The Gulfstream G550 is the successor to the highly successful Gulfstream V which broke the business jet range barrier with its range of 11,000 kilometers. The G550 has a range 12,000 kilometers which allows the plane to fly from Los Angeles to London non stop. The plane has a spacious interior and seats up to […]
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Epic Aircraft is an Oregon based aircraft company which is entering the VLJ (Very Light Jet) market. The VLJ market is one of the fastest growing segments of the private jet market with Diamond, Cessna and Eclipse all releasing VLJ’s within the next two years. The Epic Aircraft Victory VLJ is made entirely of carbon […]
Austria’s Diamond Aircraft is well known in the small aircraft world for its single and twin engine planes featuring composite airframes, integrated avionics and diesel engines. However Diamond Aircraft is also the first European company to enter the VLJ (Very Light Jet) market with its D-Jet. Its single engined D-Jet is aimed at the “self […]
The Honda Aircraft Company have announced that they have sold one hundred of their HA-420 business jets in the first three days which they were on sale. The HondaJet HA-420 is a small business jet capable of carrying six passengers and one pilot. The range of the HondaJet two thousand kilometers which is achieved […]
The Cessna Citation X is the worlds fastest civilian plane currently in service. The Citation X (pronounced ten) has a top speed of 1120 kph which is under the supersonic speeds achievable by Concorde and has a range of 6,000 kilometers (half of that of the Bombardier Global Express XRS). The planes spacious cabin seats […]
We have written about Sikorsky executive helicopters in the past but this can hardly be classified as just a helicopter due to its immense size. The cabin is much larger than that of a small private plane and it is a lot taller meaning that it is actually possible to stand up in. The range […]
The Embraer Legacy 600 corporate jet is a very popular corporate jet mainly due to its range and size. It can fit up to 16 passengers comfortably (37 in standard aircraft seating) depending on its configuration. It does however require 2 pilots but a flight attendant is of course optional. It is powered by two […]
The Embraer Lineage 1000 is largely based on the highly successful Embraer passenger jet, the E-190. The Lineage 1000 is the largest designated jet except for the Boeing Business Jet and Airbus Corporate Jet. The range of the Lineage 1000 in comparison to the E-190 is nearly double due to its added fuel tanks in […]
Although not a VLJ like Eclipse Aviation’s Eclipse 500 the Cessna Mustang is still a very small plane. The Cessna Citation Mustang seats between four and five passangers depending on the inplane configuration and two pilots, however the plane can be flown on with one pilot if needed. The total length of the plane is 12.17 […]
Eclipse Aviation’s Eclipse 500 VLJ Gains Provisional FAA Approval
Published July 27th, 2006 in Aircraft. 0 CommentsThe FAA has provisionally approved the Eclipse 500 for flight today at the AirVenture Air-show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The Eclipse 500 is the first of a new category of jets known as Very Light Jets (VLJ) which one day could be used as the cabs of the sky. The Eclipse 500 will be built near […]