Aujourd’hui

La Dépêche

Un court briefing chaque matin : les nouveautés du monde des jets privés, plus un appareil, une liaison chiffrée, un fait et une histoire tirée des archives.

2026-09-11

Le jet du jour2026-09-11

Le jet du jour : Embraer Executive Jets Phenom 100EX

The Phenom 100EX is the third generation of Embraer's entry-level jet, adding the Phenom 300E's Bossa Nova-inspired interior, a runway overrun awareness system and a larger baggage door to the 100EV platform. It retains the oval-cross-section cabin that is the roomiest among very light jets, with a 1,178 nm range and 406 kt cruise. Range 1,178 nm, 4 seats, about $5,500,000 new and roughly $1,150 an hour in fuel and maintenance.

Fiche complète →

Fait2026-09-11

Le fait du jour

Bill Gates has described private flying as his 'guilty pleasure' and has been reported to own two Gulfstream G650ERs while funding sustainable-fuel and carbon-capture companies to offset it. (Simple Flying; Gates interviews)

Plus de chiffres →

La liaison du jour2026-09-11

La liaison du jour : Riyad → Washington, D.C.

5,854 milles nautiques, environ 13h 30m en gros-porteur d’affaires, soit à peu près $176,268–$275,293 l’aller simple pour quatre — environ $56,445 la place.

Chiffrer cette liaison →

Archives2026-09-11

Des archives, 1996 : certification du Citation X, Mach 0,92 et un trophée Collier

The Cessna Citation X entered service in 1996 as the fastest civil aircraft short of Concorde, cruising at Mach 0.92 on swept wings and Rolls-Royce AE 3007 engines. Golfer Arnold Palmer, a longtime Cessna customer, took the first delivery. It won the 1996 Collier Trophy, and the later Citation X+ nudged the maximum to Mach 0.935. Its swept 37-degree wing and area-ruled fuselage were airliner technology in a ten-seat package, and the type stayed in production until 2018.

La chronologie complète →

Jet célèbre2026-09-11

Gros plan : le Cessna Citation Sovereign de Harrison Ford

Ford flies his own 2009 Citation Sovereign and has crossed the Atlantic in a Pilatus PC-12 turboprop via Greenland and Iceland. His collection also includes a 1929 Waco biplane and an Aviat Husky, and he has volunteered for search-and-rescue flights with his helicopter.

L’histoire →

Conversations de hangar2026-09-11

Conversations de hangar : « Le premier Learjet montait plus vite qu’un avion de chasse. »

LEGEND — A true-in-1964 boast that became a myth by repetition. The Learjet 23 climbed at nearly 7,000 ft/min and could reach 40,000 ft in about seven minutes — genuinely quicker than several 1950s fighters, including the F-86 Sabre that Bill Lear's publicity liked to mention. Against a contemporary F-4 Phantom it was hopeless, and against anything since it isn't a contest. The story survives because the Learjet was built from a fighter design and behaved like one.

Les preuves →