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BY MARK HUBER mated to metal wings. That, bleed air and reduce drag losses, Power comes from a pair of and an airport surface-man- management system. The fiber- coupled with the unique posi- and an anti-ice and noise-sup- Honeywell HTF7500Es (6,540 agement system that minimizes optic Clairity cabin manage- tioning of the engines on over- pressing inlet. They have a pounds of thrust each) that the chances of ground mishaps. ment system allows completely the-wing pylons, creates larger 5,000-hour TBO and a hot sec- can propel the aircraft to 43,000 Fusion can grow to accommo- wireless control of cabin func- cabin volume and generous tion time of 2,500 hours. The feet in 22 minutes. The aircraft date future technology add-ons tions. It will be compatible with passenger legroom. Emteq is engines help propel the PC-24 pressurization system keeps such as voice recognition, sur- personal electronic devices. The providing its SkyPro HD IFE to FL450 in less than 30 minutes cabin altitude at 6,000 feet at face guidance and automatic engines are Fadec (full author- and cabin-management sys- and achieve a high-speed cruise the 450’s maximum cruising alti- dependent surveillance-broad- ity digital engine control) Pratt tem, which features audio/ speed of 425 ktas at FL300. tude of 45,000 feet. Maximum cast (ADS-B), the future of & Whitney Canada PW306D knots; 1,200 at 210. The single Williams video on demand, interactive Range with four passengers is cruising speed is Mach 0.83 and ATC. turbofans (5,700 pounds of As the global economic recovery slowly than optimistic projections just a few years NEW DESIGNS FJ33-4 turbofan is expected to power the 3-D moving map, exterior cam- 1,950 nm and at mtow the max- range is 2,300 nm. thrust each). They will propel builds, a combination of new jet designs and ago. China in particular, seen as potentially aircraft to 25,000 feet. The five-plus-two era and wireless cabin control imum payload is 2,500 pounds. The 678-cu-ft cabin offers CESSNA CITATION LATITUDE the Latitude to 43,000 feet in block changes of existing ones is taxiing a large consumer of private lift, continues Singles occupant layout is retained but options of lighting and monochromatic Up front, the customized avi- seating for seven to nine pas- Cessna announced plans for 23 minutes en route to a max- for takeoff across the size spectrum into to struggle with balancing the challenge of such as weather radar, a “relief station” window shades at each seat via onics suite dubbed Pace–Pilatus sengers. Cabin management its $14.9 million light midsize imum cruise altitude of 45,000 and upgraded leather have been added. passengers’ personal electronic Advanced Cockpit Environ- and IFE is courtesy of Hon- Citation Latitude in 2011 and feet. Like its predecessors, ever-narrowing and fiercely competitive private flying in state-controlled, communist FLARIS LAR 01 Cirrus is already beginning to gear up for devices. With the SiriusXM ment–is based on the Honeywell eywell’s HD Ovation Select plans to fly the aircraft next the Latitude will have good niches. Development schedules for several skies and the attendant bureaucracy. Private The Poland-based aviation newcomer production by adding factory robotics and satellite radio option, passen- Primus Apex system and fea- programs in both the brand-new and block- aviation is expanding in these countries, but unveiled its five-seat, single-engine light a fuselage lay-up mold for the all-compos- gers can select station presets tures all the latest advances. The change categories have been pushed back it is taking longer than first thought to build jet at the Paris Air Show this summer. A ite aircraft. The company has received at individual seats. voluminous passenger cabin anywhere from several months to more than critical mass. prototype is expected to fly later this year deposits for more than 500 of the jets. A fleet of conformal test air- provides more overall space than and Part 23 EASA and FAA certification As the SF50 bucks up against the $2 craft (which look almost iden- either the Cessna XLS+ or the a year so far this year, as OEMs struggle Despite this uncertainty, OEMs remain is expected in 2015. The prototype will million price mark, company chairman tical to the prototype that has Embraer Phenom 300 and has a with the development of a new generation confident that the increased value presented be powered by a Pratt & Whitney Can- Dale Klapmeier indicated that Cirrus been flying since 2003) is cur- flat floor, which means less head- of avionics, composite structures, engines by their new designs will resonate with ada PW610F producing 1,460 pounds might capitalize on its relationship with rently racking up hours. More room in the aisle. The aircraft and fly-by-wire flight controls. Attempts to both their existing and future customers. of thrust, although a final engine selec- its new owner and have China Aviation than 600 employees are work- will come with seven different tion for production aircraft is pending, Industry General Aircraft (Caiga) build ing at Honda’s 83-acre Greens- interior options for layouts that wring cost from programs, via sometimes New designs feature more passenger and and fitted with dual Garmin G600 avi- certain component parts in that country boro, N.C. campus, which has include executive, commuter, complicated global supply chains, have also baggage space, better man-machine inter- onics. Other features include rear-hinged to cut costs. 