Williams International

SF50 offers private pilots a custom-tailored path to jet operations.

Conceived during the late 1980s, the CJ1 was a pioneer in the light jet segment.

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Designed around a single pilot, the single-engine Vision Jet is ideal for piston aviators in transition.

The manufacturer aims for approval in 2028, with entry into service that year.

Williams International recently completed a successful flight test of its FJ44-4 engine using 100 percent sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on their flying testbed aircraft. The flight was conducted from the Williams International flight operations center in Pontiac, Michigan, and flew to points in northern Michigan with a total of 3.5 hours of flight time at […]

Williams International has received type and production certification from the FAA and EASA for its FJ44-4A-QPM engine. Production deliveries have already begun. The FJ44-4A-QPM engines will power the new Pilatus PC-24 Super Versatile Jet that will begin deliveries later this year. As part of an integrated propulsion module, Williams is supplying an anti-ice and noise […]

Textron’s Beechcraft subsidiary has received full FAA certification for all program elements of its Beechcraft/Hawker 400A upgrade. All upgrade work is completed either in Wichita, Kansas, or at a Textron Aviation service center. The completed effort transforms the old 1980s-era airframe into a Hawker 400XPR that offers improved climb and takeoff performance, as well as […]

Polish car-part manufacturer Metal Master has for years been working on a very light jet named Flaris LAR 1, which was on the road to its first flight in early 2015. The company has now mounted a new engine, the Williams FJ33-5A, to the tail section of the tiny fuselage. The engine received FAA certification […]

Williams International’s new FJ33-5A turbofan engine on Monday was awarded its FAA Part 33 type certificate. The company used what it learned in development of the earlier FJ44-3AP and FJ44-4A powerplants to give the new FJ33-5A more than 2,000 pounds of thrust, improved fuel economy and a better than 6-to-1 thrust-to-weight ratio. The FJ33-5A — […]