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New Business Airplanes by Chad Trautvetter and expected to fly the twin- engine very light jet (VLJ) by fter a few turbulent years, the business aviation industry is July. However, a nosewheel again strong and healthy, which is reflected by the unprece- shimmy problem occurred dur- dented number of new business aircraft in the works. Last ing high-speed taxi trials, de- year, there were 24 new aircraft in development or flight test; laying first flight until at least athis year there are 35 business aircraft in those categories. last month, if not this month. A majority of the new designs are clean-sheet aircraft, which typically To resolve the issue, ATG early A700 consume more money and time than originally estimated. This is evident last month installed a new nose by the many delays in schedules at established and start-up manufactur- landing gear fitting, which was slated to be tested during more ers alike. However, the start-ups are more vulnerable to these delays, taxi trials last month. which could cause funding to run out or cause new investors to get weak The Williams FJ33-4-17M- knees. This is the case for Safire Aircraft, which closed its doors in June powered Javelin will then be last year after exhausting its available funding to develop the S-26 very cleared for first flight following light jet, prompting us to put the S-26 “on the shelf” for the time being. successful taxi tests with the Speaking of very light jets, the first in this new class of aircraft– new nosewheel configuration. the Eclipse 500–is expected to receive FAA approval by next summer. The Certification is still slated for service entrance of VLJs will be a watershed event for business aviation. late 2007, with deliveries of the $2.795 million jet to follow im- Not included in this report are aircraft programs put on hold or those mediately. ATG says it has or- that have made no measurable progress in the past year. In this report, ders for nearly 100 Javelins. AIN presents an overview of the latest business aircraft designs, including those certified in the last year, in flight-test or in development. Avocet Aerion SSBJ ProJet–Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) of Tel Aviv and Avocet Air- Adam Aircraft the A700 pressurization and en- According to the company, craft of Westport, Conn., are still vironmental control test sys- the $80 million SSBJ will have a reported to be partners in the de- A700–The A700 is a twinjet de- tems, some of which are cur- range exceeding 4,000 nm and a velopment, certification and pro- rivative of the Englewood, Colo. rently being tested. balanced field length of less than duction of the proposed very company’s A500 centerline-thrust Certification and first deliver- 6,000 feet (ISA, sea level). light ProJet. However, negotia- piston twin. Adam Aircraft has ies are planned for the middle of Aerion says its focus on aerody- tions with a third partner–an “es- said that certification of the next year–nearly two years be- namic efficiency results in an tablished U.S. business aviation A700 would lag about 12 yond the originally planned cer- SSBJ with a 90,000-pound mtow, OEM”–that were under way ear- months behind that of the A500, tification target of last December. which not only reduces costs but lier this year for “product support which received provisional FAA The price of the A700 has sur- also aids in mitigating the super- and ProJet final assembly” certification (with many restric- passed the $2 million mark, and sonic boom signature. haven’t yielded any results. IAI tions) in May. A nonconforming the twinjet’s order backlog now Further, it claims that the has repeatedly told AIN that such A700 prototype has been flying sits at about 115 aircraft–40 from operating cost per nautical mile an agreement with a third party since July 2003, logging nearly individual owners and 75 from for the Aerion SSBJ will com- would be the first step toward of- 300 flight hours, and two con- air-limo start-up Pogo. pare favorably with that for ficially launching the twinjet pro- Javelin forming twinjets are expected to large subsonic jets, and to be gram. The certification goal for take to the skies by year-end. Aerion only marginally higher than that the $2 million ProJet is mid- Adam said that S/N 002, the of super-midsize jets with simi- 2007, and an engine for the twin- aerodynamics and engine test SSBJ–Reno, Nev.