Recently in light jet Category

This week Flightglobal publication Flight International sports an air-to-air photo of the G120TP, supplied by Grob Aircraft, to mark our flight test report of the G120TP by pilot Peter Collins.

Also featured this week are:

Morocco's first four Beechcraft T-6C trainers departed the manufacturer's Wichita site in Kansas on 14 January for their delivery to the African nation.

Each flown by two Hawker Beechcraft pilots, the aircraft were transferred carrying their Royal Moroccan Air Force markings. The nation - the first to have acquired the T-6C - will eventually receive 24 of the type under a September 2009 contract worth more than $185 million. Read more...

Cessna will introduce "not immediately, but in the near future" a new single-engined turboprop that fill a product gap between the company's 235kt (435km/h) piston-powered 400 Corvalis TT and the 340kt Mustang twin-engined very light jet, says president Jack Pelton.

Pelton dropped hints about the new model, rumoured to look like a Mustang (below) with a single turboprop engine at the front, on several occasions at the NBAA annual business aviation convention and exhibition in Atlanta in October. Cessna's current single-engined turboprop offering, the 12-passenger $2 million Caravan, has a maximum cruise speed of 186kt. Continue reading...

Fresh from its deployment to investigate Eyjafjallajökull's atmospheric impact, a Dassault Falcon 20E "ash hunter" aircraft belonging to German aerospace centre DLR is on display at the show - with "100 years of the ILA" emblazoned on its nose.

Amid aviation's volcanic crisis the aircraft was deployed to measure ash concentrations at altitudes of between 6,550ft (2,000m) and 39,350ft. Continue reading...

This week's Image of the Week (featured on page 3 of Flight International), is taken by AirSpace user flyer1. His photo depicts an Extra EA-300L taken at Shoreham Air Show in Sussex on 23 August 2009. Flyer1, Martin Dighton, says of the photo:

Justyn Gorman, owner and pilot, is known for his low flying skills: he has a Civil Authorization for Limbo flying at 3ft AGL! and often flies a low pass the length of the runway. I took this image because of the low level pass and the background makes a change from boring blue sky. As you know this aircraft is the bees knees when it comes to aerobatics, powered by an Avco Lycoming AEIO-540 8.9litre 6 cylinder 300hp engine with a Max, speed of 220kts. It is constructed of composite materials such as carbon fibre epoxy resin and Kevlar.

Mission Aviation Fellowship has despatched its Quest Kodiak single-engined turboprop and four pilots to join three of MAF's other aircraft in the relief effort in Haiti.

The deployment is the first use of this aircraft in disaster relief work, says MAF, which has four Kodiaks in service and a further 14 on order. Continue reading...

For more Haiti relief flight information, see:

• LAN Cargo commits resources to Haiti
• John Travolta delivers aid in his Boeing 707
  

Hawker Beechcraft has received US Federal Aviation Administration and European Aviation Safety Agency type certifications for its new Beechcraft King Air 350i turboprop. Launched in late 2008, the $6.6 million twin includes Rockwell Collins' new Venue cabin management system in its lower-noise, LED-lit cabin. Continue reading...

(credit: Hawker Beechcraft)

Embraer has clinched US certification for its Phenom 300 light business jet less than two weeks after the Brazilian civil aviation authority ANAC granted type and production certification for the $8.14 million, seven-seat aircraft. Read more...

Usually on Monday we feature the Image of the Week from our AirSpace community. Due to this week's cover featuring the top image of the year, there is no Image of the Week. Check back tomorrow for the results of the top photos from AirSpace.

Using battery power, the Solar Impulse HB-SIA made its first flight with a 350m hop at 3ft (1m) altitude on 3 December along a runway at Dübendorf airfield, north-east of Zurich, Switzerland. Designed to fly with solar power, the hop, at 13:11 local time, ends the first development phase. Now the HB-SIA will be transported to the Swiss military airfield at Payerne, west of Bern. There in early 2010 it will carry out solar-powered test flights that will gradually increase in duration until the aircraft makes its first night flight using energy stored during the day. Original Article

In an attempt to boost sales of its propeller-driven aircraft, Cessna's sister company Cessna Finance is offering a new finance programme to owners who purchase its piston and turboprop-powered aircraft this year. Read more....