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Punctuated by a blast of dry ice smoke, Rolls-Royce rolled out its latest new civil engine, the RR500 turboprop during the week of EAA AirVenture. The new engine is derived from the RR300 turboshaft announced last year to power the Robinson R66 helicopter. The RR500 uses the same core, but includes a gearbox for attachment […]

If the list of twin-engine, very light jet contenders seems long, those hoping to build single-engine jets are now also starting to grow in number. Newcomer Stratos Aircraft in Bend, Oregon, announced last week it is developing a four-place very light personal jet (VLPJ) to be called the Stratos 714. Stratos claims it has the […]

Long known internally-and increasingly externally-simply as ‘The Jet,’ Cirrus’ single-engine turbofan now has an official name. The Cirrus Vision SJ50 harks back to one of Alan and Dale Klapmeiers’ first products, the mid-engine, rear prop-driven ST50. First conceived as a kitplane, the ST50 never went to production, but formed a backdrop for Cirrus’s highly successful […]

In January of last year, the nose baggage door of a Cessna CE-525 CitationJet opened during takeoff from Van Nuys Airport. Moments later, the jet crashed into an empty lot in a residential neighborhood just north of the airport, killing both pilots. As you might expect at a busy airport, many people who knew something […]

The legal and financial troubles of diesel engine maker Thielert have left high-profile airplane programs from Diamond and Cessna in a state of uncertainty. Thielert Aircraft Engines is currently being overseen by a government administrator after the company filed for insolvency earlier this year amid a financial crisis and criminal investigation into the company’s record […]

Last Thursday, Cirrus’ single-engine personal jet flew for the first time. The 45-minute test flight was the first of a series to establish “verification and validation” of the proof-of-concept airframe, now dubbed V1 for that reason, according to Cirrus Chairman and CEO Alan Klapmeier. But the name also references the unique jet’s V-tail configuration, which […]

Eclipse has developed software improvements to the full authority digital engine control (fadec) system of its Eclipse 500 very light jet. Pending FAA approval, the updated software will be made available to Eclipse customers. The software fix is designed to correct a fault that caused the engines of an Eclipse 500 to lock at full […]

Eclipse has received FAA approval for flight into known icing (FIKI) for its Eclipse 500 very light jet. The long awaited approval came following 300 hours of test flying, including up to 60 hours in natural icing conditions in the United States and Canada. Beginning in 2007, the test program involved three test aircraft. The […]

From an NTSB preliminary report on an accident involving a Piper PA-46-500TP (Meridian turboprop single): “An eyewitness, a retired Navy instructor pilot, located about one half-mile northwest of the accident site, reported observing the accident airplane descending through the overcast about 1227. The airplane leveled off about 300 feet above ground level (agl) and turned […]

It was a dark and stormy night in late October. George, one of five partners in our Warrior, and I were completing the last leg of a three-segment flight. Our purpose, other than practice and fun, was to test out our brand-new yoke-mounted Trimble GPS that we had just acquired. The GPS was replacing a […]