Jets

While the rest of the Boeing 787 fleet remains grounded, the FAA has authorized a one-time crew-only Dreamliner flight to return one of the airplanes from a paint facility in Fort Worth, Texas, to the company’s factory outside Seattle. FAA approval for the flight was given alongside the stipulations that the flight crew take a […]

Rockwell Collins has decided to bid adieu to its well traveled and much beloved North American Sabreliner 50 avionics test bed, an airplane the company has owned since 1976. The airplane has been used over the decades for testing a variety of groundbreaking avionics developments, including early satellite communications, radio altimeters, the first Mode-S transponder, […]

The NTSB on Thursday said the Boeing 787 Dreamliner battery that caught fire earlier this month in Boston shows evidence of thermal runaway, a serious condition in which an increase in temperature causes progressively hotter temperatures. Still unclear is the question of which occurred first, the thermal runaway or a short circuit in the battery […]

The FAA and EASA have temporarily grounded the U.S. and European fleets of Boeing 787s after a second incident involving a battery fire forced a Dreamliner to make an emergency landing in Japan on Wednesday. The FAA said Boeing would have to demonstrate that the lithium ion batteries involved were safe before 787 flights could […]

After receiving FAA certification for its ultra-long-range business jet in September, Gulfstream handed over the first fully-outfitted G650 to a U.S. customer last week. The milestone marks the culmination of the company’s flagship jet, first announced in 2008 as an airplane that would up the ante in terms of speed, range and cabin space. The […]

Bombardier recently delivered the first Signature Global 6000 to NetJets. A big deal has been made of the delivery of this ultra-long-range business jet since it is the first Global to be delivered as part of one of the largest orders in business aviation history – a deal worth a total of $2.8 billion. Bombardier […]

Embraer on Wednesday flew the first U.S.-built Phenom 300 after the light twinjet emerged from a new factory in Melbourne, Florida. Delivery will be made to Embraer Executive Jets for use as a flight demonstrator. Embraer said the production time for the Phenom 300 was half that of the first Phenom 100 built in Melbourne, […]

Imagine, high above you, the sleek silhouette of an airplane with a shape more like that of some futuristic spacecraft from a Hollywood blockbuster. You can clearly make out the long, lance-like nose, steeply swept wing and powerful engines as they blast this 21st-century private jet through the stratosphere at twice the speed of Concorde. […]

Embraer affirmed its commitment to become a major force in business jet manufacturing with the first flight on Tuesday of the Legacy 500, a clean-sheet midsize model that is capable of flying 3,000 nm, cruising at Mach 0.82 and climbing direct to 45,000 feet. Embraer said the fly-by-wire Legacy 500 made a “flawless” first flight, […]

If you hold an order for one of the first three or four HondaJets, it’s time to start getting excited. The first several production aircraft are now on the assembly line in Greensboro, North Carolina, in anticipation of certification before the end of next year. It’s been a long and winding road for the unique […]