Composite construction, a bubble canopy, and glider-derived aerodynamics made the Diamond DA20 one of the most recognizable two-seat trainers of the past three decades. This low-wing single, first flown in 1991 and built in Canada from 1994, carries a student…
Announced alongside the super-midsize Praetor 600 in October 2018, the Embraer Praetor 500 pushed the midsize class further than it had gone before, pairing full fly-by-wire controls and a six-foot stand-up cabin with the longest range in its segment. Built…
Aviat Aircraft builds a tandem two-seat taildragger around a welded steel tube airframe, a 180 or 200 hp Lycoming and enough wing to leave the ground in roughly 200 feet. That combination puts it on gravel bars and glaciers as…
The Learjet 45 broke that lineage as the brand’s first clean-sheet design, pairing light-jet operating costs with midsize speed and cabin comfort. More than 450 were built between 1998 and 2012, and the type remains a fixture in charter fleets,…
With a range of 4,018 nautical miles, no other super-midsize business jet flies as far. Embraer developed the type from the Legacy 500 and certified it in 2019, pairing that range with full fly-by-wire flight controls, a first in the…
Textron Aviation builds nothing bigger or longer-ranged than the Citation Longitude, the super-midsize flagship of the Citation line. Certified in September 2019, the twin-engine jet pairs Honeywell HTF7700L turbofans with a 28-degree swept wing for 3,500nm of range at Mach…
Few aircraft in the super-midsize category match the G280’s combination of short-field performance and intercontinental range. Gulfstream’s twin-engine jet carries up to 10 passengers at Mach 0.85 and can operate from runways that would ground larger cabin jets making it…
