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600 orders and production will be steadily ramped up to reach a rate of one aircraft per week by the end of 2017, in order to meet demand. The Vision is priced at $1,960,000.
At the other end of the scale, Embraer brought its $26-million redesigned Legacy 650E to the show, featuring Honeywell Primus Elite avionics, and Textron Aviation displayed its prototype of the Citation Longitude mid- size jet, fresh from its first flight, with an announcement of performance increases over initial projections. A full cabin mockup of the Citation Hemisphere also attracted much attention. The Honeywell Primus Epic cockpit has been selected for the Hemisphere, and it will be powered by the Safran (formerly SNECMA) Silvercrest engine.
On Day Two, Pilatus flew its Number Two PC-24 “Super Versatile” jet to the show for a short visit; it was already based in the U.S. for environmental and avionics testing. Some 1,000 hours have been flown on the PC-24 program, in 600 flights.
In other news, Duncan Aviation is testing a Winglet Technologies transitional winglet retrofit for the Citation Sovereign and FlightSafety International announced the availability of Master Level Advanced Training for King Air, Citation, Pilatus PC-12, Falcon and Gulfstream pilots.
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Sales announcements at the show included a Textron Aviation transaction involving the sale of three Citation X’s to long-time customer Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, and Piaggio’s sale of five Avanti Evolution airplanes to West Coast Aviation Services. Daher announced the recent delivery of its 800th TBM turboprop, and the company is expecting to deliver over 50 TBMs in 2016.
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