The Beechcraft King Air 200 and Cessna 441, or Beechcraft Super King Air and Cessna Conquest II, as they are commonly known, are both twin-engine, turboprop, fixed-wing aircraft with retractable gear. However, the similarities don’t end there, so the aviation community pits these two aircraft against one another. The Cessna Conquest II is far less …
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The Bombardier Challenger 350 is a super mid-sized business jet made by Canadian aerospace manufacturer Bombardier and is the smallest aircraft in the Challenger line-up. The Challenger 350 is the successor to the original Challenger 300 and first flew on March 2nd, 2013. But what is a super mid-sized jet? These aircraft transport up to …
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When Bombardier introduced the Global Express in 1999, it went up against industry behemoths like Gulfstream, Boeing, and Airbus. Fast forward a decade and Bombardier’s Global series is now a force to be reckoned with, outperforming the competition and racking up sales at an astonishing pace, and it’s no secret why. The latest additions to …
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The Embraer Legacy 450 is one of the best business jets on the market, it’s not the whole package, but you’ll be hard-pressed to find another aircraft that offers so much for such a low price. However, sales of the Legacy 450 never took off and during its five-year production run, it didn’t sell well. …
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So you want to learn about the Tecnam P2008? Fuggedaboutit. Okay, no more 80s mob movie references. For the younger crowd, a fugazi means a knockoff or a bad copy and for Fuggedaboutit watch Donnie Brasco, then thank me later. The Tecnam P2008 is a product from the Italian aerospace company Costruzione Aeronautiche Tecnam produced …
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Learjet is one of America’s oldest airplane manufacturers and is known for pioneering the luxury business jet since the first Learjet took flight in 1963. As a result, the company has also been credited with popularizing private business aviation travel. The company was founded in the 1950s by William Powell Lear as the Swiss American …
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The Cirrus SF50 better known as the Vision Jet is one of the most interesting aircraft in the skies today and has taken the aviation world by storm. This v-tail, very lightweight jet (VLJ) aircraft is the first of its kind being that it’s powered by only one jet engine, making it the first civilian …
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After the B747 was retired in 2020, the two largest aircraft that Boeing currently produces are the B777 and the B787 Dreamliner. You’d be forgiven for mistaking one for the other at a distance. After all, these two planes have a lot in common, they are both twin-engine, dual-aisle, widebody jetliners, designed for medium to …
The first time I flew a short regional route, walked through the jetway, and got into what I could only describe as a mini-jet. I couldn’t stand up straight, and if I did the plank challenge (2012 nostalgia), I could probably touch the sides. It wasn’t the most comfortable flight and it didn’t help that …
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I’ve spent hundreds of hours in airports on my way to the cockpit or the cabin, and I’ve never stopped being mesmerized by aircraft, regardless of where I’m seated. The level of genius and engineering that goes into designing one is hard to fathom. But that ingenuity reaches peak levels when we supersize everything. Size …
