During a November 12 ceremony at its Burlington, N.C. headquarters, GE Honda Aero Engines officially acknowledged the first production HF120 turbofan produced at the facility. The engine, a product of the joint venture between Honda and GE Aviation, will be one of four shipped next week to Honda Aircraft’s HondaJet manufacturing plant in nearby Greensboro. Though…
Gulfstream announced plans on Tuesday to build a new $33 million aircraft paint facility on the southwest side of its Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport headquarters. “The announcement came up unexpectedly as a result of a Savannah Economic Development Agency [SEDA] board meeting that happened that day,” a company spokesman told AIN. The new 72,000-sq-ft, state-of-the-art…
As kids we all had them: Swiss Army knives. They were the one tool you never left home without—bottle opener, knife, scissors, file, screwdriver, saw, all in one small package that slipped easily into your pocket. Genius. So much so that the concept subsequently was applied to other things with varying degrees of success, from the Veg-O-Matic to the 1960s F-4 Phantom fighter jet, and later to civilian aircraft.
Cessna Aircraft Co. announced that its Citation X+ has earned certification from the Federal Aviation Administration and that deliveries of the midsize business jet have begun. The company said in a press release that the first delivery commenced immediately following certification, with the first plane going to Gerry Buchheit of Orchard Park, N.Y., who owns…
Five years after Embraer delivered its first Phenom business jet, the Brazil-based company delivered its 500th unit. Embraer, which competes with Wichita-based Cessna Aircraft, builds the Phenom 100 entry-level business jet and the Phenom 300 light jet. The 500th aircraft, a Phenom 300, was delivered to Prime Fraction Club, a fractional ownership company in Brazil.…
Dassault has unveiled the newest member of its Falcon Jet family. And while the Model 8X is essentially an iteration of the three-engine model one digit removed, its additional cabin space and increased fuel load make it the French planemaker’s most comfortable long-ranger. Derived from the Falcon 7X, the new model features a 42.6 ft…
Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI), the leading provider of hourly cost maintenance programs for the business aviation industry, has launched its signature Tip-to-Tail® Program for the new Citation Latitude and the recently launched Citation Sovereign+ business jets. As the only provider in the industry to offer Engine, Airframe and APU coverage through one comprehensive maintenance…
Textron has closed its acquisition of Beechcraft Corp., and will merge Cessna Aircraft and Beechcraft to form a new segment called Textron Aviation, the company announced Friday. Cessna, Beechcraft and Hawker will remain distinct brands, however, Textron said. Scott Ernest, Cessna CEO, will lead the combined company. “The attractiveness of the merger was driven by…
Dassault Aviation will highlight its line of Falcon business jets at Abu Dhabi Air Expo 2014, including its flagship business jet, the Falcon 7X. Dassault have delivered more than 30 Falcons to the Middle East in the past five years, nearly doubling the regional Falcon fleet to 69 aircraft. Renaud Cloatre, Falcon sales director for…