Gross Weight Jet Knot 
AV Web
JULY 14, 2025
Bell Helicopter has been asked to build a flying prototype of a jet-powered VTOL that can hit speeds of up to 450 knots by DARPA as part of its Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program. The new aircraft has tilting wings with engines and large propellers at the tips that allow for vertical takeoffs and landings.
Flying Magazine
JUNE 10, 2025
I took off from Runway 34L at 169,800 pounds gross weight, rotated at 1.8 minutes, covered 1,722 nm at an average ground speed of 511 knots, and burned 22,200 pounds of jet-A. Below 500 feet I got a bit slow, momentarily down to 147 knots, versus a reference speed of 144 and target of 152. I hand-flew the first 13.3
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Flying Magazine
MAY 17, 2025
Flight Planning A pilot encountered 32-35 knot headwinds at cruise. Jet-A Blues The need to supervise fuelers is evident from this pilots experience. He confirmed the aircraft had been misfueled with jet-A. One thing missing here is how one can mistake jet-A for avgas during preflight. The tower told him to go around.
Plane and Pilot
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
Getting a couple of hundred thousand pounds of swept-wing jet down to sea level from 40,000 feet takes a bit of forethought and no shortage of technology. Most of the big jets, when faced with Newtons laws of motion, need a little assistance when going downhill. Speed Demon or Cruiser? Image: Shutterstock.
AV Web
JULY 1, 2025
Before anything else, these are single-engine, unpressurized two-seat lightweights with a max gross weight of 1320 pounds. Check that against the max gross of a Piper Malibu at roughly 4300 pounds, or a Beech A36 Bonanza at around 3650 pounds or a Cessna 150 at 1600 pounds gross. GPH on 92 knots. Same for gliders.
Aerotime
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
As it does, one aircraft is seeking to capture a particular slice of the advanced air mobility market, one that none of its rivals can challenge – that is, the provision of electric flights for seven people flying at up to 250 knots (450kph) and with a stage length of around 500 miles (800km).
Flying Magazine
MAY 29, 2025
The Aerostar is the product of famed aircraft designer Ted Smith, whose name is attached to such classics as the A-20 twin-engine bomber and the Twin and Jet Commander lines. But when it all comes together, its an impressively capable go-places machine with a flying experience more like a small jet than a light piston twin.
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