Read very carefully, and evidence will be found below that something is happening in the personal jets world – but with agonizing slowness. Last year’s trio are still there, but nobody is rushing to join them.

HondaJet was signed-off by the FAA a few weeks after the last NBAA Convention and is now in customers’ hands. Pilatus and SyberJet continue to progress, while the long-lost VisionAire Vantage returns to the limelight in search of funding.

EASA and the FAA inked their rubber stamps for the Dassault Falcon 8X’s benefit in June, leaving only the delayed Bombardier twins awaiting joining instructions for this circuit of the market.