Viper FanJet to be Featured on Discovery Channel Next World – Future Flight - PRESS RELEASE

September 1, 2008 by Dagpotter · 1 Comment
Filed under: Events, Viper Aircraft, commercial aviation, production program 

Pasco, Wash—During the week of September 8, 2008, the Discovery Channel will premiere an aviation component entitled “Future Flight” to its new Next World series. The Viper FanJet is a featured aircraft on the Future Flight show.

The Viper FanJet captured Discovery Channel’s attention with its unique fighter-jet styling. Designed to be used by the private pilot for both sport and business, the Viper FanJet is fully-aerobatic, docile in flight and can travel 1400 nautical miles using the fuel-efficient Pratt & Whitney JT-15 series turbofan engine. A roomy cockpit, great visibility and abundant luggage area, round out this exciting new aircraft from Viper Aircraft Corporation.

Be sure to check local listings for the Discovery Channel’s NextWorld – Future Flight premiere as date and time are subject to change or go to DiscoveryChannel.com.

To learn more about the Viper FanJet aircraft, contact Dan Hanchette at 509.543.3570 or dan@viper-aircraft.com.
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The Viper FanJet is the only personal jet aircraft designed for sport and business.
Manufactured by Viper Aircraft Corporation in Pasco, Washington, USA.

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Representative Asks For Tanker Bid Delay

August 24, 2008 by admin · Comment
Filed under: Contract Awards, EADS, Military Aviation, Pratt & Whitney, U.S. Air Force 

U.S. Rep. Joseph D. Courtney, from Connecticut, has written to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to ask him to delay the renewed bidding for the $35 billion aerial refueling tanker contract. “It is important to get this decision right,” Courtney said, because it is “one of the most critical components of our national security.” Courtney is particularly concerned that there be adequate time for the RFP “to be vetted by the competitors and evaluated by Congress.”

The Pentagon is committed to a quick timetable, but Courtney argues that such an “unnecessarily aggressive timeline for a final decision, will once again tilt the outcome” in favor of EADS. Courtney is very interested in the process, because the Boeing tanker’s engines would be made by East Hartford-based Pratt & Whitney.

More details on Courtney’s letter can be found at Hartford Business.

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