by Rick Durden

For those who have been around the block in aviation a few times, the pronouncements about light jets by the factory PR staffs and popular press have been the source of considerable entertainment. We are, if we believe the hype, about to be eyeball deep in $1 million “revolutionary” jets.

We’ve heard so many claims of “technological breakthroughs” that will turn the industry on its ear over the years that we want to dope-slap the next marketing dweeb who opens his mouth. Bluntly, aircraft technology is mature, so the changes to come will be evolutionary, which is the way it’s been since the last big breakthrough, the jet…