It was 1948. The world was at peace and anything seemed possible. A young boy was traveling from Boston to New York when the decrepit, pre-war bus he was riding on broke down. While he and the other passengers were waiting to be rescued, he noticed a gleaming, golden button on the old coach’s dashboard. He leaned forward, said “Let’s go to New York” and pressed it. The rest of the story is obvious and, yes, the tale of Jenny, the Magic Bus was only a children’s story. But it was also the first recorded forecast of the fly-on-demand air-travel revolution being ushered in by the development of Very Light Jet (VLJ) aircraft and point-to-point air-taxi services.

For the full article please click here: Fly-On-Demand: Coming Soon To An Airport Really Near You

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Expectations. The stuff of dreams. Blueprints from the FAA and NASA for a revolutionary new air-transport system drawn by some of the best minds in government, airframe design, and executive-travel marketing. The promise of tomorrow’s generation of Very Light Jets (VLJ’s or microjets) and fly-on-demand air-taxi services.

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Have you ever heard the term VLJ? If you haven’t, you should. It stands for Very Light Jet (VLJ), and this technology is an up and coming phenomenon in the business aviation community.

For the full article please click here: Preparing For The Very Light Jet Industry

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Cirrus Design is to acquire US air-taxi operator SATSair in a move to stimulate demand for “personal” air transport. The company plans to accelerate the growth of SATSair’s fleet from nine Cirrus SR22 light aircraft, adding 100 more by the end of next year.

For the full article please click here: Cirrus Hails Air Taxi Firm In Bid To Grow Market

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Eclipse Aviation is continuing to smash order records and announced a further 80 aircraft sales at NBAA this morning.

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Cessna Aircraft Company, the world’s leading manufacturer of general aviation aircraft and a subsidiary of Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT), announced it has fully recovered from the industry downturn experienced earlier in the decade, and is reporting strong order activity globally, particularly in the Middle East.

For the full article please click here: Cessna Aircraft Business Results and International Market Activity Up

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