Top ten most popular private jet brands list
Rich people in China have started to buy boxes of aged wine and bought (or at least considered buying) an apartment with a asking price of $45 million. The bedpost in the apartment is covered with crocodile skin, and the door is decorated with Swarovski crystals by hand. bronze doors? Of course, wealthy people in China are increasingly looking forward to buying private jets.
Bombardier Canada, 1
Bombardier is an international transportation equipment manufacturer headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The main products are regional aircraft, business jets, railway and high-speed railway locomotives, urban rail transit equipment and so on.
Joseph armand Bombardier was born in Valcour, Quebec on 1907. He is a shy and determined mechanic and has always wanted to build a vehicle that can "float" on the snow.
1937, J.-ArmandBombardier built the first motorized sleigh in his garage.
1942, J.-ArmandBombardier founded L 'auto-Neigebombarditee, and produced a large number of tracked vehicles suitable for transportation in snow-covered terrain.
1967, the company was changed to bombardier co., ltd.
1969, Bombardier shares are listed on the Montreal and Toronto stock exchanges.
In the1970s, the Austrian engine manufacturer LohnerwerkeGmbH and its subsidiary Rotax-WerkAG were purchased.
1974 won the contract for vehicles of Montreal subway system and began to expand the production direction.
1986 acquired Air Canada at the price of1200 million US dollars, leading the Canadian aviation manufacturing industry.
1987 signed a contract with GECAlsthom, a British-French joint venture, to produce vehicles for TGV.
2. Hawker Beechcraft Company
1932, the beachy family established the beachy aircraft company. The first plane they produced was Beech 17 biplane, which was specially designed for business travelers. This kind of aircraft has been proved to be faster than contemporary military aircraft and won the championship in countless air competitions.
1974, Beech delivered the first Beech Airbus 200, which set a new standard for the spacious cabin, speed and passenger comfort of business jets. Up to now, Beach has delivered nearly 2,000 military and civilian Air King 200 aircraft. 1975, Beach Company delivered the first C- 12 aircraft for the US Air Force, namely the military modified aircraft of Beach Super King 200. Today, C- 12 has undergone various structural modifications and served in all four components of the US Army-Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. The Navy also uses the Beach T-34C turboprop as a training machine for primary flight training.
1On February 8th, 980, Beachy Aircraft Company became a subsidiary of Raytheon Company, located in Lexington, Massachusetts, which deals in various electronic and technical products. As early as 1984, Beach delivered the first pressurized cockpit, the regional plane 1900. Today, more than 500 19-seat turboprop aircraft have been delivered worldwide.
On March 23rd, 20001year, the future of business aviation was presented to people. Raytheon Aircraft Company held a ceremony on this day to celebrate the FAA certification of the new Prime Minister's 1 business jet. Prime Minister No.1 is the first certified all-composite fuselage jet business jet, the first business jet designed by white paper and certified by Raytheon Aircraft Company, and the first new aircraft certified by Raytheon Aircraft Company in ten years. At present, there are 300 orders with a unit price of about $5.3 million. On April 17, Raytheon held a ceremony to celebrate the first delivery of its second composite fuselage business jet, the super-medium Hawk Horizon business jet, which has an international voyage and can accommodate 13 passengers.
3. Cessna Aircraft Company.
Cessna Aircraft Company, founded in 1927, is the world's leading manufacturer of light and medium-sized commercial aircraft, turboprop aircraft and single-engine piston aircraft. At present, Cessna has produced more than 188000 aircraft, which greatly exceeds the total number of general aviation aircraft produced by any other country in the world. Headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, USA, Cessna has more than 12000 employees worldwide.
1985, Cessna was acquired by General Dynamics, and stopped manufacturing piston engine aircraft the following year. 1992, Teflon acquired Cessna and started manufacturing small planes again.
Facing the widest range of customers; Products should be constantly updated according to market demand; Pursuing high cost performance; After-sales service is the consistent principle of Cessna Aircraft Company. With this, Cessna has created an excellent reputation in the world general aviation market. After experiencing several historical shocks of economic depression, Cessna still stands firm and is young and promising.
4.CirrusDesignCorporation
CirrusDesignCorporation was established in the United States on 1984, and is committed to designing and producing more mobile, more comfortable and safer private jets.
Today, Cirrus has become a global leader in private jet with single piston engine, with a wide range of mature direct sales channels in North America and international sales centers in Europe, South America, Australia, South Africa, Mexico, the Caribbean, Russia and China.
At the beginning, Cirrus only designed and produced "assembled aircraft" in Barbero, Wisconsin. Their first aircraft VK-30 inspired Cirrus to develop higher performance aircraft.
