AirVenture 2021: Stratos Unveils The New 716X Jet

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Key Takeaways:

  • Stratos Aircraft showcased a new jet, the 716X, at AirVenture.
  • The 716X is a larger and faster iteration of their previous single-engine jet.
  • Initially offered as a kit plane, it will eventually receive FAA certification for six passengers.
  • AVweb produced a video summarizing the 716X project.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIvZi8kfD68&t=34s

In 2017, Stratos showed up at AirVenture with a slick single-engine experimental jet. (It’s the blue one in the video.) This year, they’re following up with the 716X, a larger, faster version that’s also initially a kit airplane. It will eventually be sold as certified, six-seat aircraft. Here’s an AVweb video summary of the project.

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