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News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.
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Dassault Ratchets Up Customer Support
A Falcon parts price guarantee program and a program to improve dispatch reliability are two of the latest efforts Dassault has launched as part of a plan
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Will Hawker 450 Move to Front Burner?
Raytheon Aircraft might make a “formal announcement later in the year” on a new or derivative business jet.
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Retrofit Primus Epic suite coming for Avantis
Bringing an updated cockpit to the Piaggio Avanti makes sense.
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In The Works: Spectrum 33
Cardiff by the Sea, Calif.-based Spectrum Aerospace said flight testing of its Spectrum 33 very light twinjet is progressing on schedule.
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In The Works: ATG Javelin
Aviation Technology Group in late June announced several design changes to its two-place Javelin twinjet.
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In The Works: Diamond D-Jet
Following initial flight-testing in late April, the Diamond D-Jet single-engine very light jet resumed flight testing after installation of its data acquis
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In the Works: Antonov
An-148–Due for imminent certification by Russian and Ukrainian civil aviation authorities, the An-148 stands nearly ready for delivery this year to Russian
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In The Works: Comp Air 12
Comp Air of Merritt Island, Fla., last month unveiled plans to certify its 10-seat, all-composite Comp Air 12 turboprop single.
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In The Works: Aerion SSBJ
After an initial round of meetings with potential OEM partners on its supersonic business jet (SSBJ), Aerion is refining its business case.
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In The Works: Dassault Falcon 7X
The Falcon 7X flight-test program is progressing on schedule, with four of the trijets logging more than 850 hours during 275 test flights.
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In The Works: Cessna Citation Mustang
Cessna began function and reliability (F&R) flight-testing on the Citation Mustang early last month, the last step before gaining type certification from t
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King Air 300 sprouts winglets
BLR Aerospace expects to receive an STC for winglets for the King Air 300 in late summer or early fall.
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European companies research possible SSBJ
Supersonic transport research carried out within the European Commission’s 6th Research Framework Program has received attention since Italian manufacturer
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Post-maintenance stall tests raise safety concerns
An incident on May 4 this year in which a Hawker 800A lost more than 10,000 feet during a post-maintenance stall test underscores the potential risks of st
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Now one decade old, BBJ inspires new ideas
Hard to believe perhaps, but 10 years have passed since Boeing entered the executive aircraft market by unveiling a dedicated corporate 737 variant, the Bo
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More Time To Comment on Limitations NPRM
The comment period on a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to establish operational life limitations designed to prevent widespread fatigue damage primar
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ERA 2006: Régional adds muscle with Europe’s first Embraer E190s
In the little more than five years since its formation, Air France domestic partner Régional has evolved from three distinct, ailing French domestic carrie
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Phenoms Selling Phenomenally Well
“As of June 30, our executive jet firm order backlog stands at $1.25 billion,” Embraer chairman, president and CEO Maurício Botelho said last month.
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In the Works: Sukhoi
Superjet 100–Plans for the airplane known until July as the Russian Regional Jet appeared to have crystallized early this year, when Sukhoi publishe
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In the Works: AVIC I
ARJ21–China’s AVIC I Commercial Aircraft (ACAC) continues its deliberate march toward a 2009 introduction of the 90-seat ARJ21-700,
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Final E-Jet cleared for August service entry
Brazil’s Embraer has passed another critical milestone in its meteoric development with Brazilian and EASA certification of the largest of its four-member
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In the Works: Bombardier
C Series/900X/Q400X–Officially still alive as a program but downgraded in status from an imminent launch candidate to a loosely defined study, the p
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Special Conditions for Falcons OK’d
The FAA finalized special conditions for safety standards covering installation of enhanced flight visibility systems (EFVS) in Dassault’s Falcon 900EX and
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Crossroads opt for Green FBO
Crossroads Aviation planned to break ground last month on an energy-saving multimillion-dollar “green” FBO building at Anoka County-Blaine Airport in Minne
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Three Maintenance techs make good in Springfield
It’s an axiom of the industry that “to make a small fortune in aviation, start with a big fortune.” So far that has not been the case for the owners of Spr
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Yingling completes first RVSM installation on Conquest II
Yingling Aviation, located on Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita, has completed its first RVSM-compliant modification of a Cessna turboprop on a 1979 Conques
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Gulfstream Long Beach passes 20-year milestone
This year Gulfstream Aerospace is recognizing the 20th anniversary of its Long Beach, Calif.
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Raisbeck engineering OKs new authorized King Air dealers
Four new installation centers have been authorized as Raisbeck King Air dealers.
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JSSI to provide Tip-to-Tail coverage for Avantair
Avantair has chosen JSSI’s Tip-to-Tail airframe maintenance cost-guarantee program to cover its fleet of Piaggio Avantis.
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LoPresti Boom Beams for Hawker 700s
Avmats has joined forces with LoPresti Aviation to deliver LoPresti Boom Beams to legacy Hawker 700s.
