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ATG Javelin | ATG Javelin Jet
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The
ATG Javelin Executive Jet is a small business
jet aircraft.
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ATG Javelin Jet Sales
Daniel Fox-Davies, a London banker who
travels round Europe on business, has placed a $2.5m order for an ATG
Javelin, a two-seater that looks like a fighter jet and is capable
of more than 600mph. Though the makers claim that VLJs are simple to
master, Fox-Davies is under no illusions about the Javelin. "It’s very
fast," he said. "It's like leaping from an ordinary car to driving a
top-end Ferrari on a racetrack. I grew up watching Top Gun. This is the
closest I'm ever going to get to that." |
The ATG Javelin
Executive Jet
Aviation Technology Group (ATG)
reported the accomplishment of major milestones in the Javelin program
including completion of a Preliminary Design Review (PDR), construction
of cockpit and wing mockups, transonic wind tunnel testing, and initial
tooling fabrication to support production of the conforming aircraft.
The Javelin PDR, held at the ATG
facility in Englewood, Colorado in mid-August, confirmed the functional
and physical integration of the business jet’s airframe and verified
that systems met design criteria. |
ATG Javelin Executive Jet
The NBAA defines VLJs as
single-pilot jets that weigh 10,000 pounds (4,500 kilograms) or less. |
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A joint review conducted by
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) and ATG in September further
validated the aircraft configuration, marking a major
milestone in the Javelin program’s development.
ATG engineers and the cockpit pilot-vehicle interface working
group collaborated on construction of a cockpit mockup, which
provides a three dimensional model that verifies physical
integration of cockpit equipment and validates maintenance
procedures.
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These VLJ
business jets will be mostly used for private jets,
jet charters and fractional
jet ownerships.
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ATG is
working with Porsche Design Studio to develop styling concepts for the
cockpit interior design, including improving the Javelin cockpit
ergonomically and creating a business jet interior. ACTA, the Utah-based
wing supplier for the Javelin, has constructed a partial wing mockup
that ATG is using to evaluate system installation and finalize access
panel sizing.
Many of
these very light jets (VLJs) will also be used for air taxis
aside from business jet charters
and private jet ownership.
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ATG Javelin | ATG Javelin Jet
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Sources: Wikipedia, Company press releases and
other public or permitted material.
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