-based Aerion lar range and cabin volume. jet has yet to be selected. aircraft, is taking shape and is unveiled its supersonic business Additionally, Aerion said the jet scheduled to start flying before jet (SSBJ) program amid fanfare will be able to fly economically Bell/Agusta Aerospace next month’s NBAA Conven- at last year’s NBAA Convention in either the high-subsonic or tion, while S/N 003 (systems in Las Vegas, saying the natural- supersonic speed range. BA609–The civil tiltrotor re- test aircraft) could join the test laminar-flow-wing aircraft could turned to flight status on June 3 fleet in the fourth quarter. The be in service by 2011. In the fol- Aviation after a two-year hiatus, when first customer A700 (S/N 004), lowing nine months, Aerion Technology Group BA609 S/N 001 made an 80- which is expected to roll off the conducted market research for minute flight at Bell’s XworX production line early next year, the Mach 1.6 twinjet and found Javelin–With the look of a center near Fort Worth, Texas, will perform function and relia- that there is indeed sufficient de- fighter, the tandem two-seat on June 3. While the BA609 first bility testing. mand to proceed with develop- Javelin surely isn’t the typical flew in March 2003, the first Recent A700 milestones in- ment of the airplane. business jet. But Aviation Tech- flight-test phase lasted only until BA609 clude structural-loading analy- The market research report, nology Group (ATG) of Engle- the following June, after which sis, preliminary rotor-burst anal- released in June, shows a de- wood, Colo., is marketing the the aircraft was disassembled ysis, static testing and ground mand for 220 to 260 Aerion Javelin Executive as a business and meticulously inspected. vibration testing of the A700 air- SSBJs over a 10-year period, jet that can fly at up to Mach This second flight-test phase frame. Earlier this year, Adam with approximately 20 percent 0.92, a hair above top speed for will not only be longer but will built a belly pod that can store of sales coming from the frac- the Cessna Citation X. also involve expanding the flight 100 gallons of fuel and installed tional market. Production over a About a month after the envelope on the powered-lift air- it on S/N 001. It has also fin- 20-year program life could ex- first prototype rolled out on craft. But it didn’t take Bell’s ished design and subassembly of ceed 500 aircraft, Aerion said. May 5, ATG began taxi testing flight-test pilots long to have the 22aaAviation International News • October 2005 • www.ainonline.com tiltrotor flying in full-airplane service next year, the 40XR will Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 be dedicated to certification ef- mode–this milestone was ac- have improved hot-and-high and integrated avionics system, as forts–the Mustang prototype complished in late July. The air- time-to-climb performance and well as other improvements. and S/Ns 0001 and 0002. craft reached a speed of 140 reduced flight time en route. For The CJ2+ is expected to receive The Citation Mustang, an- knots, about half of its predicted example, Bombardier said, tak- FAA approval soon, with first nounced at the 2002 NBAA Vne in full-airplane mode. ing off from Jackson Hole, deliveries to follow by early Convention, is powered by a Meanwhile, functional test- Wyo., at 28 degrees C, carrying next year. pair of Pratt & Whitney Canada ing and instrumentation checks six passengers and full fuel, the Its upgraded Williams-Rolls PW615F turbofans. In the cock- M g for BA609 S/N 002 are already Learjet 40XR will be able to fly FJ44-3A-24 turbofans offer pit is a Garmin G1000 avionics ustan under way at project partner 936 nm farther than the Learjet better hot-and-high performance system. Both the engines and AgustaWestland in Italy. Ground 40. The 40XR will also require and improved efficiency over avionics are progressing on runs and shakedown trials were just 23 minutes to reach FL430 the original CJ2’s 2,400-pound- schedule and are expected to scheduled to start last month, after takeoff from a hot-and- thrust FJ44-2C turbofans. The receive their respective FAA with S/N 002 expected to fly high airfield. -24 variant is a derated, 2,400- approvals by next fall. by year-end. The Canadian manufacturer pound-thrust version of the FAA, EASA and Brazilian A Bell/Agusta spokesman accomplished these improve- engine found on the CJ3. Ab- certification of the 340-knot would not disclose the latest ments by powering the Learjet sent on both the CJ1+ and CJ2+ Mustang is expected late next price for the civil tiltrotor, but it 40XR with the Honeywell are the thrust attenuators found year. Cessna reports firm orders most likely will be more than TFE731-20-BR, the same tur- on their predecessors. Other for more than 230 of the very the previously announced $10 bofan that powers its sibling, improvements include beefier light jets, with the backlog ex- million to $12 million esti- the Learjet 45XR.
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