Aircraft

Bombardier has announced that the Eugene Cernan Safety Award will be handed out for the first time at the annual Bombardier Safety Standdown, scheduled this year Oct. 8-11 in Wichita, Kansas. Several criteria must be met to be eligible as a nominee for the award, including previous participation at the Bombardier Safety Standdown. “The nominee […]

Embraer begins final production today of what will be the first U.S.-assembled Phenom 300 at its Melbourne, Florida, facility. Scheduled for delivery in early 2013, the aircraft is one of more than a dozen 300s slated for production in Melbourne next year. It was less than two years ago when the company broke ground on […]

Bombardier’s new Learjet 75 business jet came to life for the first time last month on the company’s Wichita production line. Aircraft power, including the avionics, was switched on during the week of August 21 as the aircraft progresses toward a planned 2013 certification, according to Bombardier. As we previously reported, the Learjet 75 is […]

Will Escutia and Daniel Perez, the new owners of Quicksilver Aircraft, have big plans for the Temecula, California, based ultralight pioneer and kit plane manufacturer. Born in Mexico and friends since college, the pair hope to use their 20 years of global business experience to expand Quicksilver’s presence in Mexico, China, and South Africa as […]

One particularly eye-catching design for a fuel-efficient supersonic jet has captured the interest of NASA, which awarded the group behind the airplane a $100,000 grant to further explore its potential. The design features a bi-directional flying wing with a shape that resembles a ninja star. The craft, thought up by engineers at the University of […]

The Gulfstream G280 super-midsize business jet has received full FAA type certification, the manufacturer announced on Tuesday, nearly four years after Gulfstream first announced the follow-on to the G200. The G280 has since flown more than 2,000 hours over the course of nearly 800 test flights, during which the airplane stretched its legs from its […]

CubCrafters has announced that the 2013 model of the Carbon Cub SS LSA will include several upgrades that could enhance creature comfort and improve the performance of some systems. And despite the improvements, CubCrafters claims the new Carbon Cub SS weighs less than the preceding version. The cowling has been redesigned to provide better cooling […]

Flying a light jet hadn’t been on my radar. But when Tom Torti offered me a spin in his Citation Mustang, I couldn’t refuse. With a couple of exceptions, I had never really flown a smaller jet, the 727 being my first jet. The opportunity to compare notes with the 777 seemed like a great […]

Cessna is on the verge of delivering its first Corvalis after it took the high-end piston single out of production nearly two years ago. We recently had a chance to fly a developmental copy of what will become the new model, the Corvalis TTx, and to Cessna’s credit, the airplane is not new in name […]

There’s a new AD out for fuel hose problems on the Rotax 912 four-stroke aircraft engine, which has over the past 20 years become one of the most popular production engines. The FAA issued an airworthiness directive (AD) for Rotax 912 series F2, F3, F4, S2 and S3 engines that requires replacing the pressure side […]