The Experimental Aviation Association has always been known as a cradle for innovation, but is that spark now being overshadowed by massive corporate spending on private space, electric propulsion and automated personal transportation?
Type certification and initial deliveries of Textron Aviation’s $4.8 million CE-220 Denali single-engine turboprop could begin as early as the fourth quarter of 2019.
Textron Aviation revenue decreased $25 million during the second quarter of 2017, with a decline in demand for Caravan and King Air turboprops and lower volumes on Beechcraft T-6 military trainers.
The committee approved the fiscal 2018 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development funding bill that would provide the FAA with $16.6 billion for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1.
The G550 model was rolled out in 2001 as the SP (Special Performance) version of the Gulfstream GV and received FAA certification in 2003. The aircraft has a maximum range of 6,750 nm and a maximum operating speed of Mach 0.885. It can seat up to 19 passengers and sleeps up to eight.
Alan Klapmeier, CEO of One Aviation, is low-key on the company’s newest project, the Eclipse 700, the next generation of the Eclipse 550 known as “Project Canada.”
The restored B-29 Superfortress, known as Doc, will have a permanent home at the Wichita Eisenhower National Airport in a $6.5 million project that includes a 32,000-sq.-ft. interactive hangar and learning center.
Advent Aircraft Systems, based in Tulsa, has been awarded an FAA STC approving its eABS anti-skid braking system for Beechcraft King Air B200-series aircraft.
