Gulfstream Aerospace has handed over a G650ER to MSFL, marking the first factory-direct delivery of the ultra-long-range jet in mainland China. MSFL’s aircraft is U.S. registered, since Chinese CAAC type approval of the G650/G650ER is still pending. According to Gulfstream president Mark Burns, “This delivery highlights the continued need for long-range business jet travel in…
DetailsHRL Laboratories recently released an electrical, low-current brain stimulation system that is able to measure brain activity patterns of expert aircraft pilots and transmit them into heads of complete novices, allegedly helping rookies to acquire piloting skills faster. Have the plots from sci-fi movies such as The Matrix, DxM, Self/Less and Ex Machina become the…
DetailsSatcom Direct’s FlightDeck Freedom datalink and Universal Weather and Aviation, Inc.’s online flight planning and weather services are now available in an integrated and bundled offering, pairing one of the industry’s leading business aviation connectivity providers with the global resources and expertise of Universal. Joining forces to offer seamless datalink and online flight planning, Satcom…
DetailsGulfstream has confirmed that its fourth G500 test aircraft, T4, has completed its first flight and officially joined the G500 flight-test program. The G500 took off from the Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport at 9:47 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 20, with Flight Test pilots Eric Holmberg and Brian Dickerson at the controls. Flight Test engineers Dominic…
DetailsGulfstream Aerospace’s G600 iron bird recently completed its “first flight,” marking growing maturity of the new aircraft program. The iron bird is a dimensionally accurate structure that includes a flight deck, allowing engineers to test the flight control and mechanical systems—including landing gear, brakes and hydraulics—in a ground-based lab. During the 30-minute session, the iron…
DetailsThe new B-21 Long Range Strike Bomber was recently released by the U.S. Air Force! The U.S. Air Force unveiled the first rough designs Friday of the new $80 billion Northrop Grumman Long Range Strike Bomber, giving it the designation of B-21. While unveiling the future military aircraft at the Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando,…
DetailsEarlier this week, Gulfstream announced that the G600 Iron Bird took its debut flight. Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. has announced that the Gulfstream G600 iron bird recently completed its “first flight,” demonstrating the company’s continued commitment to research and development and the growing maturity of the G600 aircraft program. A spatially correct, dimensionally accurate structure that…
DetailsNoting that Arkansas has a “significant interest in the continued vitality of general aviation,” Gov. Asa Hutchinson recognized February 2016 as General Aviation Appreciation Month. According to the FAA, Arkansas has 91 public-use airports, which serve more than 5,000 pilots and more than 3,000 active general aviation aircraft.
DetailsInside a cavernous building on the Textron Aviation East Campus, a team of workers is putting together what will be the assembly line for the company’s biggest Cessna business jet so far, the Citation Longitude. The $23.9 million, revamped super–midsize business jet was unveiled in November at the National Business Aviation Association Convention in Las…
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