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With six-passenger cabin seating, 450-knot cruise and fighter-like climb performance, the Premier 1A is the largest airplane in the light jet class

GOBOSH 800XP New price: $135,900 Engines make/model: Rotax 912 TBO (hrs.): 1500 Horsepower: 100@SL Propeller type: 3-blade, fixed-pitch, composite Elprop Gross weight (lbs.): 1320 Useful load (lbs.): 560 Payload (lbs.): 386 Fuel capacity (gals.): 29 Cabin width (in.): 45 PERFORMANCE Max cruise speed (kts.): 119 Best rate of climb, SL (fpm): 1050 Service ceiling (ft.): […]

HAWKER BEECHCRAFT PREMIER IA New Price: $6.4 million Engines: (2) Williams FJ44-2A PERFORMANCE Max Cruise Speed (kts.): 451@FL330 Max Range (nm): 1460 Max Certified Altitude (ft.): 41,000 Takeoff Distance (ft.): 3792 Source: Hawker Beechcraft Corporation

We sit on the edge of hitting triple digits of Special Light-Sport Aircraft. Just before Oshkosh started, Van’s Aircraft announced their RV-12 qualified for SLSA airworthiness (which also allows the Oregon company to sell ELSA kits). People have started to ask, “Who will offer Number 100 SLSA?” One possibility is the SeaRey from Progressive Aerodyne. […]

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STANDARD DATA: Seats 2. Gross wt. 1,654. Empty wt. 1,080. Fuel capacity 32. Engine 100-hp Rotax 912S. PERFORMANCE: Top Cruise 130 kts. Stall mph 43 kts. Initial climb rate 750 fpm. Ceiling 14,500. Range 535 nm. Takeoff roll 820′. Landing Roll 650′. The Aquila A210 is a German-made fiber composite construction. The two-seater is designed […]

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