Welcome back, old friends. Four additions to this review since the last NBAA Convention are relaunched projects that more-or-less failed first time round and have been dusted-off for a second outing.
Whoosh! It took a little more than one hour of test flight to convince us that Phenom 100 EV, short for “Evolution,” finally has shed the original Phenom 100’s matronly image.
Bolstered by the selection of its Silvercrest mid-thrust turbofan for Cessna’s newly launched Hemisphere business jet, Safran Aircraft Engines has detailed a revised development schedule incorporating improvements made to counter problems uncovered in early tests.
UK-based Gama Aviation continues to expand, adding a new maintenance base in Massachusetts and adding aircraft, including turboprops and jets, to the Wheels Up fleet, which accounts for most of its U.S. operations.
Business aircraft owners often fly smaller, older or less capable aircraft than they’d like because they aren’t flying enough or can’t afford to buy their ideal aircraft.
As the Corporate Angel Network nears its 35th anniversary this winter, the organization has already passed an even more meaningful milestone: in April, it made its 50,000 flight serving a cancer patient.
The company plans to deliver its last G450 to a customer in early 2018. The $44.65 million G500 is expected to receive type certification in 2017 with customer deliveries to begin in 2018.
A typical flight plan can be run in less than five seconds, and the mapping engine renders high-definition graphics without delays, pixelation or frustration, says UAS.
As Bombardier nears first flight of its Global 7000 large business jet, the company is making progress on the additional flight-test vehicles for the test program.
A record number of end-client searches in the Avinode online air charter marketplace demonstrates the shift to booking charter flights online is growing rapidly.
In the three years since Wheels Up began business, the private aviation membership company has taken delivery of 70 aircraft and membership has grown to 3,700.
Viking Air celebrated the production of its 100th Series 400 Twin Otter in Calgary this past summer, and is showing the aircraft, replete with seaplane floats and executive interior, on the NBAA 2016 static line.
Wheels Up made waves at NBAA 2013 in Las Vegas by promoting the newest iteration of the King Air as an economical alternative to business jets. Coming into NBAA 2016, the company has grown to 69 total aircraft since its launch.
The move by Beijing-based Deer Jet underscores its ambitions to become a player in the infrastructure that supports business aviation around the world.
The FAA has officially awarded Cirrus Aircraft with an FAR Part 23 Type Certificate for its $1.96 million, 300-kt. single-engine turbofan SF50 Vision Jet.
The concept of printing metallic parts for aerospace applications in place of traditional forging and casting may be in its infancy, but General Electric says the coming revolution in additive manufacturing for aircraft engines is approaching quickly and on an unprecedented scale.
