Sybarites

Austria’s Diamond Aircraft is well known in the small aircraft world for its single and twin engine planes featuring composite airframes, integrated avionics and diesel engines. However Diamond Aircraft is also the first European company to enter the VLJ (Very Light Jet) market with its D-Jet. Its single engined D-Jet is aimed at the “self […]

The Honda Aircraft Company have announced that they have sold one hundred of their HA-420 business jets in the first three days which they were on sale. The HondaJet HA-420 is a small business jet capable of carrying six passengers and one pilot. The range of the HondaJet two thousand kilometers which is achieved through […]

The Cessna Citation X is the worlds fastest civilian plane currently in service. The Citation X (pronounced ten) has a top speed of 1120 kph which is under the supersonic speeds achievable by Concorde and has a range of 6,000 kilometers (half of that of the Bombardier Global Express XRS). The planes spacious cabin seats […]

We have written about Sikorsky executive helicopters in the past but this can hardly be classified as just a helicopter due to its immense size. The cabin is much larger than that of a small private plane and it is a lot taller meaning that it is actually possible to stand up in. The range […]

The Embraer Legacy 600 corporate jet is a very popular corporate jet mainly due to its range and size. It can fit up to 16 passengers comfortably (37 in standard aircraft seating) depending on its configuration. It does however require 2 pilots but a flight attendant is of course optional. It is powered by two […]

The Embraer Lineage 1000 is largely based on the highly successful Embraer passenger jet, the E-190. The Lineage 1000 is the largest designated jet except for the Boeing Business Jet and Airbus Corporate Jet. The range of the Lineage 1000 in comparison to the E-190 is nearly double due to its added fuel tanks in […]

Although not a VLJ like Eclipse Aviation’s Eclipse 500 the Cessna Mustang is still a very small plane. The Cessna Citation Mustang seats between four and five passangers depending on the inplane configuration and two pilots, however the plane can be flown on with one pilot if needed. The total length of the plane is 12.17 […]

The FAA has provisionally approved the Eclipse 500 for flight today at the AirVenture Air-show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The Eclipse 500 is the first of a new category of jets known as Very Light Jets (VLJ) which one day could be used as the cabs of the sky. The Eclipse 500 will be built near […]

The Aviation Technology Group Javelin is designed to look and perform like a fighter jet, so much so many say it looks like a cross between the Military Fighter Jets, the F-5 and the F/A-18. The Javelin is the fastest available private jet and is capable of reaching speeds close to 1,000 kph. Although it […]

The Bombardier Global Express XRS is amongst the top of its class if not at the top. It is an improved version of the popular Bombardier Global Express model which includes the smaller Global 5000 aircraft model. The range on the Global Express XRS is significantly longer this is primarily due to an extra 675 […]