The world’s smallest business jet – worth £1.7million – is seen in the skies for first time (and Iron Maiden’s frontman is keen to buy it)
- The world’s smallest business jet, Flaris LAR 1, is worth a whopping £1.7million
- Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson is reportedly keen to purchase it
- Reports say the plane only needs 100 metres of runway and is able to reach an altitude of 5,900 feet in a minute
This is the moment the world’s smallest business jet – which Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson is reportedly keen to buy – took to the skies for the first time in history.
Pilot Wieslaw Cena gave the mini plane, worth £1.7million, its first spin at the Zielona Gora Airport near the town of Babimost in Poland.
The five-seat Flaris LAR 1 is powered by a single Williams FJ33-5A turbofan engine and weighs only 700kgs.
The world’s smallest business jet – which Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson is reportedly keen to buy – took to the skies for the first time in history
The five-seat Flaris LAR 1, worth £1.7million, is powered by a single Williams FJ33-5A turbofan engine and weighs only 700kgs
The aircraft also has detachable wings to help with storage.
Reports said that Mr Cena carried out 26 initial tests to check the plane’s control and stability.
Footage shows the aircraft soaring through the sky before a very gentle touchdown on the runway.
The aircraft also has detachable wings to help with storage
Mr Cena is then seen getting out of the plane and laughing along with another man.
The pair then turn to the camera and give a thumbs up while smiling.
Rafal Landinski, the founder of the company Metal Master that designed the plane, said: ‘The aircraft performed and handled very well in difficult conditions’.
Reports said that the plane only needs 100 metres of runway and is able to reach an altitude of 5,900 feet in a minute.
The company believes that the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) will green light the Flaris LAR 1 by the end of 2020.
British rocker Bruce Dickinson has reportedly expressed an interested in buying one of the jets.
The Iron Maiden lead singer is a keen pilot with over 10,000 flying hours under his belt and he even owns an aviation maintenance company.
Manufacturers believe that it will be the cheapest passenger jet on the market and have planned to produce several models next year.