Textron Aviation

The flagship CJ just got a whole lot better.

Textron Aviation plans first delivery to launch customer FedEx following certification in the first half of 2022.

The work of fanatical artisans wins over ‘fast and cheap’ every time.

Business aviation helps bring Brigadier General Charles Edward McGee’s story full circle.

The aviation recovery did help, but troubles from other segments hurt overall results.

The new turboprop brings together the Beechcraft airframe and GE Aviation powerplant for the first time in the air.

Textron Aviation has announced an order for 10 Cessna 172s from the Kansas State University Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus. The order will expand the K-State fleet from 10 to 20 Skyhawks. All the aircraft will be equipped with Garmin G1000 NXi avionics. “Textron Aviation remains committed to supporting the training and development of the […]

An important achievement has been completed in the Catalyst turboprop program: GE Aviation announced Thursday the first flight of its clean-sheet design on a Beechcraft King Air test bed in Berlin, Germany. The one-hour, 40-minute flight departed Berlin’s Schönefeld Airport yesterday morning after completing ground run tests on September 27. Run, baby, run! GE's Catalyst […]

Textron Aviation announced Thursday that with the stroke of a pen, it had passed an important milestone in the progression of its latest King Air models—the 260 and the 360/360ER—with the certification of both under EASA. The approval means that customer deliveries of the workhorse turboprop can begin across Europe. “EASA certification begins a whole […]

As I stood on the Textron Aviation ramp in Wichita, Kansas, for my first look at the company’s new turboprop flagship, the King Air 360, I slipped back in time to a different era and form of transportation: cars (muscle cars as they called them). My pal Lennie had just bought a brand-new, fire-engine-red Chevrolet […]