GAMA Presents 2018 Year-End Aircraft Shipment and Billing Numbers

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has released the 2018 year-end results at its “State of the Industry” press conference. GAMA Chairman and Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. President Mark Burns announced that globally, airplane shipments increased 4.7 percent, to 2,443 units in 2018. Airplane billings increased 1.5 percent, from $20.2 billion to $20.6 billion. Worldwide rotorcraft shipments […]

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BRS Aerospace Develops Whole Aircraft Parachute Rescue System for Van’s RV-10

BRS Aerospace has developed a whole aircraft parachute rescue system on Van’s RV-10 homebuilt aircraft. The company is accepting orders for the system, which is priced at $25,990, plus shipping. The BRS ballistic powered parachute system can be retrofitted on flying aircraft or incorporated during the home building process. BRS Aerospace also offers the installation […]

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Huntington Ingalls Industries Vice President Named to Palm Springs Air Museum’s Aviation Hall of Fame

Huntington Ingalls Industries has announced that Mark Fox, corporate vice president of customer affairs, was inducted into the Palm Springs Air Museum’s “Aviation Hall of Fame” at the museum’s annual gala in Palm Springs, Calif., last Friday. “The HII family could not be more proud of Mark for receiving this honor,” said Mitch Waldman, HII’s […]

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Cirrus Aircraft Reports Strongest Deliveries in a Decade, Highlighted by Vision Jet Growth

Cirrus Aircraft has announced that new customer aircraft deliveries for the company’s best-selling SR Series showed steady growth and reached 380 aircraft in 2018, an increase of seven percent over 2017. The company also announced acceleration of production and delivery of the Vision JetTM – the world’s first single-engine Personal JetTM – with 63 aircraft […]

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HondaJet Most Delivered Aircraft in its Class for Second Consecutive Year

Photo above – The HondaJet Elite, original HondaJet and HondaJet APMG pictured at Honda Aircraft Company’s headquarters in Greensboro, NC. Honda Aircraft Company announced that the HondaJet was the most delivered aircraft in its class in 2018, based on numbers provided by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA).  Last year, 37 HondaJets were delivered around […]

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