This year is shaping up to be a troubling period for general aviation safety, the leaders of GA and business aviation associations say.

The last new Learjet light business jet, a Learjet 75 Liberty, has rolled off Bombardier’s Wichita production line and into the paint department for completion before customer delivery, Learjet insiders say, bringing production of the iconic Learjet closer to its ultimate conclusion.

Czech startup Zuri has revealed its concept for a hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

California-based electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi developer Overair has begun full power ground tests of the 20-ft.-dia. rotor system that will power a flying demonstrator of the company’s Butterfly quad-tiltrotor starting in 2023.

Rolls-Royce’s £6 million ($8.17 million) Spirit of Innovation electric aircraft has secured the world electric aircraft speed record following verification by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. 

U.S. manufacturer Enstrom Helicopter has announced that it is filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, apparently ending a six-decade run.

Site work on the first purpose-designed urban vertiport is to begin by the end of January in Coventry, UK.

Two early-stage startups have joined forces to lay the foundations for an on-demand regional air service in Western Australia using small electric aircraft.