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Brazil Gives Gulfstream G280 Type Certificate
Brazil's Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC) has awarded Gulfstream's G280 type certificate. Basically it validates the airworthiness of the aircraft’s design and clears the way for in-country deliveries to begin. “We have delivered more than 50 G280s since the aircraft first went into service in November 2012,” said Larry Flynn, president, Gulfstream. “It has proven to be popular with owners around the world, and we now have aircraft in the U.S., Canada, China, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Mexico and South America. “Of all the South American countries, this aircraft is particularly well-suited for Brazil...
HondaJet Receives HondaJet Flight Simulator
The Honda Aircraft company announced that it has received its high-tech simulator to facilitate and enhance Honda Jet training for its unique Over The Wing Engine Mount (OTWEM) Honda Jet executive aircraft. The Level D simulator is being installed at the company headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina. The full motion, Level D simulator was developed in partnership with FlightSafety International and will be located at the HondaJet Training Center on the campus of Honda Aircraft...
Embraer’s Phenom 300 Leads Business Jet Deliveries Again
Accccording to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), the Embraer Phenom 300 was the most delivered business jet in 2014. This would make it two years in a row that Embraer has copped this distinction. Back in 2013, the company delivered 60 Phenom 300s but in 2014, that total jumped to 73. “We are very grateful for our customers’ preference for the Phenom 300, a truly revolutionary aircraft, designed with extensive customer input and feedback,” said Marco Túlio Pellegrini, President and CEO, Embraer Executive Jets...
Cirrus Aircraft Deliveries in 2014 Strongest in 6 Years
Duluth based aircraft manufacturer Cirrus Aircraft announced their strongest performance in approximately six years. This is in regard to the delivery performance of aircraft to clients in 2014 since the year 2008. The Cirrus SR22 has been at the forefront of this surge in deliveries. New unit deliveries in 2014 amassed to 308 representing a 12% increase over 2013's performance. Looking at the global picture in totality, Cirrus to date has delivered over 5,800 new aircraft accumulating over six million flight hours...
Gulfstream G650ER Circumnavigates The Globe in One Stop
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced that the G650ER recently set two city-pair records while flying around the world in one stop. The G650ER took off from White Plains, New York, with three passengers and four crew members on board. It flew 6,939 nautical miles/12,851 kilometers eastbound to Beijing at an average speed of Mach 0.87 for a total flight time of 13 hours and 20 minutes. The aircraft then flew eastbound 6,572 nm/12,171 km to Savannah, accomplishing the mission at an average speed of Mach 0.89 for a total flight time of 12 hours...
Bombardier Delivers Global 6000 Business Jet To Niki Lauda
Canadian manufacturer Bombardier has delivered their latest Global 6000 long-range business jet to a high-profile client; Formula 1 Champion Niki Lauda. The delivery took place at the aircraft manufacturer’s Global Completion Center, in Dorval, Canada. The company further announced that Mr. Lauda will be a spokesperson for Bombardier Business Aircraft. The partnership between Bombardier and Mr. Lauda will see him fly his new Global 6000 aircraft to Grand Prix races around the world with appearances at Bombardier Business Aircraft events throughout the 2015 Formula 1 season...
Embraer Executive Deliver First Legacy 500 In Australia
Embraer Executive announced that it has delivered the first Legacy 500 to Australian shores. The first unit of this midsize category business jet has gone to an undisclosed customer in the North Queensland area. The Legacy 500 was only just awarded type certification by the Australia Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) in January 2015. "The Legacy 500 is proving itself to be a very capable executive jet and well suited to the Australia market. It offers excellent field performance and easy transcontinental range,” said Marco Túlio Pellegrini, President and CEO, Embraer Executive Jets...
Cessna Ramping Up On Citation Longitude Progress
American builder Cessna is speeding up the efforts on their new flagship model, the Citation Longitude. With the Cessna Citation Latitude research program coming to a close, they are focused on getting the Longitude into production. Toward the latter half of 2014, the Longitude development program accelerated and is expected to continue into 2015. The debut of the aircraft was supposed to have been in 2017 with a first flight in 2016 but it may not happen on that timeline. Cessna has been pretty quiet about this particular program only suggesting that we will see the debut of the Citation Longitude in the not-too-distant future...
Dassault Falcon 8X Starts Flight Test Campaign
Since rolling out the Dassault Falcon 8X, French airframer Dassault Falcon has not commenced the flight test campaign for this aircraft until now. The first flight occurred approximately seven weeks after the famed fanfare of the roll-out ceremony. The initial flight did not last that long, starting around 2 pm in the afternoon leaving the Bordeaux Mérignac Airport. The test business jet, piloted by Eric Gérard and Hervé Laverne returned about an hour and three-quarters later. The Dassault Falcon 8X flight test campaign will be joined by two other aircraft in the coming months and expected to last for 500 hours...
Cessna Outperforms 2013 With Higher Deliveries In 2014
Wichita based airframer Cessna has done alot better in 2014 compared to 2013. Deliveries for 2014 are significantly up over the previous year. The parent company, Textron Aviation suggests that Cessna delivered 159 business jets in 2014 versus 139 in 2013. The light jet sector is slowly rising, at least from the perspective of Cessna and the acquisition of Beechcraft March last year accounted for a boosted bottom line overall. The Beechcraft line did decently too with some 113 deliveries recorded for King Air models. In totality, the revenue for the Textron company soared to 4.5-billion with a profit 234-million...
