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Airbus Corporate Jets Delivers ACJ319neo To New Customer
Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) is pleased to announce that it has completed and delivered an ACJ 319neo aircraft to an undisclosed customer in Western Europe. Although the aircraft is for an owner it will be available for charter and will be managed through Jet Aviation. Below is a photo believed to be the delivered aircraft shown by Airbus Corporate Jets. 9H-NTA is believed to be the registration...
Textron Delivers Special Mission Citation Longitude
Textron Aviation today announced that it has delivered a specially configured Citation Longitude to the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau Flight Inspection (JCAB). The aircraft will conduct flight validation and flight inspection operations to ensure the integrity of the airways that constitute the national airspace of Japan. "Textron Aviation is honored to, once again, be selected as the aircraft provider of choice for the JCAB," said Bob Gibbs, vice president, Special Mission Sales for Textron Aviation. "The Longitude continues the legacy of Cessna Citation flight inspection jet aircraft in service by the JCAB...
eFlyer 2 Near To Approval Status
Engelwood-based airframer Bye Aerospace is very confident that it is close to obtaining the necessary approvals to bring its electric eFlyer 2 towards service. The eFlyer 2 is a two-seater all-electric aircraft which if all goes to plan will be the first to certify under the FAA's Part 23 Amendment 64 for Level 1 electric and fixed-wing aircraft. As for reference the eFlyer 2 first flew back in mid-2018 and has been since perfecting the final efficiencies of the aircraft...
Transition Flight For Archer Maker eVTOL By Year End
Archer Aviation has not been in the news too much for this year so far but they are working behind the scenes on further advancing their Maker eVTOL. The company is very confident that the Maker program will be able to achieve transition flight by the end of this year. For most of the year the team has been concentrating on the Tilt Propeller System (TPS). Below is an image showing the first hover flight test of the Archer Maker prototype eVTOL...
G800 Test Program Commences With First Flight
Gulfstream's newest flagship jet, the G800 has started testing with the first flight test article going airborne already. The G800 departed Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport at 9:00 a.m. and landed there two hours later. The flight was flown on a blend of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The top of the ultra-long range market is being dominated by Bombardier and Gulfstream at the moment. There is a tussle between Bombardier's Global 7500 and Gulfstream's soon to enter service G700. Since then Bombardier has launched the Global 8000 at 2022 EBACE.. Gulfstream had already countered with the G800, announced in October 2021...
eVTOL Infrastructure Push By Airbus And Munich Airport
Germany's Munich Airport and Airbus are continually partnering to make the infrastructure needed to support the Advanced Air Mobility sector a reality. Without it eVTOLs for the air taxi and urban mobility market cannot efficiently function. At the recently concluded ILA Berlin Air Show the two entities advanced their partnership to this end...
Rolls Royce Advance on Hybrid-Electric Turbogenerator Technology
EVTOL has come a long way from simply concepts to actual working prototypes with some of the more advanced ones edging closer and closer towards certification. Hybrid-Electric flight too has come a long way and as in cars we will see more of these applications in the future. However, range/endurance has always been at the back of the minds of customers when they conjure up the idea of flying taxis for the urban air mobility sector...
FlightSafety & Honda Extend Technical Safety Relationship
Today, Honda Aircraft Company announced that they were extending its relationship with FlightSafety International. Their current relationship is already 15 years old and the two entities announced they were extending it by 25 years. This will take their close cooperation into the 2040's. FlightSafety International is an important entity in the name of safety in the aviation industry...
Interior Cabin Seats For Lilium Jet Reveal
With the Lilium Jet eVTOL coming closer to reality and entering service, the interior aspects of the craft are becoming more zeroed-in. For example, Lilium recently partnered with Expliseat (a French seat manufacturer) to create the cabin seats of the Lilium Jet. The seats will be plush and luxurious looking but more importantly will be lighter than average aluminum seats. Expliseat makes their seats using high-grade materials like carbon fiber and titanium. This will result in a 35% lighter product per seat...
