JMB launches Phoenix motor glider

For the past few weeks Belgian aircraft maker JMB Aircraft has been running teasers on social media about a new aircraft. Well, it’s here: the Phoenix motor glider.

JMB Aircraft says it’s “a reasonably priced aircraft which can serve as a cross-country capable aircraft and as a glider which will satisfy most sailplane enthusiasts. The Phoenix has a range of over 900 miles and speeds exceeding 115 knots.”

JMB Aircraft’s Phoenix motor glider will be at AERO in April

The Phoenix is being produced at the JMB facilities in the Czech Republic and custiomers will have a selection of exterior and interior packages.

Limited numbers of the motor glider will be made. Just six this year, 12 in 2025 and 20 in 2026.

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The Phoenix has a glide ratio of 32:1, a 100hp Rotax 912 ULS engine, and a 2,000 hour TBO. JMB says it will be on show at AERO Friedrichshafen in April.

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