Aircraft

In anticipation of certification, the Gulfstream G500 is taking off on a five-month tour to get introduced to potential customers around the world. The ultra-long-range, high-speed luxury jet, the final of five test airplanes, recently took off from Dallas Love Field and will make stops in major cities such as Chicago, Melbourne, Beijing, Moscow and […]

Even as sales of new airplanes stumble under the weight of a glut of pre-owned models, good news abounds. Cirrus Aircraft, for one, continues to defy market trends by selling out production of its piston models year in and year out while focusing much of its attention this year on deliveries of its newest product, the […]

You may remember a light two-seat airplane named the Liberty XL-2. The airplane was the first piston-powered airplane to be certified with a fadec-equipped engine, the 125-hp Continental IOF-240-B, which boasts a fuel burn of only 4.5 gph. The carbon-fiber two-seat design was bought by Discovery Aviation, which continues to build the airplane in Melbourne, […]

Italian light airplane maker Tecnam is making quick progress on what is the largest airplane it has produced to date — the P2012 Traveller. The second prototype of the 11-seat piston twin (CHECK), which is the first fully conforming test platform, recently took its first flight. The first test airplane has accumulated more than 250 […]

Vulcanair made a promise at AirVenture 2017 that the company’s new Vulcanair V1.0 would receive its FAA type certificate before the end of the year. With just a few days remaining in the year, CEO Remo De Feo and CEO of U.S. distributor Ameravia Chris Benaiges said that promise has been kept. The company said […]

As we do at the end of each year, the editors of Flying have compiled a list of the most important, compelling and industry-shaping news stories to emerge in the preceding 12 months. As always, the year was jam-packed with major news stories, from the political battles that gripped Washington to new airplane introductions and […]

At the close of each year, the editors of Flying convene to consider the positive attributes of the best aviation products to emerge in the preceding 12 months. Our annual Editors’ Choice Awards are as much about honoring the innovative ideas behind exceptional new products as celebrating the hard work of the people in aviation […]

Supersonic bizjet developer Aerion is continuing its strategy of teaming up with the experts in the industry as it progresses through the development of what could become the world’s first supersonic business jet, the Aerion AS2. The company signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with military and space-transport giant Lockheed Martin to explore the possibility […]

Mojave, California-based Scaled Composites has taken a major leap in the development of the massive Stratolaunch program. The world’s largest aircraft (by wingspan) took to the tarmac this weekend, blasted its six Pratt & Whitney PW4056 engines to life and completed the initial taxi tests. As the Stratolaunch rolled down the runway, the wings, which […]

Stop by the Pitt Meadows airport near Vancouver soon and you might catch a glimpse of what Pipistrel Aircraft hopes is the future of flight. The Slovenia aircraft builder’s Canadian distributor, Pipistrel Aircraft Canada Inc., recently delivered the first completely electric two-seat Alpha Electro to a customer near Vancouver. While the aircraft arrived in a […]