AVweb Podcast: Friday, May 12, 2006

Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • Adam Aircraft's A700 jet is progressing, notably being the first VLJ to fly on its production engines and offer a functioning, separate lavatory.
  • The A700 shares parts with the certified Adam A500 piston-twin, a strategy designed to facilitate the A700's certification.
  • This commonality between the A700 and A500 is also expected to provide a natural and more readily insurable progression for aspiring light jet pilots.
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Today Joe Walker, president of Adam Aircraft, talks about progress at his company and with its A700 jet. Adam offered the first VLJ to fly on its production engines and the first to offer a functioning, separate lavatory. The A700 jet shares parts with the certified (with restrictions) Adam A500 piston-twin, which is also working toward expanding its flight envelope. That relationship is working to facilitate certification and may one day provide a natural (and more readily insurable) progression for aspiring light jet pilots.

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