Jets

The Cirrus Vision Jet is progressing toward certification on schedule after the FAA issued the SF50’s Type Inspection Authorization (TIA), marking the start of formal FAA flight evaluations of the single-engine jet’s type design, airworthiness, performance and handling. The TIA allows Cirrus to begin certification flight tests with an FAA pilot on board, one of […]

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. recently announced details on the progress of the test program for its G500 and G600 family of business jets, which are expected to hit the market in 2018 and 2019 respectively. The G500 took to the skies for the first time on May 18. Since then, company test pilots have completed five […]

Airbus engineers have quietly received a patent for a 20-passenger hypersonic “ultra-rapid” business jet that would be capable of whisking the well-heeled from San Francisco to Paris in under three hours. The patent claims the ambitious aircraft would significantly reduce its sonic boom to allow flights at supersonic speed over land. Turbojets and a rocket […]

Following recent successful transcontinental missions, the newly FAA-certified Cessna Citation Latitude, with a range of 2,850 nautical miles, demonstrated its first trans-Pacific flight this week, between the Santa Barbara, California (KSBA) and Maui, Hawaii (PHOG). “With certification achieved, we see the Citation Latitude demonstrating its impressive capabilities and performance during common customer missions,” said Kriya […]

The heads of some of the major business jet manufacturing companies say they have yet to see solid signs of a turnaround in the market for their products just yet, but analysts speaking at a business aviation summit yesterday in New York City confidently proclaimed that the world’s uber wealthy are again ready to start […]

On some days, the stars just line up perfectly. So perfectly that I become reluctant to touch or perturb anything. This day I was on a roll. “Just keep quiet and try not to attract attention” was my mantra at London’s Heathrow Airport. It all started with Virgin Atlantic’s winter sale. Upper class was going […]

There’s a new airplane near the top of the heap of uber-luxury jets after Boeing Business Jets announced the sale of the first BBJ Max 9 at the Paris Air Show to an undisclosed European customer. The Boeing 737-based BBJ Max 9 sale marks the fifth BBJ Max order after Boeing previously booked four orders […]

In case you missed it, one of the latest aviation videos to go viral shows off a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner rehearsing for the Paris Air Show, which is being held this week. It’s not often we see airliners perform such a steep climb, but this video demonstrates the Dreamliner’s ability for a gorgeous takeoff. While […]

Cessna’s Citation Latitude business twinjet has achieved FAA type certification, clearing the way for deliveries to start later this summer as parent company Textron Aviation continues a rapid succession of new airplane introductions in the last year and a half. Based on the Citation Sovereign type certificate but featuring big changes just about everywhere from […]

When the economic downturn of 2007 struck, there were several bizjet segments that took a hit. Surprisingly, the largest cabin jets seemed not only immune to the crisis but to thrive on the turmoil. The sales of most light jets got knocked for a loop, but it was the midsize segment that spun out of […]