Aircraft
Stratos Aims for Higher, Faster
New bizjet single makes NBAA debut

Stratos Aircraft (Booth C13305, Static IS_1) reported at NBAA 2017 that its lone flight test Model 714 has logged 80 hours over 44 flights since its first flight in late 2016 and that the company has started construction on a second prototype and has completed the erection of a new 13,000-sq-ft composites facility in Redmond, Oregon. The company plans next for pressurized flights, receiving clearance to operate at FL280, and verifying the 714's 400-knot cruise capability. Through summer the aircraft had attained altitudes of 18,000 feet and speeds up to 250 knots indicated, or 330 ktas.