Aircraft

Lufthansa Airlines is the latest company to take advantage of Cirrus Aircraft‘s SR series for its training program. This week, Cirrus announced that Lufthansa Aviation Training purchased 25 SR20s for its facility in Goodyear, Arizona, where pilots have trained for decades in the favorable desert weather. In addition to Lufthansa’s pilots, airlines like Swiss Air, […]

After more than five years of development, the FAA and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certified the Cessna Turbo Skyhawk JT-A with next-generation Garmin G1000 NXi avionics, clearing the way for deliveries to customers in the United States and Europe. Manufacturer Textron Aviation in Wichita, Kansas said the new model, equipped with the Continental […]

The five-seat Bell 505 Jet Ranger X received FAA certification six months after notching Canadian approval of the light single, Bell Helicopter announced today. “This is another significant milestone in our journey to market entry for the Bell 505,” said Mitch Snyder, Bell Helicopter’s President and CEO. “This aircraft incorporates the latest advancements in safety […]

Lancair International, which was taken over earlier this year by Mark and Conrad Huffstutler in Uvalde, Texas, is bringing back the four-place, fixed-gear Mako as a competitor to the Cirrus SR22 and Cessna TTx. The Mako is closely related to the TTx, which started out as the Columbia 350/400 – a certified sidestep to Lancair’s […]

One Aviation has released details for the larger version of the Eclipse jet, the EA700 “Project Canada,” which was first announced last year. The information was revealed at the Eclipse Jet Owners and Pilots Association Annual Convention this week at Amelia Island, Florida. The twinjet will be more than a foot longer than its smaller […]

Soaring is quite unlike any other kind of flying. Plunk yourself down in an open field on a warm, sunny day, as I did last fall, and watch a hawk, wings outstretched, wingtips moving only slightly to adjust the flight path as they trace seemingly endless patterns across the sky in search of a meal. […]

PAL-V, the Dutch company that plans to bring to market the world’s first production flying car, has christened its factory for the PAL-V Liberty in the Netherlands. The company hosted officials from the European Aviation Safety Agency, whose job it will be to certify the Liberty, which combines a three-wheel vehicle with a gyrocopter in […]

Google’s Sergey Brin isn’t the only billionaire taking up a lot of hangar space with an ambitious and massive aircraft construction project. For years, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has desired to make access to space more convenient and affordable, and from that the idea for Stratolaunch was born. On Wednesday, the world got its first […]

Cirrus Aircraft is soon going to have some competition for its recently certified SF50 Vision Jet as Stratos Aircraft announced it has completed the first flight test phase for its Stratos 714 single-engine jet. Since the first flight in November of last year, the test pilots have logged 52 hours during 33 flights, topping out […]

Just in time for the start of the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) and mere months after the start of commercial single-engine turbine operations in Europe, two competing airplanes have received certification approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency. Cirrus and Piper each announced that their newest products, the Cirrus Vision Jet and […]