joins the Latitude and the Longitude for a trio of longer range executive jets (by Cessna's standards). It plans to enter the large business jet category with the clean sheet, 4,500-nautical mile Citation Hemisphere. The Longitude and Hemisphere will join the Citation Latitude to complete a new, large-cabin, three-aircraft Citation family...
Beechcraft KingAir 350i/ER Equipped With Fusion Cockpit Granted Certification
Beechcraft, a Textron Aviation company was recently granted certification by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for their Pro Line Fusion-equipped cockpits aboard the KingAir 350i/ER. The announcement came during the recently concluded NBAA's Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition held in Las Vegas, Nevada...
Embraer Expects EASA Approval For Legacy 500 Steep Approaches
The Embraer Legacy is soon to have another approval under its belt. The Brazilian company is expecting to have steep approach certification for the brand new Legacy 500 from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). It will also be gaining certification from the London City Airport as that airport offers a pretty steep approach. The pending certification allows for approaches up to 5.5 degrees. The midsize eight seater executive jet already has EASA certification overall but for operations into high-angle descent airports like London City and others, they need separate approval for that...
Execution Of Precision Approaches Approved For Gulfstream G650/ER
The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved precision approaches for the Gulfstream G650 and G650ER. The approval allows the two aircraft types to fly Required Navigation Performance with Authorization Required (RNP AR) instrument approach procedures. In detail, the G650 and G650ER aircraft equipped with PlaneView II and the Aircraft Service Change 901 software upgrade are capable of flying an RNP AR approach to a minimum RNP value of 0.1 nautical miles, including the missed approach segment...
First Bombardier Challenger 650 For NetJets® To Enter Service In 2015
The first Bombardier Challenger 650 is soon going to enter service and it will be with Berkshire Hathaway business aviation company NetJets®. Not only will it be the first Challenger 650, it will also represent as the 1000th Challenger 600 series business jet as well -another milestone for Bombardier-...
HondaJet Nears Full FAA Certification
The Honda Aircraft Company recently announced that the HondaJet is on the cusp of gaining full type certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The airframer completed all function and reliability (F&R) test conditions and is concluding F&R flights for the HondaJet. The announcement was part of a program update shared at the National Business Aviation Association Convention and Exhibition, which was held in Las Vegas from Nov. 17 to 19...
Dubai To NewYork City-Pair Speed Record Set By A Gulfstream G650ER
Gulfstream keeps notching-up city-pair records with many of its aircraft and the flagship G650ER is no exception. Between the standard G650 and the G650ER, Gulfstream have amassed 50 speed records to date. The most notable of them was flying around the world in one stop, a feat that no other long-range business jet has done. The latest feat was a Dubai to New York run in a Gulfstream G650ER specifically between Al Maktoum International Airport and Teterboro Airport in New Jersey. The flight took approximately 13 hours and 10 minutes at an average speed in excess of Mach 0.87. As per usual, it's pending approval by the U.S...
Dassault Falcon Completes Expansion At Little Rock Facility
French executive jet airframer Dassault Falcon just announced the completion of the expansion work that they were undertaking at their American Little Rock completions facility. The work encompassed facilities dedicated for the 8X and 5X finishing modes. The new facility now adds approximately 350,000 square feet to the existing plant. Dassault estimates that the expansion cost around 60-million dollars...
Cessna Citation Plant Rolls Out 100th Citation M2
Can you believe it? The 100th Cessna Citation M2 has rolled off the assembly line already! It been just under two years since this aircraft gained FAA Certification. The company unveiled the news at NBAA’s Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Las Vegas last week. “Since entering the market in December 2013, the Citation M2 has quickly become the best-selling business jet in its class,” said Kriya Shortt, senior vice president, Sales and Marketing...
Flexjet to Order 20 Aerion AS2 Supersonic Business Jets
At the 2015 NBAA in Las Vegas, Aerion Corporation announced that Flexjet, LLC will become the first fleet customer for Aerion's Supersonic Business Jet, the AS2. In an order valued at $2.4 billion, Flexjet has contracted for 20 of the firm's AS2 supersonic business jets. The Aerion AS2 business jet has a top speed of Mach 1.5, which is 67 percent faster than the top cruise speeds of current or anticipated long-range subsonic jets...
Eclipse 550 Business Jet Certified By EASA
The Eclipse 550, now under overall company ONE Aviation, has been granted full certification from the European Aviation Safety Authority (EASA). The announcement was made during the 2015 edition of the NBAA, held in Las Vegas, Nevada. "This is a significant event for ONE Aviation and the global future of the Eclipse," said Alan Klapmeier, ONE Aviation's CEO...
New Upgraded Cabin Mock-Up For G600 Unveiled By Gulfstream
American executive jet airframer Gulfstream used the 2015 NBAA show in Las Vegas, Nevada to reveal a brand new and upgraded interior for the G600 business jet. They used a full-scale cabin mock-up to demonstrate the new design and spaciousness that will be available on the new jet when it becomes a reality. The improvements to the mock-up are the result of extensive customer feedback received over the past 12 months...
Bombardier Challenger 350 From VistaJet Sets World Speed Record
A Bombardier Challenger 350 aircraft, owned by VistaJet, a global leader in premium long-range private jet travel, set a world speed record in its class, flying from Napa Valley to the Cayman Islands – a distance of 2,774 miles (4,463 km) – in five hours and five minutes*. The US-registered Challenger 350 aircraft, managed and operated by Priester Aviation**, departed Napa County Airport in California at 8:22 a.m. PDT on October 28, 2015 with three crew and two passengers on board. The maximum cruising speed was M 0.83 at a cruise level of 41,000 feet (12,497 m)...
U.S Speed Record Set By Bombardier LearJet 75
A number of speed records have been set recently by Bombardier aircraft. One is by a LearJet 75 across the United States. The flight was also fairly significant too as it marked 50 years since Clay Lacy flew a LearJet 23 that set a transcontinental record. The high-performance Bombardier Learjet 75 aircraft has set a world speed record in its class, flying round trip between New York and Los Angeles*. The flight, piloted by two members of Bombardier’s flight operations demonstration team, Ed Hillis and Jeff Triphahn, was staged to mark the 50th anniversary of Clay Lacy’s 1965 record-setting transcontinental round-trip flight...
Royal Jet; Lufthansa Technik Sign On New BBJ Completions
Completions giant Lufthansa Technik and Royal Jet recently signed on an agreement for the completion of two Boeing BBJ VIP aircraft. Once completed, the jets will be redelivered to Royal Jet in Q3 and Q4 of 2016. Captain Patrick Gordon who is the interim president and CEO of Royal Jet said: “Royal Jet is the benchmark for private charter companies in the region...
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