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…
The first Bombardier Global 7000 lands on Canadian Aircraft Registry! The first Bombardier Global 7000 has appeared on the Canadian aircraft registry. The aircraft is listed as experimental, with a model number of BD-700-2A12. A search of the Transport Canada online registration shows that the aircraft has been registered as C-GLBO, with the manufacturers serial…
Gulfstream Aerospace this week announced its new Performance iPad app for the G650 series, a tool the company said represents the first phase of an intuitive mobile product. The Performance iPad app calculates precise takeoff and landing performance data, replacing paper charts and manual calculations. The results are quickly displayed in simple, easy-to-understand graphics on…
Cessna took the next step toward first flight of the Citation Longitude, completing the initial ground engine tests on the super-midsize jet’s Honeywell HTF7700L turbofans, the company announced today. The tests verify engine start, fuel system and autothrottle functions, along with avionics, electrical and hydraulic system interfaces.
The Pawnee Campus location for Textron Aviation is located west of Woodlawn and Pawnee. Check out the article, below, outlining the upcoming upgrades to the facility. Textron Aviation has filed building permits for work totaling $3.3 million at its plant in southeast Wichita. Full details of the work at the company’s Pawnee Campus weren’t available…
Textron Aviation recently announced their new Cessna Denali business aircraft at the EAA AirVentures airshow in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The plane is designed to offer all the comforts and conveniences of a private jet, but at a fraction of the manufacturing price, thanks in part to its turboprop engine. General Electric Aviation, which developed the advanced…
Bombardier is preparing for the first flight of its Global 7000 later this year as it pushes to bring the aircraft to market in the latter part of 2018, company president and CEO Alain Bellemare told analysts today during its release of the second quarter results.
Cessna Aircraft has received certification from the EASA, Argentina’s National Civil Aviation Administration and the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines for its TTx fixed gear, high-performance piston single, the Textron Aviation unit announced on Monday at EAA AirVenture 2016.
Rockwell Collins and Duncan Aviation announced a Pro Line Fusion cockpit upgrade at NBAA 2015 for the Citation CJ3, and on Tuesday the first CJ3 with the touchscreen display-equipped flight deck took to the skies at Duncan’s Lincoln, Neb. headquarters. The cockpit upgrade replaces Pro Line 21 portrait-oriented displays with three larger 14.1-inch touchscreen displays…