Aircraft Archive

Mooney Ceasing Production

The Kerrville Daily Times is reporting that Mooney International has ceased manufacturing operations at its Kerrville Airport factory at Kerrville Municipal Airport (KERV), Texas. In the … Read More

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Epic

FAA Approves Epic E1000 Turboprop

The FAA type certification of the Epic E1000 has been a long time in coming, coming, seven years and 23 minutes, according to one Epic … Read More

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By Isabel Goyer

Piper

2019 Planes Of The Year: Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet G2 And Piper 100

In some ways, the year 2019 was a remarkable one in aviation, but when it came to new plane introductions, it was, well, a continuation … Read More

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By Isabel Goyer

Diamond

Diamond DA50 Retract Flies!

Diamond Aircraft announced yesterday the first flight of its DA50 with a gear retraction. The flight presumably took place from the company’s headquarters in … Read More

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Cessna

NBAA 2019: Textron/Cessna And GE Update Denali Program

At NBAA 2019, both Textron Aviation and GE gave program updates on the Cessna Denali, Textron on the program as a whole and GE on … Read More

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Pilatus

NBAA 2019: Pilatus Unveils New PC-12

At NBAA, Pilatus unveiled the latest version of its PC-12 NGX, an update of the seminal rugged pressurized turboprop single made in Switzerland. This is … Read More

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Cessna

This Incredible Plane: Cessna 140

When do planes that are developed from an earlier model stop being derivatives of that original design? Is the Gulfstream G550 a derivative of the … Read More

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By W. David Pond

Lockheed

This Incredible Plane: Lockheed C-130 Hercules

Overview: Back in the early 1950s, when the Lockheed C-130 Hercules (now the Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules) was created, it was unlikely that anyone … Read More

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Vulcanair

Four-Seat Piston Singles Round-Up

For reasons that are both easy to understand and completely counterintuitive, the four-seat, piston-powered airplane has, for decades, dominated the GA marketplace. And it continues … Read More

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By Plane & Pilot, Isabel Goyer

Flight Design

Flight Design Electric F2 At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019!

Flight Design had its Siemens electric-powered F2 at Airventure Oshkosh 2019. This one’s a proof of concept, but it incorporates nearly all of the … Read More

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By Video Isabel Goyer

Aircraft

Mooney Ceasing Production

FAA Approves Epic E1000 Turboprop

2019 Planes Of The Year: Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet G2 And Piper 100

Diamond DA50 Retract Flies!

NBAA 2019: Textron/Cessna And GE Update Denali Program

NBAA 2019: Pilatus Unveils New PC-12

This Incredible Plane: Cessna 140

This Incredible Plane: Lockheed C-130 Hercules

Four-Seat Piston Singles Round-Up

Flight Design Electric F2 At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019!

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