Aircraft

Thrill seekers who dream of building their very own personal jet to throw around the sky now have the option of bringing along a friend. Sonex Aircraft revealed the development of a two-seat version of the SubSonex single-engine jet, more details of which will be revealed soon. The new JSX-2T is being billed by the […]

Gulfstream Aerospace announced on Friday, June 28, 2019, it received not only FAA type certification but also production certification for the G600. The approval caps nearly 100,000 hours of simulated flight in total during the ground testing program, and more than 3,200 hours of flight testing by the company. Years prior to the first flight […]

Piper Aircraft believes its new Pilot 100 and Pilot 100i trainers will deliver desperately needed solutions to a flight-training industry struggling to meet the demands of the worldwide pilot shortage. Announced at April’s Sun ‘n Fun show in Lakeland, Florida, the Piper Pilot 100 will be delivered with a Garmin G3X Touch Certified avionics system […]

This Italian piston twin makes a surprising alternative to a turboprop.

Eviation unveiled its proposition to the turboprop-commuter airline market at the Paris Air Show with Alice, its all-electric, 9-passenger prototype airplane, and announced Cape Air as its first fleet partner. Slated as the latest entrant in a host of urban mobility vehicles aimed at advancing the quest towards a cleaner future, Eviation’s Alice looks like […]

An Atlanta-based startup, Hermeus Corporation says it’s building a hypersonic jet that will travel at four times the speed of sound. If Hermeus is successful, that could reduce TransAtlantic travel times between New York and Paris from 7 ½ hours to just 90 minutes. That’s about twice the speed of the supersonic Concorde. The new […]

Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum doesn’t just pay lip service to the future with its name—the Compton, California-based flight academy embraced new technology two years ago as it accepted its first two Pipistrel ALPHA Electro Light Sport airplanes. The Compton-Woodley Airport at which Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum (TAM) is based recently announced the installation of charging stations that […]

Pegasus Universal, a Pretoria, South African-based aerospace company debuted a six-foot by six-foot model of a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft – called Pegasus One – at this week’s European Business Aviation Convention and Exposition (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland. The all-composite aircraft will offer a 2,400 nm range when it uses a standard runway or […]

As far as first flights of ambitious eVTOL prototypes go, this one was pretty impressive. The Lilium Jet prototype, a “full size and full weight” all-electric five-seat vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, made its successful maiden flight this month, allowing the German startup company behind the project to take another step toward its eventual goal […]

The workers and staff at Doug Matthews’ Classic Fighters of America are excited about the impending maiden flight and evaluation trials of a North American F-86F Korea-Era fighter soon to begin. Global Aviation Management in Titusville, Florida sits at the center of the work and is funding the efforts to create a nearly brand-new edition […]