Month: May 2022

Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier has unveiled the Global 8000, a new plane with a maximum operating speed of 721 miles per hour — making it the fastest private jet in the world. The challenge: From 1976 until 2003, the Concorde was the world’s fastest passenger jet, with a cruising speed of 1,354 mph. That’s more...

The much-anticipated Bombardier Global 8000 business jet proved to be quite the show stopper when it broke cover at the European business aviation show in Geneva this week. The long-promised 8,000nm aircraft was revealed at the show as “the world’s fastest and longest-range purpose-built business jet,” which should help it become the perfect billionaires’ toy...

The TBM 910 single-engine turboprop is a step improvement of the TBM 900 that French aerostructures company Daher launched in 2014, several years after first acquiring a majority stake and later the balance of aircraft manufacturer Socata. Daher gained EASA certification of the -910 in March 2017 and presented it a month later at Aero...

A civil business aircraft completed for the first time Exceeding the speed of sound using sustainable fuels. Although the record was broken in May 2021, it has only now been announced, during the launch of the Global 8000, by Bombardier, a Canadian aircraft manufacturer that competes with Brazil’s Embraer. The record was broken with the...

Michael Amalfitano is convinced the recovery in European business aviation is about to get into full swing, despite the region lagging North America. The president and chief executive of Embraer Executive Jets predicts the market here will soon match the growth levels the other side of the Atlantic has seen in the past 12 months....

Business jets are a complicated concept – they not only have to offer a remarkable speed and range comparable to the performance of large airliners, but they must also be as comfortable as possible for their super-rich owners. The new Falcon 6X seems to be blending these qualities in the perfect way. 8 photos A...

American aerospace engineering manufacturer GE Aviation announced has completed testing of its Passport long-range business jet engine using 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).  According to the manufacturer, ground testing was conducted at GE Aviation’s Peebles Test Operations facility in Ohio, in the United States, where the company assessed engine performance and operability while fueled with...

Cirrus may be one of the most successful brands in general aviation, with 528 aircraft delivered in 2021 and that total set to rise this year. However, chief executive Zean Nielsen is cautious about jumping too quickly into business aviation, despite a presence at this year’s EBACE where it has an SR22 piston-single and single-engine...

At the end of this month, Gulfstream will put the finishing touches on the new fuel farm at its Savannah, Georgia headquarters, with its centerpiece consisting of a 30,000-gallon dedicated sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) tank. The use of renewable fuel certainly isn’t new for the airframer, which was among SAF’s earliest adopters. One of Gulfstream’s G450s...

In the world of aviation, a city pair comprises the point of origin of the flight and the destination. A fancy way to say route, if you like, only that when it comes to city pair flights, they can be a direct flight with no stops, one with stops here and there, or one with...

Bombardier has unveiled  the mock-up of a drone demonstrator it has been using to test sustainable technologies as part of a project called EcoJet, which is targeting a 50% reduction in emissions compared with today’s aircraft. Although the Canadian manufacturer stresses that EcoJet is a research study, it showed a short video of a blended...

Image: Surack Enterprises Surack Enterprises founder Chuck Surack has purchased Michigan-based aircraft manufacturer Enstrom Helicopter Corporation. According to the company, which is headquartered in Indiana, it plans to “rebuild the Enstrom brand into one of the leading American-made helicopter manufacturer[s] as it once was.” Enstrom filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy last January and announced in...

There’s a good chance you might have never heard of Miami-based businessman John H. Ruiz. The 55-year-old attorney’s name does not even feature on any billionaires’ list but his personal fortune has seen a meteoric rise over the last few years, which is evident from his purchase of a new personal asset – a Boeing...

May 6, 2022 Tesla Owner Tried to Use Its Autopilot Function and Crashed It Into a $3.5 Million Jet That’s gonna leave a mark! A Tesla owner used the car’s “Smart Summon” feature to attempt to have the vehicle come to him but the plan went haywire and the Tesla crashed into a very expensive...