Cessna Aircraft announced the successful first flight of its Citation Longitude super-midsize jet. Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today announced the successful first flight of its Citation Longitude super-midsize jet. The flight comes less than a year after the company unveiled new details for the revolutionary aircraft –…
Gulfstream Aerospace’s long-range, large-cabin G500 continues to advance toward anticipated FAA certification next year. As first reported in AIN, the new twinjet is also getting more cabin windows: the prototype aircraft had 12, but Gulfstream is increasing this to 14 on production aircraft. Through mid-September, five flight-test G500s have logged 1,507 hours over 361 flights,…
Cessna Aircraft has delivered its 5,000th light business jet, which was a Citation M2! Cessna Aircraft has delivered its 5,000th light business jet, a Citation M2 that was handed over last week to Helitrip Charter, which is leasing the aircraft to UK aircraft charter firm Catreus, the company has announced. In June, the Wichita-based aircraft…
Heartland Aeronautical Experience (HAE) is developing a creative approach to exposing students to careers in business aviation a mobile air traffic control tower classroom. “This venue will result in new student starts for the diminishing pilot population, as well as more applicants for air traffic controller positions,” the HAE board says on its website. “Our…
By Christmas 2019, ADSB-Out will be required on every active airplane that currently requires a Mode C transponder. Taking advantage of the FAA’s rebate program and planning ahead now can keep you from getting grounded.
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Two groups have banded together for a common goal to help disabled pilots fly. EAA Chapter 1083 and John Robinson, the founder of AV84all.org, will build a Zenith CH 750 Cruzer in Salisbury, North Carolina. The EAA chapter members launched the build earlier this month at Rowan County Airport (KRUQ). “When I was first contacted by Zenith about helping…
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta announced today that the FAA is delivering on its commitment to incentivize general aviation aircraft owners to equip their aircraft with required NextGen avionics technology before the January 1, 2020 deadline. On September 19, 2016, the FAA’s Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) rebate website went live, and general aviation aircraft owners now have the opportunity to apply for a $500 rebate to help offset the cost to equip eligible aircraft in a timely manner, rather than waiting to meet the mandatory equipage date.
34 Stray Dogs flown out of Puerto Rico to “Furrever Homes” in United States Humans aren’t the only ones who benefit from business aviation’s capabilities, as one operator recently stepped in to fly 34 stray dogs, rescued from Puerto Rico, to “forever homes” in the U.S. “Although we’ve traditionally used commercial airlines to fly the…