500,000 sq ft under roof and combi and quick-change con- fostered some delays. To a lesser degree, face in the cockpit, and engines, airfoils and main cabin doors reminiscent of 1960s should be able to turn out 70 to figurations as well as options for some programs have been hampered by materials that produce more range, greater Lincoln Continentals and current Rolls- 100 aircraft per year when pro- an externally serviced lavatory, THURBER MATT corporate cash-flow aerobatics that have speeds and improved fuel economy. In the Royces, detachable wings and stabilizers, Light Twins duction is fully ramped up. The either forward or aft, and gal- HondaJet Bombardier Learjet 85 a fuselage fuel tank, electric de-icing, and first two years of production leys. Like the PC-12, the PC-24’s produced schedule lags. Several major age of $100-a-barrel oil, the magnitude of the whole aircraft ballistic parachute housed are already sold out. OEMs with multiple development programs improvements is such that operators who fly in the nose. The $1.5 million aircraft is HONDAJET short-runway capability. Cessna under way are clearly stretched, both in their aircraft more than 300 hours per year targeting performance that includes a Honda’s tortuous path to certifica- predicts runway length required terms of finance and manpower, in the almost cannot afford not to upgrade. Large maximum cruise speed of 380 knots, stall tion appears to be nearing its destina- Light Mediums at mtow to be 3,900 feet. speed of 62 knots, 1,400 nm of range, tion, with approval of its light twin now The G5000 in the Lati- battle to defend and expand market share. fleet operators, particularly industry-leading a 45,000-foot ceiling, and the ability to expected for late next year following tude’s cockpit features three Aside from these engineering, manufac- NetJets, recognize this and are already operate from short grass strips. delays in the development and redesign PILATUS PC-24 14-inch LCD primary and mul- turing and finance challenges, the slow rate placing aggressive new aircraft orders in a of its new GE Honda HF120 engines The word “game-changer” is tifunction displays and four of economic recovery and growth continues strategy aimed at locking down prices. Last CIRRUS VISION SF50 (2,050 pounds of thrust each). Garmin is decidedly overused in this busi- touchscreen control panels. It to cause concern. In the U.S., most of this year NetJets placed orders potentially worth Cirrus anticipates 2015 certification providing the G3000 touchscreen avion- ness, but Pilatus’s entry into the includes synthetic vision, elec- for its long-delayed, $1.96 million SF50 ics system for the aircraft. jet market earlier this year, the tronic charts, Garmin’s Safe new jet output appears destined for the $17.6 billion from Bombardier, Cessna and jet single and plans to fly the first confor- The 420-knot, $4.5 million twinjet PC-24, really does change the Taxi airport charts, dual FMS, export market, although the anticipation of Embraer for 225 new airplanes and options mal flight-test aircraft next year, one of is expected to have a range of 1,180 landscape. The aircraft combines Waas and Taws. sustained double-digit growth in the BRIC for 445 more over the next decade. The three planned for the program. While the nm, an initial climb rate of 4,000 feet light jet operating economics BOMBARDIER LEARJET 85 countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China), company already operates more than 500 aircraft will look similar to the non-con- per minute and a maximum altitude of with super-midsize jet capabil- Embraer Legacy 450 Pilatus PC-24 and with it a surge in new jet orders there, airplanes and manages another 170. forming test version Cirrus has been flying 43,000 feet. Honda claims the aircraft is ities and comfort and is aimed Bombardier’s new $20.4 mil- since 2008 (logging more than 600 hours faster and 15 to 20 percent more fuel- at more conventional offerings lion all-composite light mid- appears, for the moment, to be something This kind of demonstrable demand for aloft), changes have refined the design.