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London Executive Aviation awaits Mustang deliveries

London Executive Aviation (LEA) is preparing to pioneer the use of very light jets (VLJs) in the European charter market.

Charter & Fractional

September 25, 2006

In The Works: Quest Kodiak

Quest Aircraft’s Kodiak prototype (S/N 001) has logged more than 330 flight hours and is currently on schedule to receive FAA certification in the second q

Aircraft

September 25, 2006

In The Works: Epic LT

Epic Aircraft parent Aircraft Investor Resources in December said it had resolved a row with the FAA over the status of kit-built Epic LT turboprop singles

Aircraft

September 25, 2006

In The Works: Vulcanair VF600W Mission

According to Vulcanair director of sales Remo De Feo, the VF600W Mission is still an active program, though it has been “severely delayed due to a number o

Aircraft

September 25, 2006

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In The Works: Diamond D-Jet

Diamond’s Williams FJ33-powered D-Jet didn’t fly as planned in October, but the first flight appears to be right around the corner.

Aircraft

September 25, 2006

In The Works: Avocet ProJet

It appears that the ProJet, an Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI)-Avocet joint venture, doesn’t have much forward momentum.

Aircraft

September 25, 2006

In The Works: Cessna Citation Mustang

On January 11 Cessna began certification flights of the Mustang, some two weeks after receiving type inspection authorization.

Aircraft

September 25, 2006

In The Works: Eclipse 500

In late December Eclipse Aviation confirmed that a supplier problem has delayed certification of its VLJ from next month to late in the second quarter.

Aircraft

September 25, 2006

In The Works: Eviation EV-20

The twinjet derivative of the former VisionAire Vantage is progressing, though not quite as quickly as previously expected.

Aircraft

September 25, 2006

In The Works: Socata TBM 850

The Socata TBM 850, a faster, more powerful derivative of the TBM 700 turboprop single, received FAA approval on January 23, six weeks after the EASA certi

Aircraft

September 22, 2006

In The Works: Spirit Wing SpiritLear

Spirit Wing Aviation of Guthrie, Okla., has begun the final phase of flight-testing the Spirit-Lear, a re-engined and modified Learjet 24/25.

Aircraft

September 22, 2006

Bombardier Challenger 605

About a week after the January 22 first flight of the Challenger 605, Bombardier relocated the test airplane to Wichita to begin the approximately 200 flig

Aircraft

September 22, 2006

Mustang wins first VLJ type certificate

Cessna’s Citation Mustang on September 8 became the first very light jet to be fully FAA type certified.

Aircraft

September 22, 2006

In The Works: Grob SPn Utility Jet

The Grob SPn Utility Jet’s flight-test program has been progressing well since the twinjet made its first flight last July 20, according to a company spoke

Aircraft

September 21, 2006

In The Works: Cessna Citation Encore+

According to Cessna Citation Encore+ program manager Lynn Young, the program is on track to reach FAA certification in the third quarter.

Aircraft

September 21, 2006

In The Works: Raytheon Hawker 850XP

Last month Raytheon Aircraft received FAA certification for the Hawker 850XP, essentially a Hawker 800XP with homegrown winglets.

Aircraft

September 21, 2006

Elliott offers King Air upgrade

Elliott Aviation has introduced an interior upgrade kit that it says can morph that aging King Air 200 cabin into the equivalent of that of a new [but larg

Aircraft

September 21, 2006

Universal Begins Flight Testsof WAAS-capable FMS

Universal Avionics last month said it flew its first test flight with the new “W” series flight-management system (FMS) designed for compatibility with the

Aircraft

September 21, 2006

Asian regional jet market remains on slow simmer

Slower-than-anticipated growth of regional air transport markets in Asia has apparently reached the consciousness of market prognosticators at Embraer, who

Aircraft

September 21, 2006

Ukraine, Russia aim to build 24 An-148s by 2008

Ukraine’s Aviant and Russia’s Voronezh Aircraft JSC (VASO) plan to assemble 24 Antonov An-148 regional jets over the next two-and-a-half years, Aviant dire

Aircraft

September 21, 2006