From 65438 to 0994, Cirrus moved its headquarters to Drew, Minnesota, and began to design and develop a four-seat single-engine composite aircraft-SR20. 1995, Cirrus signed a contract with Israel Airlines to design and manufacture the conceptual model of turboprop ST50. A year later, Cirrus produced the fuselage, wing and tail for the tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (TUAV) of the US Department of Defense, all of which adopted composite technology.
Cirrus SR20 aircraft with composite structure and advanced aerodynamic characteristics obtained the model license of FAA in 1998. It includes a flat dashboard, multi-function display technology and outstanding safety innovations, including the ultimate protection means-Cirrus Parachute System (CAPS).
On the basis of the strong flying quality of SR20, Cirrus constantly improved the flying speed and performance of the aircraft, and created the second generation model of Cirrus-SR22. Compared with SR20, SR22 has larger wing and fuel capacity and stronger horsepower, reaching 365,438+00 horsepower. This model was licensed by FAA in 2000 and has been the best-selling single-engine four-seat aircraft in the world.
In April 2007, the third generation model of SR22 (SR22-G3) came out, and nearly 700 innovations and system improvements were made, which also represented the highest level of aircraft design, R&D and engineering manufacturing since the establishment of Cirrus.
Main aircraft types of Cirrus Design Company:
(1) Single-engine aircraft -SR20, SR22, SR22Turbo, SRS.
(2) Jet plane-field of vision SJ50, etc.
5. Dassault Airlines.
DassaultAviation, headquartered in Paris, France, is the second largest aircraft manufacturing company in France. 1967 was founded by Marcel, two major French military aircraft manufacturers. Dassault Aircraft Manufacturing Company merged with Breguet Aircraft Manufacturing Company. Formerly known as Marcel Dassault Airlines (1990) was changed to Dassault Aircraft Manufacturing Company, which belongs to Dassault Industries.
Dassault Aircraft Manufacturing Company is mainly engaged in the R&D and manufacturing of military aircraft, civil aircraft and aerospace products, among which the R&D and production of military aircraft is the company's specialty. After entering the 1990s, it began to develop in the field of advanced business jets. Falcon business jet product series, which occupies a large market share in the world high-end business jet market, is the main income source and pillar product of Dassault.
Main aircraft types of Dassault Aircraft Company:
Hayabusa series business jets-Hayabusa 7X, Hayabusa 900EX, Hayabusa 900DX, Hayabusa 2000EX, Hayabusa 2000DX, Hayabusa 50EX and Hayabusa efficiency.
6. diamond aircraft.
Diamond aircraft Company is a global aircraft manufacturer, established in 198 1, and its business covers North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. * * * has 1200 employees and has produced more than 3,500 small aircraft.
Diamond aircraft has three locations in the world: one is the company headquarters in Vienna, which is mainly responsible for aircraft research and development, with a production area of 22,000 square meters and 580 employees; The other is located in Ontario, Canada, and consists of a North American sales company and an aircraft assembly plant. The third location is located in Binzhou City, Shandong Province, China. It is a Sino-Austrian joint venture factory, which was unveiled in 2006. The aircraft are mainly supplied to the Asian market.
Diamond aircraft has many advantages such as simple operation, safe flight, economy and applicability. The carbon fiber composite material they developed makes the fuselage stronger and lighter, requires little maintenance and has strong corrosion resistance. The aerodynamic performance of the aircraft is also excellent.
Diamond company's main aircraft models:
(1) Propeller aircraft-DA20, DA40, DA42 (double engine), DA50.
(2) jet business jet -d-jet.
7. Gulfstream Aerospace.
Gulfstream Company is a world-famous luxury and large business jet manufacturer. 1999 was completely acquired by General Dynamics, and its main products are Gulfstream series aircraft.
1958, Grumman Aircraft Company, the predecessor of Gulfstream Company, launched the first business jet "Gulfstream I" specially designed for business applications; Gulfstream II made in 1966 created a large cockpit business jet market. 1973, Allen. E. Paulson bought the Gulfstream aircraft production line from Grumman Company for $2 million and took over the Gulfstream project. Gulfstream Company was born. Subsequently, Gulfstream Company successively developed and produced "Gulfstream III, IV and V" business jets. At present, only Gulfstream IV-SP and Gulfstream V series are produced.
In June, 20001,after General Dynamics took control of Galaxy Aerospace Company (Israel Aircraft Industry Company), it added its Galaxy and Astra business jets to Gulfstream series and renamed them Gulfstream 100/200, which increased the scale of Gulfstream business jets.
