The third flight-test Gulfstream G600, T3, successfully completed its maiden flight on Friday, May 5th. Registered N730GD, the fly-by-wire twinjet took off at 8:51 a.m. from Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport on a four-hour, 35-minute inaugural test flight. This milestone was reached just five months into the flight-test campaign for the G600.
The Dillant-Hopkins Airport in New Hampshire is a business aviation lifeline for the community. Dillant-Hopkins Airport (EEN) in Keene, NH is a lifeline for the surrounding community, despite what some residents may think, longtime resident John McGauley wrote in a recent column in The Keene (NH) Sentinel newspaper. “Without an airport of that size and…
Textron Aviation’s fourth Citation Longitude recently joined the flight test program and made its first flight. Textron Aviation’s fourth Cessna Citation Longitude has joined the flight-test program, keeping the business jet on track for certification later this year. The aircraft departed Beech Field in east Wichita on May 6 and explored its full envelope during a…
Embraer Executive Jets plans to eventually assemble the bulk of Legacy 450s and 500s at its Melbourne, Florida facility, though there is no timetable set yet for this transition, company president and CEO Michael Amalfitano recently said. The company announced in 2015 that it would assemble all Phenoms at the Florida plant.
A Different Point of View was incorporated as a nonprofit in 2012 in hopes of encouraging young people to see a future in aviation. A self-described “outlier,” who has worked for and enjoyed a rewarding life as a pilot, flight school chief pilot and airline captain, Lynn Houston decided six years ago that it was…
Small airplane pilots are thrilled with the recent FAA rewrite of Part 23 certification rules and approved updates! It took nine years to accomplish, but those of us who fly small airplanes are thrilled with the recent FAA rewrite of Part 23 certification rules. The new regulations significantly streamline the testing and documentation necessary for certifying smaller…
Honda Aircraft Company has announced the HondaJet made its first official appearance in Taipei at Taipei Songshan Airport on April 21. The debut event in Taipei was attended by Fan Chih-ku, Political Deputy Minister, Ministry of Transportation and Communications; Zheng Wen-Can, Mayor of Taoyuan City, business guests and the media. Representing Honda, Michimasa Fujino, president and CEO, Honda Aircraft Company; and Takato Ito, president of Honda Taiwan Co., Ltd., Honda’s automobile and motorcycle subsidiary in Taiwan, attended the event.
Embraer stresses value even with Business Aircraft pricing remaining soft in the current market. As pricing for new business aircraft remains soft in the current market environment, Embraer Executive Jets is embarking on “a strategic shift from price to value,” newly installed company president and CEO Michael Amalfitano told AIN on Tuesday. He said that “value” includes…
No Plane No Gain highlights the value of Business Aviation across all regions of the country. When NBAA’s six regional representatives are on the road, the No Plane No Gain advocacy campaign’s many resources provide key talking points to highlight the value business aviation brings to all regions of the country. “Face-to-face interaction is what…