Stephen Pope Thursday, June 13, 2019

Daher Buying Quest Aircraft

Daher, the French maker of the TBM family of sleek and speedy single-engine turboprops, said it will purchase Sandpoint, Idaho-based Quest Aircraft, which builds the Kodiak 100 utility turboprop. The acquisition, Daher says, strengthens two of the company’s “strategic pillars” by boosting its market position in the turboprop segment and growing its footprint in North […]

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Stephen Pope Thursday, June 13, 2019

Mitsubishi Hits the Reset Button on Its Regional Jet Program

No, it’s not a futuristic rocket ship for the burgeoning space-tourism market. Instead, Mitsubishi Aircraft today announced its SpaceJet family of aircraft because these regional jets will be so spacious inside. SpaceJet is the new commercial name for a product family that includes the SpaceJet M90 (previously known by the developmental designation of MRJ90) and […]

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Stephen Pope Thursday, June 6, 2019

Cirrus Names New CEO

Cirrus Aircraft named Zean Nielsen, a former senior executive with Tesla Motors, James Hardie and Bang & Olufsen, as its new CEO. Nielsen succeeds Cirrus cofounder Dale Klapmeier, who has stepped back to take a more strategic role with manufacturer, which is the number one producer of high-performance piston airplanes for the general aviation market. […]

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Stephen Pope Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Gogo To Launch 5G Network for Bizav

Inflight internet provider Gogo announced plans to bring 5G data service to the North American market starting in 2021. The new 5G air-to-ground (ATG) service is designed to power faster inflight Wi-Fi for business jets and turboprops as well as airline customers in the United States and Canada even on smaller regional jets. Gogo says […]

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Stephen Pope Thursday, May 30, 2019

Red Bull Cancels Air Race Series

For a heart-pounding, on-the-edge-of-your seat adrenalin rush, the Red Bull Air Race Championship series was hard to beat. Outside the aviation community, however, the races failed to attract the same level of interest as other Red Bull events. For this reason, Red Bull announced on Wednesday that its Air Race World Championship that began in […]

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Stephen Pope Thursday, May 23, 2019

TBM 940 Certified in Europe

EASA, the European Union’s aviation safety agency, has certified Daher’s TBM 940 single-engine turboprop, allowing deliveries to begin in the coming days, the manufacturer announced at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland. The TBM 940’s certification comes two months after the airplane’s launch in March. So far, 25 orders have […]

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