Up to now, Gulfstream has produced more than 1300 aircraft, which are widely used in civil, commercial, government agencies, private and military fields. Among them, more than 1/4 Fortune 500 companies use Gulfstream business jets.
8. American Raytheon Company
Raytheon was founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA on 1922, and was called "American Instruments Company" at that time, which was founded by Lawrence K. Marshall, his college classmate VannevarBush and young scientist CharlesG. Smith.
Ray comes from French, which means "a beam of light"; Theon comes from Greek, which means "from God". Therefore, Raytheon means "a beam from God", and there are Chinese translations of "Raytheon", "Thunder" and "Schilling". After more than 80 years of development and innovation, Raytheon has become a leader in military technology, government and commercial electronic technology, commercial aircraft and special mission aircraft. In recent years, Raytheon has successively acquired E- Systems, the defense system department of Texas Instruments and Hughes Aircraft Company. Through strategic acquisitions, Raytheon has greatly enhanced its ability to serve customers.
Since Raytheon was founded more than 70 years ago, * * * has produced and sold more than 60,000 aircraft. Product categories include jet business jets, turboprop aircraft and piston aircraft. The business jet series includes Hawker Horizon Super Medium Business Jet, Hawker 800XP Medium Business Jet, Beechcraft 400A Light Business Jet and Prime Minister No.1 Ultra Light Business Jet. The turboprop series include Beach King 350, B200, C90B and Beach 1900D. Piston planes include Baron Beechcraft 58, Beechcraft B36 and A36. Raytheon Aircraft Company entered the China market as early as 1987. Up to now, many aircraft in China have performed tasks such as runway calibration, aerial photography, patrol mapping and official flight.
9. Bell Helicopter Company.
BellHelicopterTextron is the world's largest helicopter manufacturer, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, and affiliated to Texel Group. Bell Helicopter Teflon Company mainly produces civil and military helicopters and tilt-rotor aircraft.
Bell Helicopter PTFE Company, formerly known as Bell Aircraft Company, was established in 1935. At that time, he was mainly engaged in the design and manufacture of fighter planes. 194 1 year, Bell officially entered the helicopter field and successfully launched its first helicopter Bell 30.
The civil helicopters produced by Bell Company can take up to 15 people and are widely used in air transportation, medical rescue and search and rescue activities. Bell also works with August. Westland company cooperates to provide helicopter manufacturing and helicopter maintenance services.
Bell Helicopter Teflon Company mainly produces military helicopters and tilt-rotor aircraft in Fort Worth and Amarillo, Texas, and civilian helicopters are mainly produced in mirabel, Quebec.
Bell helicopter products:
(1.) Civil helicopters-47, 204, 205, 206, 2 10, 2 12, 2 14B, 2 14ST, 222, 230.
(2) Civil tilt-rotor aircraft-BA 609.
10, Eurocopter
Eurocopter is the largest helicopter manufacturer in Europe and belongs to EADS. The company is mainly engaged in the research and development and production of civil and military helicopters, as well as helicopter maintenance and overhaul services.
1992 65438+ 10, in October, the French aerospace company and the German MBB company jointly established Eurocopter Co., Ltd., in which the French aerospace company owns 70% of the shares and the German MBB company owns 30% of the shares. At present, the company has R&D and production bases in France and Germany.
Eurocopter France has three facilities: the general factory and headquarters base near Marseille in southern France; Helicopter blade factory near Paris; And the Rotor Testing Center near Lebourges Airport, where there are about 6,000 employees. At present, the main products developed and produced by Eurocopter France are: single-engine and double-engine helicopters of Pine/Fox (Ecureuil/Fennec), Doplin/Panther, SuperPuma/Puma, Tiger/Gerfaut, NH90 and EC 65438+.
Eurocopter Germany has two offices in Germany: its headquarters is in Otto Bren, Munich, and the other office is in Donauworth. German companies are responsible for helicopter research and development, production, flight test and after-sales service. The main helicopter products are BO 105 and BO 108.
Eurocopter has strong strength, and its R&D level and sales volume in the field of civil helicopters are basically equivalent to Bell Helicopter Company, while the R&D and production level of military helicopters are equivalent to Boeing Helicopter Company. The helicopter designed and produced by the company covers about 80% of the application scope. By 2005, the global market share of civil helicopters has reached about 50%. In 2006, * * * sold more than 250 rotorcraft, accounting for 32% of global sales.
Eurocopter products:
Civil helicopters-as 332 super bobcat, AS350/AS355/EC 130 squirrel, AS365/SA365 dolphin, EC 120Colibri, EC 135, EC 145, EC/kloc.