When Less is More …

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation—the Savannah, Georgia-based manufacturer of the iconic business aircraft to which the world’s powerful so fervently aspire—has announced that its all new, ultra-long-range Gulfstream G800 has made its first international flight. The sleek airplane—which is slightly smaller but longer-legged than its G700 predecessor—departed Savannah and cruised without incident to Farnborough, England in support of Gulfstream’s participation in the upcoming Farnborough International Airshow. The G800 is Gulfstream’s newest ultra-long-range, large-cabin business jet. The aircraft ticks all the boxes for which the storied airframer is renown: power, speed, comfort,

European Charter Operator Conditionally Pre-Orders Fifty VX4 eVTOL Aircraft

Vertical Aerospace, the Bristol, UK-based concern that designs and manufactures Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft—has announced that FLYINGGROUP, the European charter operator and broker of business aircraft, has conditionally pre-ordered up to 50 of its VX4 aircraft. The VX4 is a piloted, eVTOL aircraft ostensibly capable of transporting four passengers and a pilot one-hundred-miles (161-kilometers) at speeds of up to two-hundred miles per hour (320-kilometers per hour). The VX4 is intended to operate from confined, urban locations and is—according to its manufacturer—safer than and one-hundred-times quieter than a conventional helic