PIPER is working flat out to get its prototype VLJ in the air for next summer, with innovative new wings and an all-new manufacturing facility well under way.The £1.1m single-engine jet will feature a patented new rivetless wing construction. The new technique will see the wing skins come in just two parts, a single upper and single lower which are bonded to milled aluminium alloy spars.The benefits of going rivetless are reduced costs, fa ... more

Massive order for Phenom takes Embraer into new leagueEMBRAER announced a mammoth order for up to 150 of its Phenom executive jets last month, in a deal with US-based lease firm Flight Options which could easily crack the billion dollar mark.Flight Options is to take an initial 100 of the nine-seat Phenom 300s for lease and shared-ownership customers, with options for 50 more at a total cost of $1.12bn, Embraer's biggest order yet for the P ... more