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Bombardier's Line-Up At 2018 ABACE
The 2018 edition of the Asian Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (ABACE) is about to start and Canadian airframer Bombardier will mark its presence there with aircraft on static display. This year they will have their Challenger 350 and Challenger 650 on static display. The best-selling Challenger 350 business jet continued to dominate the super midsize segment and the medium aircraft category in 2017. The Premier interior will be shown on the Global 6000 as well...
Number 300 Of The Gulfstream G650 Delivered
Gulfstream has celebrated the delivery of the 300th G650 unit to a customer. The G650 hit the market back in 2012 and since then the General Dynamics company has shipped 300 of them to customers around the globe. The G650 and the G650ER sit at the top of the large cabin longrange segment and continues to assert itself. It is also the fastest large cabin non-supersonic aircraft to circumnavigated the globe...
Embraer Phenom Light Jets Avionics Upgrade
Garmin is pleased to announce another addition to its portfolio of G1000 NXi integrated flight deck upgrades to now include the Embraer Phenom 100 and Phenom 300 equipped with the Prodigy Flight Deck. Significant performance enhancements accompany unique features such as SurfaceWatch, visual approaches, geographical map overlay within the HSI and more...
Second Pilatus PC-24 Super Versatile Jet Delivered
At the start of April Pilatus Aircraft announced the delivery of S/N102 or the second PC-24 Super Versatile Jet to a customer. Although this is the second unit delivered it is the first to go to the dealer network. In a ceremony at Pilatus Business Aircraft Ltd’s facility in Broomfield, Colorado, Western Aircraft, an Authorized Pilatus Sales and Service Center since 1996, took delivery of PC-24 serial number 102...
ABACE Debut For Gulfstream G500; G600
Gulfstream's newest programs, the G500 and G600 will be represented at the upcoming Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (ABACE) next week. The G500 is actively flying around the world and the ABACE show will make the 19th stop on the world tour for this model. It isn't just the G500 and G600 that will be at the show, Gulfstream isn't leaving much to chance. The Super midsize G280, large cabin G550 and large-cabin ultra-longrange G650ER will also be on static display...
HondaJet Receives Argentinian; Panamanian Type Certification
At the ongoing FIDAE Show in Chile, Honda Aircraft Company announced that their HondaJet received type certification from the Argentinian and Panamanian authorities. Argentina’s Administración Nacional de Aviación Civil (ANAC) and Panama’s Autoridad Aeronáutica Civil (AAC) are the latest to give the new HondaJet the nod...
Cirrus SF50 Vision Wins Collier Trophy
The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) awards the Collier Trophy to an aerospace company that has demonstrated they filled the stipulations set out by the Association...
Cessna Citation Latitude At FIDAE
The perfect backdrop for the ongoing FIDAE 2018 is the sale of a Cessna Citation Latitude to a Chilean customer. That customer is expected to receive their first aircraft of the type later in the year. FIDAE 2018 kicked off yesterday at the Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Santiago, Chile. It will run for the next couple of days until the 8th of April. Cessna has an example on display at the show for those who want to tour it...
Phenom 300E Certified; First Delivery Completed
Embraer has certified the newest iteration of one of its most successful models, the Phenom 300E. Similarly to the Phenom 100EV the 300 got a make over with several upgrades and reimagined interiors. The new aircraft is designated 'E' for "Enhanced" in reference to its entirely redesigned cabin and the addition of the industry-leading nice® HD CMS/IFE (Cabin Management System/InFlight Entertainment) by Lufthansa Technik...
JAL and BOOM Supersonic Team Up
The supersonic business aviation race continues to heat up. Right now the main two contenders are Aerion Aerospace and BOOM Supersonic and it is a race to see which one will bring their supersonic business craft to market first. Each are making incremental strides towards the end goal and one of BOOM's latest announcements is a partnership with JAL, yes Japan Airlines...
Tamarack ATLAS Active Winglets Approved For Cessna Citation 525B Series
Cessna's Citation CJ3 and CJ3+ are now greenlighted to be able to carry Tamarack Aerospace's ATLAS Active Winglets. The winglets recently gained certification and once retrofitted will go a long way to extending the range of your CJ3 or CJ3+. Besides performance, the new winglets add further to the aesthetic appeal of these aircraft...
Full-Electric Sun Flyer 2 Nearing First Flight
The Sun Flyer 2 is a fully-electric prop aircraft that is in development and close to its maiden flight. Being developed by BYE Aerospace, the aircraft has been going through its paces on the ground at Engelwood, Colorado. The company is named after its CEO, George Bye and it is looking to soon have its first flight even though a definite date has not been set...
Indian Order For The XTI TriFan 600 Hybrid Electric Jet
The in-development XTI TriFan 600 Hybrid-Electric jet has gained an Indian order to their growing backlog. Since last year, the company has been adding orders to the backlog and last month XTI announced an order from an Indian client. Arvind Lal, Chairman and Managing Director of Dr...
ANA; Honda Aircraft Company Partners
Big news for the Honda Aircraft Company with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a relationship with ANA Holdings. Yes, this means that ANA soon could be using HondaJets to transport some of their business and executive passengers on existing shuttled routes. ANA will introduce current business jet users and its commercial flight customers to the HondaJet by maximizing the utilization of the aircraft...
FIDAE To See Piper M600 For The First Time
The FIDAE Show is expected o start on April 3rd and run through to the 8th of April. It is at this show that Piper is expected to display one of their M600 turboprops for the first time. To be more specific, Piper is collaborating with Chilean dealer Aeroneed to display the aircraft at the exhibition...
Bombardier Ramps Up Global 7000 Activities Ahead Of Certification
Canadian airframer Bombardier is currently busy ramping up all activities surrounding the Global 7000 model as it moves ever closer to EIS. The Global 7000 is the company's newest model that will make it out of the testing phase and into service. Of course the Global 7000 was being developed with the Global 8000 model but Bombardier discontinued development of the latter, for now...
DELETE Facebook!
As responsible members of the internet community, we feel the need to help our members protect their interests and personal information. Many of you may have heard the news that an extremely popular app – Facebook – has been secretly collecting private and personal information through users mobile phones. Facebook has been collecting call logs and text logs from some user phones, then selling that information to 3rd parties who “target” both you and your contacts.
Elon Musk has deleted the Facebook pages for Tesla and SpaceX. Following in his footsteps, we have deleted the Facebook pages for YachtForums and JetForums. We hope others follow suit...
Embraer Revenue Slide Into The End of 2017
It appears that Embraer executive jets continued the third quarter slide in jet deliveries into the 4th quarter and ended 2017 fairly flat in that regard. The overall revenue for the year accumulated was in the region of 1.48 billion dollars and that was as of the end of December 31st. If that is compared for the same period in 2016, revenues stood at 1.73 billion dollars at the time. For 2017, Embraer Executive Jets delivered 109 business jets compared with 117 in 2016...
Testing Starts On Cessna Sky Courier 408 Design
Remember in November or December of 2017, JF alerted you to the unveiling of the Cessna Sky Courier 408 design? Cessna has been quietly behind the scenes working on fine-tuning the design for the final product before the build gets underway on the test planes. Cessna says that they have completed initial wind tunnel testing on the Sky Courier 408 model, paving the way for the final design...
Cirrus Aircraft Does Well In 2017 With Strong Delivery Figures
Cirrus Aircraft reported in February on their performance in 2017. They painted a good picture with numbers-up, backed by strong delivery figures. Of course the majority of their deliveries would be in their SR line of aircraft but their new jet, the SF50 Vision® Jet is starting to hold its own...
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