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Epic Nearing Conforming Flight Trials
Epic Aircraft is assembling the first two conforming E1000 single-turboprop prototypes and hopes to begin flight trials in the next month. The first aircraft, FT 1, is about two-thirds complete and...
View ArticleCirrus Bringing New ‘Life' to Customer Focus
Cirrus Aircraft’s recent reorganization that elevated two company veterans to the post of president is a move to reshape its customer focus and position the company for many new developments in the...
View ArticleCirrus Begins Work on First SF50 Customer Block
Cirrus Aircraft, approaching certification of its new SF50 Vision single-jet aircraft, has begun development of the first customer models. Work is under way on three production “pilot” units (P1, P2...
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Dassault Delivers First Rafale Combat Jets to Egypt
The first three Dassault Rafale combat aircraft for the Egyptian Air Force (EAF) were handed over in a ceremony today at Istres airbase in southern France. Tomorrow, EAF pilots will fly them to Egypt,...
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Textron Gets FAA Nod for King Air 250 with Fusion
Textron Aviation—which has a wide presence at this year’s EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis.—took the opportunity to announce FAA certification of its Pro Line Fusion-equipped Beechcraft King Air 250...
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China's Joy Air Orders 20 Cessna Grand Caravan EX Amphibians
China’s Zhoushan Avic Joy Air General Air Co. signed an agreement today to buy 20 Cessna Grand Caravan EX amphibians. The first of the turboprop singles is slated to be delivered to the operator later...
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Young Eagles Take First Icon A5
EAA chairman Jack Pelton and EAA Young Eagles chairman and aerobatic pilot Sean Tucker took delivery of the first Icon A5 light-sport aircraft for use in the Young Eagles program. Delivery of the...
View ArticleTextron Aviation Eyes Large Turboprop Single
Textron Aviation is firming up its design concepts for a new turboprop single that will sport a cabin “larger than is available today in this class,” said company senior v-p for engineering Michael...
View ArticlePiper Boosted By Order for 26 Trainers
Piper Aircraft today finalized an agreement with long-time customer FlightSafety Academy for at least 26 trainers. The order was formally placed shortly before Piper president and CEO Simon Caldecott...
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Tecnam P2010 Prepping for U.S. Deliveries
Tecnam director of sales Shannon Yeager flew the first U.S. production four-place P2010 single from the company’s Sebring, Fla. assembly facility to Oshkosh for EAA AirVenture 2015. While the P2010 is...
View ArticleQuest Expands Under New Ownership
Less than six months after it was acquired by Japanese firm Setouchi Holdings, Quest Aircraft is making plans to nearly double its factory space in Sandpoint, Idaho, as it ups production and eyes a...
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Mooney Begins Assembly of M10 POC
Mooney International has begun assembly of the proof-of-concept of its new carbon composite M10 diesel-powered aircraft and hopes to start initial flight trials in the next few months, CEO Jerry Chen...
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Certification Imminent for Nextant G90XT
Nextant Aerospace brought its soon-to-be certified G90XT remanufactured King Air C90 to EAA AirVenture 2015 in Oshkosh Wis., not only to highlight the company’s latest product but also to solicit input...
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Textron Eyes 2016 Certification for Diesel Skyhawk
Textron Aviation is resuming production of the normally aspirated Cessna 182 Skylane after a two-year hiatus and has hopes for certification of its diesel Skyhawk next year. But future plans of the...
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FedEx Places Largest Ever Boeing 767 Order
Boeing has collected the largest single commitment for 767s in the 35 years since the program’s industrial launch with Tuesday’s purchase agreement with FedEx Express covering fifty 767-300F freighters...
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Boeing Explains Its Lithium Battery Warning to Airlines
Boeing's recent guidance to passenger airlines advising that they not carry lithium-ion batteries in their cargo holds stems from the recommendations an industry-wide group has presented to the...
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Flight Design C4 Expands Envelope
Flight Design has begun production on its conforming prototypes of its new C4 aircraft and has expanded the flight-test envelope of the non-conforming model as the manufacturer works toward its first...
View ArticleDaher Plans Hourly Maintenance Program for TBMs
A spokesman for Daher, maker of the TBM turboprop singles, told AIN yesterday at EAA AirVenture 2015 that the company plans to roll out an hourly maintenance plan for all TBMs sometime next year. He...
View ArticleLider Tapped as Latin American HondaJet Dealer
Honda appointed Brazil’s Lider Aviacao as the exclusive dealer for the HondaJet in Latin America, marking the company’s decision to expand its sales effort to include the region for the first time....
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Citation Latitude Stretches Legs on Flight to Maui
Cessna demonstrated the oceanic capability of the newly FAA-certified Citation Latitude between the U.S. West Coast and Hawaii late last week. The flights follow other noteworthy missions with the...
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