Mark Huber is an aviation industry veteran who has worked in the flight training, aircraft sales, aircraft component, and airport development businesses. He has flight time in more than 50 different and diverse aircraft, including helicopters, aerobatic aircraft, vintage warbirds, jet fighters, business jets and turboprops, and transport-category aircraft. He has jumped out of several of these—on purpose—with a parachute. His defense and aviation journalism has been published in a variety of national and international periodicals.

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Stratos Aircraft will publicly debut its $2.5 million 716X jet single later this month at EAA AirVenture. The&nbsp;numbers in the model name reflect its Mach 0.70 cruise speed, single turbofan engine, and six-seat cabin.

 


Initially offered as an experimental, kit-built aircraft, the 716X is designed to have a range of 1,500 nm and a ceiling of 41,000 feet. It is powered by an overhauled, 3,600-hour TBO Pratt &amp; Whitney Canada PWC JT15D5 turbofan and features Garmin 3X avionics. Redmond, Oregon-based Stratos said it can be assembled “in as little as nine&nbsp;months,” using builder-assist affiliate firms. The company plans&nbsp;to offer 10 to&nbsp;12 kits next year and considers&nbsp;the 716X a “stepping&nbsp;stone” toward eventually offering a certified version of the aircraft, the 716,&nbsp;that would sell for $1 million more.&nbsp;

 


“At Stratos, our goal is to lower the cost of owning and operating a jet to turboprop levels,” said Carsten Sundin, Stratos Aircraft's president and chief technology officer. 
 
	Stratos said it is continuing to make major investments in its manufacturing facility, including a computer design center, production-grade composites molds, a high-temperature curing oven, a full-service machine shop, static test fixtures, and new flight-test hangars.

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