Aviation News

It’s official. You can now place an order with Pilatus to buy your very own PC-24 business jet — provided you can come up with the $8.9 million it will cost to do so. Pilatus confirmed at EBACE in Geneva yesterday that it is now taking orders for the twinjet, certification for which is expected […]

Aerion has revealed a new three-engine configuration for its long-gestating supersonic business jet project, now renamed the AS2 and featuring a larger cabin and more range. The Reno, Nevada-based company revealed the new configuration at EBACE in Geneva, although it did not appear to be any closer to securing a manufacturing partner for the airplane. […]

Piaggio Aero Industries, the maker of the uniquely shaped P.180 Avanti, announced major modifications to the twin-turboprop pusher, creating a new model named the Avanti Evo. With several aerodynamic modifications to the airplane, the Evo promises significant performance improvements translating into a 17 percent range increase, which allows the Evo to travel as far as […]

After a few tough years as a result of the economic downturn, the European business jet market is on a recovering trend. Speaking at the European Business Aviation Convention (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland, Fabio Gamba, CEO of the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA), said that major indicators in the market are positive and the last […]

French luxury jet builder Dassault threw down the gauntlet at EBACE in Geneva with the launch of the Falcon 8X, a new flagship trijet that is intended to go head-to-head with the class-leading ultra-long-range Gulfstream G650 and Bombardier Global family. The 19-seat Falcon 8X is a stretched version of the Falcon 7X that will boast […]

Gulfstream launched its latest luxury bizjet offering at a press conference preceding today’s opening of the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland. Improving upon its highly successful G650, the Savannah, Georgia-based company launched the G650ER — ER for extended range — enabling the business jet to fly an additional 500 nautical […]

The 600-hour, instrument-rated pilot of a Piper Arrow left Georgia early on a Sunday afternoon for Delaware, where he was scheduled to perform a surgery the following day. The forecast weather at the destination and nearby airports was near minimums; the pilot filed Baltimore/Washington International (BWI) as his alternate. As he approached his filed destination […]

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, which originally appeared as a section in Flying Magazine as an early attempt to organize pilots for better representation, today celebrates its 75th anniversary. Led today by president and CEO Mark Baker, the organization boasts hundreds of thousands members and advocates for them, fighting for the same kinds of […]

Dick Rutan, the pilot of the 1986 Voyager round-the-world flight and brother of famed airplane designer Burt, recently completed the first test flight of a Cirrus SR22 in Mojave, California, powered by the Graflight V-8 diesel engine from Engineered Propulsion Systems. Rutan piloted the Cirrus to 5,000 feet for the successful 20-minute trip aloft, arriving […]

Icon Aircraft, the maker of the much talked about amphibious Icon A5 LSA, has announced the location of its new headquarters, where the airplane will be produced and delivered once the company completes the ASTM approval process for the LSA. Icon is moving into a 140,000-square-foot facility in Vacaville, California and, based on a video […]