The SubSonex Jet, one very, very light jet powered by a Czech-built PBS TJ-100 turbine engine, took off for its first flight in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, last week, bringing the prospect of a ...

It features a PBS TJ-100 turbine engine (also produced in the Czech Prepublic) on a retractable pod located directly behind the cockpit. The jet engine, which is designed for use in unmanned ...

The PBS TJ-100 weighs only 45 pounds and produces 240 pounds of thrust. Desert Aerospace has modified the two-seat TST-14J sailplane to accept the tiny jet engine. For takeoff, the jet engine sits ...

It’s powered by the tiny PBS TJ-100 jet engine, also of Czech extraction. The engine retracts into the fuselage once the BonusJet arrives at altitude, but can be re-extended and restarted in flight.