Eight years ago, then-executive vice president of Embraer Executive Jets Luis Carlos Affonso surprised NBAA show attendees by unveiling concepts for two completely new jets, dubbed mid-light and mid-size; a year later these became the Embraer Legacy 450 and the Embraer Legacy 500. The new jets not only signaled the company’s efforts to build a…
DetailsCorporate Angel Network recently arranged its 48,000th cancer patient flight and is on track to surpass 50,000 early next year. The latest milestone flight, which occurred on June 11, transported 48-year-old colon cancer patient James Etherton and his wife, Tammy, on Blue Beacon International’s Citation from treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New…
DetailsLast week, FAA officials issued the first S-LSA Airworthiness Certificate for the ICON’s A5 Light Sport Amphibian. On 11 June, FAA officials completed a comprehensive compliance audit at ICON Aircraft’s Tehachapi, California, facility. This allowed them to issue the first S-LSA airworthiness certificate for ICON’s A5 Light Sport amphibian. The FAA audit team reviewed ICON’s…
DetailsEarlier this month, Bell Helicopter was announced as the highest-ranking in the comprehensive Helicopter Manufacturers Survey by Vertical Magazine. Check out the full review of the announcement, below, from Bell. Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, announced on June 2, 2015 in Forth Worth, Tx, the company received the top spot in Vertical Magazine’s 2015…
DetailsThe highly anticipated Falcon 5x was revealed at last to a large crowd for the first time in France this week. Presented at Dassault’s Bordeaux-Mérignac final assembly facility before an audience of 400 customers, operators, suppliers and certification authority representatives, the 5X will offer the largest cabin cross-section of any purpose built business jet. And…
DetailsThe highly anticipated G500 by Gulfstream Aerospace took its first flight early last week. Gulfstream Aerospace (Booth O73, static display) announced first flight of the G500 on Tuesday, a critical milestone that keeps the aircraft’s flight test and certification program on track for its slated 2017 FAA and European Aviation Safety Agency certification. G500 will…
DetailsWith the FAA’s pending approval expected to pass in the next couple months, Honda Aircraft Co.’s HondaJet has been undergoing final certification flight testing, and debuted in Europe during EBACE2015! Production steadily continues at its headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina. Three production HondaJets have flown so far and another 20 are on the production line,…
DetailsEBACE 2015 will mark the 15th annual European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition in Geneva, as it opens on May 19th. A highlight will be a new unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) exhibit area and a focus on European Commission regulations regarding their operation in Europe. The exhibit will allow for live demonstrations in a 144-sq.-ft. netted…
DetailsThe Bombardier Challenger 650 will make its public debut in less than two weeks at EBACE, the company announced yesterday. “We are thrilled to unveil our Challenger 650, which is scheduled to enter into service in the second half of 2015,” said Bombardier Business Aircraft president Eric Martel. The first production Challenger 650, which will…
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