Air Nostrum Contracts With Hybrid Air Vehicles
Hybrid Air Vehicles is back in the news after a quiet period. They are the company that is trying to bring the Airlander 10 airship to market. After previous setbacks there is some good news for this company. News is that the Air Nostrum Group has signed for 10 Airlander 10 airships that will each carry up to 100 passengers. If it comes to fruition Air Nostrum will received their Airlander 10 aircraft from 2026...
Textron Fields Second Denali Flight Test Article
Textron Aviation announced today that the second testbed of the Beechcraft Denali has taken to the skies for its first test flight. The first flight for the second unit lasted approximately 2 hours taking the aircraft up to 15,500 feet and a maximum speed of 240-knots. The Beechcraft Denali is a clean-sheet single engine turboprop design by Textron and so far the program has surpassed 250 test hours...
Hydrogen-Powered Celera Aircraft In Development By Otto Aviation
Otto Aviation who we know for developing the Celera 500L aircraft says they plan to make a hydrogen-powered version of the Celera that will carry around 19-passengers and have a 1,000 nautical mile range...
Autoflight Prosperity I eVTOL 2025 Certification
Another eVTOL is currently in testing development that we were not previously aware of. The flight test vehicle is called the 'Prosperity I' and it is an eVTOL from a company called AutoFlight. It is being targeted at the air taxi market and according to AutoFlight their aim is to have it certified by 2025. Safety is and always will be AutoFlight’s top commitment...
Elliott Aviation Finishes First CJ2+ Pro Line Fusion Install
Elliott Aviation is happy to announce that it has completed its first Collins Pro Line Fusion install on a Citation CJ2+. "The avionics team at Elliott Aviation was able to leverage their Collins experience to accomplish the short downtime," said Elliott’s avionics sales manager Bill Forbes. The Collins Pro Line Fusion flight deck is a step-up from the factory Pro Line 21 equipment on this aircraft model. Instead of two vertically oriented smaller screens the upgrade gives three large landscape-mode screens...
'Stargazer' Hypersonic Jet By Venus Aerospace
Yesterday, a Texas-based company named Venus Aerospace unveiled a hypersonic design they call 'Stargazer'. The premise of the the aircraft is to wisk passengers in true hypersonic fashion to the other side of the globe in one hour. The jet will take off conventionally from an airport and climb to the edge of space with the ability to travel at Mach 9. For now this is nothing more than an active concept. There is no timeline for the Stargazer to enter service...
Lilium Jet Demonstrates Main Wing Transition
At the end of May Lilium announced that its test prototype of the Lilium Jet successfully achieved main wing transition. The technology demonstrator called "Phoenix 2" has demonstrated main wing transition which means it is the first ever full-size electric jet aircraft to transition from hover to wing-borne flight...
ZG-ONE eVTOL By ZeroG
One of the newest eVTOL proposals is from start-up ZeroG. It is called the ZG-ONE eVTOL. Established in early 2021 the company is looking to bring to market a unique 2-passenger eVTOL with six-axis and six-paddle configuration...
Dassault Falcon New Cabin Product
Dassault Aviation used the recently held European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (EBACE) to unveil a new cabin product for their new executive jets. The unveil centered around a luxurious suite for the cabin of the Falcon 6X and 8X. These two jets will initially have the suite available to customers if they wish to have it outfitted...
First VoloConnect Prototype eVTOL Takes Off
Volocopter's VoloConnect prototype eVTOL has taken to the skies on its first airborne tests. The company confirmed today that the prototype aircraft made its first flight on the 20th of May, 2022. Volocopter now has prototypes of all three versions (VoloConnect, VoloCity and VoloDrone ) of its eVTOLs. VoloCommect is the 4-seat passenger variant. The initial flight on the 20th endured 2 minutes and 14 seconds of airborne time...
Low-Speed Taxi Tests Completed By Eviation ALICE
A key part to the development of any aircraft program is the completion of Taxi trials. The Eviation ALICE all-electric aircraft has now concluded its low-speed taxi testing at the Arlington Municipal Airport (KAWO). With the taxi-tests done it also signals the first flight is just around the corner which is carded for Summer. The low-speed taxi-testing finished up in early May...
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