Piper Introduces New Meridian M500 With Lastest Garmin Avionics
Piper Aircraft has introduced its newest top-of-the-line M-Class single-engine Meridian M500 turbine business aircraft with the latest in Garmin avionics, enhanced safety features and a number of other significant product improvements. “The 2015 Piper M500 will come equipped with the very newest Garmin avionics package for increased safety,” said Piper President and CEO Simon Caldecott...
Andrew Winch Designs Contract Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner BBJ
London based design firm Andrew Winch Designs announced last year that it had secured contract to design the first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner BBJ for private use. The contract is in collaboration with Eugen Hartl of EH Aviation Advisors. The interior will be the work of Andrew Winch Designs and will of course be a ground-breaking project. The Dreamliner BBJ in the -9 series is scheduled for completions commencement in the Spring of 2015. Radical in its engineering, this composite built aircraft offers the ultimate in comfort and convenience...
Cirrus Parachute System Successfully Deployed Over Pacific
On 25 January 2015, a pilot flying a Cirrus SR22 aircraft from the United States to Hawaii successfully deployed the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) over the Pacific Ocean approximately 250 miles from Hawaii. The whole-airframe parachute system, which is standard equipment on every Cirrus aircraft ever made, worked as designed and resulted in both the aircraft and pilot safely landing in the Pacific Ocean under the parachute canopy, where he was quickly retrieved by a passing ship with the assistance of the U.S. Coast Guard...
Diamond Flies DA50 Turboprop For The First Time
Diamond Aircraft has kept its word when it said that it will have a DA50 turboprop in the future. Those words were proven correct when Diamond successfully flew the first flight of the DA50 turboprop known as the DA50-JP7. This is the first one, but Diamond suggests that two other test aircraft will join her in the certification run-up. The first flight was relatively brief only spanning 40 minutes but tested agility and climb rates. As for the perceived production of this model, the DA50-JP7 is expected to come in two variants...
First European-Based Cessna Citation M2 Delivered
The first European-based aircraft in the new Cessna Citation M2 line has been delivered to its customer. The first Citation M2 has gone to an aviation company in Forchtenberg, in the southwest of Germany. It is a memorable milestone for that company and indeed for Cessna as the delivery came six months after the Citation M2 was given the green-light by EASA. The twin engine M2 offers a pricepoint just under 5 million dollars (4.65 million) and a range good enough to connect Lisbon with Hamburg or Moscow with Frankfurt for example. That's a range of approximately 1,300 nautical miles the M2 has using its twin Williams International FJ44 engines...
Embraer Delivers 52 Business Jets in Last Quarter 2014
Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer announced that it delivered 52 business jets in the last quarter of the year 2014. It sounds impressive enough and again the light jet sector of their business was driving the business. The airframer said that it delivered 38 aircraft from its Phenom light jet line. 9* of those delivered were for the smaller Phenom 100 and 29 deliveries comprised the slightly larger Phenom 300 model. There were deliveries from other models in the establishment's portfolio...
Bombardier Pauses Its Learjet 85 Program
Canadian airframer Bombardier announced that it is putting the Learjet 85 program on pause for now and prioritize their focus on its other market-ready clean sheet designs/programs. The pause in work according to Bombardier is due to weak demand for the Learjet 85 aircraft. It follows a downward revision of Bombardier’s business aircraft market forecast. This reflects the continued weakness of the Light aircraft category since the economic downturn...
New Engine Powerplant For Cessna Citation Latitude Approved
The powerplant for the brand new Cessna Citation Latitude has been approved by Canadian authorities. Transport Canada gave the green light to Pratt & Whitney Canada for the use of the PW306D1 turbofan on the new Citation Latitude mid size business jet. FAA validation for the same engine powerplant is expected in March. The same powerplant series is onboard the new Citation Sovereign+ as well. The engines are rated at approximately 5,760 lbs of thrust each powering the new $16 million dollar business jet...
Nextant Aerospace Readies First G90XT For First Flight
Nextant Aerospace is preparing the first G90XT for its first flight. The G90XT should have already had its first flight but bad weather hampered those efforts. They are also hoping to gain U.S FAA Certification during the first half of 2015 for this particular aircraft. The G90XT is essentially a remanufactured King Air C90. According to Nextant's President Sean McGeough, "the aircraft is ready to fly, we are just waiting for the right conditions." The newly remanufactured aircraft has a number of upgrades from the version under Hawker Beechcraft. For one, the interior is totally brand new and reimagined...
Boeing Business Jets, Comlux Announce Order for Two BBJ MAX 8 Aircraft
More business continues to roll in for the business jet arm of Boeing, BBJ (Boeing Business Jets). This time it is for two VIP versions of the MAX 8 Boeing 737. The customer is Swiss-based VIP charter operator Comlux and represents their first BBJ order package. "The two BBJ MAX 8s are a great addition to the Comlux fleet because they give our customers the flexibility to fly farther and more comfortably thanks to the lower cabin altitude," said Richard Gaona, President and CEO, Comlux, The Aviation Group...
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