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 […]
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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 […]
The Aviation Technology Group Javelin is designed to look and perform like a fighter jet, so much so many say it looks like a cross between the Military Fighter Jets, the F-5 and the F/A-18. The Javelin is the fastest available private jet and is capable of reaching speeds close to 1,000 kph. Although it […]
The Bombardier Global Express XRS is amongst the top of its class if not at the top. It is an improved version of the popular Bombardier Global Express model which includes the smaller Global 5000 aircraft model. The range on the Global Express XRS is significantly longer this is primarily due to an extra 675 […]
The Grob SPn Utility Jet is a unique jet for a number of reasons firstly it is the first jet in the world which can land on a “unimproved” runway. A “unimproved” runway is a runway which is not made of a hard material such as tarmac or asphalt but of rubble or grass. This […]
Solar Impulse is a project to build a solar-powered long-range glider. The driving force behind the project is the Swiss aeronaut Bertrand Piccard who holds many aviation records to his name. The project is currently in the design phase, with scientific studies of materials and design being done by the Federal Institute of Technology in […]
Sikorsky Releases Sikorsky S-76D Executive Helicopter
Published May 5th, 2006 in Aircraft. 0 CommentsThe Sikorsky Aviation Corporation has released its much anticipated update to the Sikorsky S-76 which dates back to 1977. The Sikorsky S-76D is an update to the Sikorsky S-76C++. The Sikorsky S-76 features include; ease of maintenance, fuel economy, a dual digital autopilot, integrated avionics, all-glass cockpit and flight management system. The main addition to […]
Aerion Corp. of Reno, Nevada says that it expects to begin developing by next year a sleek supersonic business jet that could cruise at Mach 1.6 and fly from New York to Paris in about four hours (more than three hours faster than a Gulfstream V). “The world’s major businesses and governments have a clear […]