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Presenting the Eclipse 400, the aircraft from Eclipse Aviation that will lead the single-engine jet market. This is the only single-engine jet to boldly unite the hallmarks of Eclipse Aviation - impeccable safety, quality, and value - into a personal and exhilarating ownership experience. The latest member of the Eclipse Aviation family debuted as the Eclipse Concept Jet (ECJ) at last year's EAA AirVenture. After the tremendous amount of positive feedback, we now know that the time is right to bring the Eclipse 400 to market. Read the rest of this entry »

July 3 marked the first flight, a 45-minute jaunt, of Cirrus Design's The-Jet -- the company says the five-plus-two seat aircraft "performed flawlessly." The first aircraft is dubbed "V1" for verification and validation testing. It, like other Cirrus aircraft, flies with a full-plane parachute -- unlike other Cirri, The-Jet is powered by a Williams FJ33-4A-19. Performance targets are 300 ktas at 25,000 feet, range was not specified in Cirrus' latest release. Cirrus Chairman and CEO, Alan Klapmeier set the bar for the aircraft at holding "the unique promise of redefining general aviation." Aimed at owner-pilots, if The-Jet hits the mark it will be simple to fly and wrap efficient single-jet operation in a package that offers more flexibility and "more lifestyle pursuits" than other aircraft. The-Jet recently completed wind tunnel tests at Langley and has been further tested to substantiate the structural load capacities of its sub-assemblies.

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Cirrus says the aircraft marks the first application of the v-tail on a major consumer aircraft in 60 years and touts its backpack engine mount design as a common sense solution that keeps the engine outside of the fuselage structure and though it employs vectored thrust, "makes for smooth handling and excellent engine efficiency."

Having problems with digesting this one but at least Sheikh Rashid Bin Humaid Al Noaimi, (Emir of Ajman Municipality in the UAE) can do that easily. And why not, as the leader of an Emirate, his need for an $80 million dollar jet is more than justified or may be he’s trying to catch up with another Saudi billionaire who spent $400 million on an Airbus A380, the world’s largest passenger plane, earlier this year. Read the rest of this entry »

www.halcyonjets.com - U.S. gift card sales are expected to reach $26.3 billion this holiday, but only a fortunate few gift card recipients will be given the ultimate status symbol - a gift card for private jet travel. Halcyon Jets Holdings, Inc. or "Halcyon" (OTCBB: HJHO), a premier provider of on-demand private charter aircraft services, announced today it Read the rest of this entry »

Someone has actually built a street legal Boeing 727 Jet Limo. The best part is that the transformed Mercedes bus is street legal and has that capacity to seat up to 50 persons in opulence. This Boeing 727 Jet Limo includes a sunken living room with a dance floor, big screen TV, fireplace, full bar, fog machine, tons of lighting, ceiling mirrors, and aerodynamic seats. The whole thing weighs approximately 24,000 pound. Do you want to keep it in your backyard? Well, this street legal 727 limo is sitting at US $269,900 on eBay. [Born Rich via Crave via SlashGear]