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Inside Nextant Aerospace: The Most Unlikely of Aircraft Manufacturers
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Inside Nextant Aerospace: The Most Unlikely of Aircraft Manufacturers

When old aircraft become too expensive to operate, they have historically been sent to one of several aircraft graveyards. However, Nextant Aerospace aim to minimize this through a process called remanufacturing. Essentially recycling certain ageing aircraft, Nextant are able to deliver what is in effect a new aircraft for half the price. So it's probably not surprising that the company has delivered nearly 200 aircraft in a decade and a half, and still has a large backlog of orders. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Background The story of Nextant Aerospace cannot be told without first talking about Kenn Ricci, the man behind several major players in the business aviation industry, including fractional ownership Flight Options LLC and Direction...
Hawker 400: The World’s Most Developed Business Jet!
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Hawker 400: The World’s Most Developed Business Jet!

Today, by most accounts, the Hawker 400 is the most overdeveloped business jet in the world. A total of three different aircraft manufacturers have helped to develop the jet since the 1970's! Partly thanks to this, the Hawker has sold 951 copies over a period of 31 years. This makes the most produced business jets in history, ahead of the incredibly popular G650, Cessna Citation XLS and the Global Express family. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Development In the late 1970's, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries began to develop new jet-powered business jet as a step up from their turboprop MU-2. Mitsubishi designated this new jet as the MU-300 Diamond. Mitsubishi would build the MU-300 in the US, in order to fast track FAA approval. However, fina...
15 Smallest Private Jets in the World!
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15 Smallest Private Jets in the World!

Since the first business jets, some manufacturers have tried to make the largest private jets, where others tried to make the smallest private jets. This got me thinking, which are the smallest? For the purposes of this article, I am only focusing on production private jets. These private jets are either currently in production, or have recently come out of production, with several on the secondary market. So these are the smallest private jets! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 15. Learjet 45 The Learjet 45 is the "largest" small business jet. Despite this, when you compare the Learjet 45 to other business jets, it is still one of the smallest private jets on the market! In the early 1990's, the Learjet division of Bombardier was seeking ...