Jets

Gulfstream this morning revealed the company’s future direction with the official unveiling of a new family of technologically sophisticated business jets, the clean-sheet G500 and G600 models. Resembling the flagship G650 in outward appearance, the new airplanes feature a long list of surprising changes and improvements inside and out. Both will fly with versions of […]

At the CitationJet Pilots Conference in Greenbrier, West Virginia, light jet mod specialist Sierra Industries announced its Sapphire Program, which it calls a “comprehensive suite of improvements” for Cessna CitationJets, from the original through the CJ1+. At the heart of the program are two major changes. The Williams engines will be swapped out for the […]

Gulfstream added a new jet to its fleet of certified airplanes this week after the FAA gave the green light to the ultra-long-range Gulfstream G650ER. The G650ER, first announced in May, brings even longer legs to an airplane that already set the gold standard for its combination of speed and range. The new G650ER can […]

Hurtling at high speed through the lower reaches of the stratosphere with the persistent roar of the turbofan engines reverberating mere feet from the passenger compartment and the ferocious rush of turbulent air blasting away against the fuselage, the typical business jet is anything but a sanctuary of peace and quietude on the inside. It’s […]

Cessna on Tuesday announced to a small group of aviation journalists that its Citation Latitude midsize jet is on track for certification and first deliveries early next year. Announced just two years ago, the Latitude is a clean-sheet airplane designed to compete in a new supercharged midsized market characterized by airplanes with bigger cabins and […]

Aerion Corp., the company that has been working for more than a decade to bring a supersonic business jet to market, will receive technical and certification support from Airbus in its quest to fly the revolutionary would-be airplane before the decade is out. For its trouble Airbus will receive access to Aerion’s proprietary natural laminar […]

Dassault announced this week that it is working on certification that will allow its Falcon 7X tri-engine long-range business jet to operate at airports located at altitudes up to 15,000 feet. The 7X has successfully flown out of the Daocheng Yading Airport, the world’s highest commercial airport at 14,472 feet, just a few feet short […]

Fascination with creating the fastest airplanes has existed since the dawn of aviation. The first air races sprung up as early as 1909 and speed records quickly reached new highs, pushing aerodynamic engineers to reduce drag. As engine technology advanced, aircraft were designed around these new power plants, and over time the introduction of wind […]

Since its entry into service in 1996, the Cessna Model 750 Citation X (it is not the letter “X” but the Roman numeral 10) has occupied a special place in the bizjet world. It put its number in the books as a sleek ­midsize jet that could rocket coast to coast in the United States […]

On schedule and less than six months after the Cessna Citation CJ3+ was first announced, Textron Aviation today announced it has achieved FAA certification for the nine-seat business jet. This latest offering from Cessna is an upgrade to the CJ3, with a new avionics system and increased range capabilities. The CJ3+ is certified for single […]