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Page 3 of 3 SINGLE-ENGINE VERY LIGHT JETS Diamond D-JET
Diamond Aircraft Industries - London, Ontario, Canada
Price: $1.38M US (with notable options of built-in Parachute and Radar)
Speed: 315 kias
NBAA IFR Range: 1350
Deliveries: 2008
diamondair.com/mainpage.php PiperJet
Piper Aircraft Corp - Vero Beach, Florida, USA
Price: $2.2M
Speed: 360 kias
NBAA IFR Range: 1300
Deliveries: 2010
Sport Utility Jet
www.newpiper.com Others VLJs in the single-engine group include Cirrus Design Cirrus Jet, Excel-Jet Sport-Jet and Maverick SoloJet. TWIN-ENGINE VERY LIGHT JETS Adam A700
Adam Aircraft Industries - Englewood, Colorado, USA
Price: $2.0M
Speed: 340 kias
NBAA IFR Range: 1100
Deliveries: FQ 2007
www.adamaircraft.com Cessna Mustang
Cessna Aircraft Company -Wichita, Kansas, USA
Price: $2.7M
Speed: 340 kias
NBAA IFR Range: 1150
Deliveries: Now
www.cessna.com Eclipse 500
Eclipse Aviation - Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Price: $1.5M
Speed: 370 kias
NBAA IFR Range: 1125
Deliveries: Now
www.eclipseaviation.com HondaJet
Honda Aircraft Co. - Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Price: $3.65M
Speed: 405 kias
NBAA IFR Range: 1100
Deliveries: 2010
world.honda.com/jet Javelin MK-10
Aviation Technology Group - Englewood, Colorado, USA
Price: $2.795
Speed: 500 kias
NBAA IFR Range: 1000
Deliveries: 2009
www.avtechgroup.com Phenom 100
Embraer Executive Jets - Sao José dos Campos, Brazil
Price: $2.85M
Speed: 380 kias
NBAA IFR Range: 1160 NAM
Deliveries: Mid-2008
www.embraer.com Other VLJs in the twin-engine group include Epic Elite, Spectrum Aeronautical Spectrum 33 and Eviation EV-20 Vantage Jet. It is the intention of this article to provide an overview of the Very Light Jets - who's in the game and how the phenomenon can help us as pilots. Stand by for more information as it develops. Bill Strait flies international on the MD-11 for a major freight company and is also rated in G-1, DC-9, B727, B-75/76 and seaplanes. He is the founding editor of Very Light Jet Magazine.
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