On Your Six
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Check this out - looks like another proposed Air Taxi operation with light jets... They have some big guns involved - Crandall and Burr. If it works, there might be a lot of additional pilot jobs available. I like the funky Adams twinjet with the weird tail... Looks like a fun airplane to fly.
Love to hear your thoughs about its chances... Read below:
Former Rivals Unite To Form Air-taxi Network
Donald Burr, People Express founder and pioneer of the low-fare airline, and Bob Crandall, controversial megastar of American Airlines, were fierce competitors in the 1980s. Now they are combining their talents and money to develop a national on-demand, regional-based air-taxi network with hundreds of very light twinjets. Crandall is chairman of the new venture and Burr is CEO. Board members and also investors include PrivatAir vice chairman Dave Hurley and Mike Hodge, representing the lead investor, hedge-fund manager Julian Robertson. Officials claim they have raised close to $8 million to date. The company, which is searching for a new name after dropping the planned iFly Air Taxi, officially disclosed yesterday that it has ordered 75 Adam A700 very light twinjets to get the new venture off the ground as early as next year. The order is valued at $150 million. A prototype of the Williams International FJ33-4A powered A700 has already logged 150 hours since it started flying last July. The six-place aircraft is the only one of several very light jets in development that is flying with its designated engines, and it is scheduled to be FAA approved under a new type certificate in the first quarter of next year.
Love to hear your thoughs about its chances... Read below:
Former Rivals Unite To Form Air-taxi Network
Donald Burr, People Express founder and pioneer of the low-fare airline, and Bob Crandall, controversial megastar of American Airlines, were fierce competitors in the 1980s. Now they are combining their talents and money to develop a national on-demand, regional-based air-taxi network with hundreds of very light twinjets. Crandall is chairman of the new venture and Burr is CEO. Board members and also investors include PrivatAir vice chairman Dave Hurley and Mike Hodge, representing the lead investor, hedge-fund manager Julian Robertson. Officials claim they have raised close to $8 million to date. The company, which is searching for a new name after dropping the planned iFly Air Taxi, officially disclosed yesterday that it has ordered 75 Adam A700 very light twinjets to get the new venture off the ground as early as next year. The order is valued at $150 million. A prototype of the Williams International FJ33-4A powered A700 has already logged 150 hours since it started flying last July. The six-place aircraft is the only one of several very light jets in development that is flying with its designated engines, and it is scheduled to be FAA approved under a new type certificate in the first quarter of next year.