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Embraer To Miss Delivery Target
November 8, 2006, 6:26 AM
November 2006

Production line snags have forced Embraer to reduce its delivery forecast this year from 145 to 135, the company revealed last month.

Honda sets a price and reveals specs for its VLJ
November 8, 2006, 6:23 AM
October 18, 2006

Honda Aircraft revealed a number of intriguing details about the HondaJet program yesterday, including the airplane’s price, performance figures and the fine points of its service-network alliance with Piper Aircraft.

Comair Gets Heavy-duty Nod
November 8, 2006, 6:21 AM
November 2006

Comair’s Cincinnati maintenance and repair facilities received FAA approval to perform third-party heavy maintenance on other airlines’ 50- and 70-seat Bombardier CRJs, making it one of nine Part 145 CRJ repair stations in the U.S.

The PiperJet begins a new era for 70-year-old maker
November 8, 2006, 6:20 AM
October 18, 2006

Piper Aircraft president and CEO Jim Bass yesterday unveiled the company’s next generation aircraft–the single-engine, six-seat PiperJet, an airplane priced at just under $2.2 million that adds another serious player to the market for very light jets.

Island Air Grounds Q400
November 8, 2006, 6:17 AM
November 2006

Excess capacity created by Mesa Air Group’s Go! unit has forced Hawaii’s largest turboprop island hopper, Island Air, to ground its Bombardier Q400 only five months after receiving it from the manufacturer.

Nordam expansion builds on founder’s principles
November 8, 2006, 5:31 AM
October 17, 2006

The Nordam Group (Booth No. 5574) continues to expand its MRO business internationally a year after the untimely death of its founder, Ray Siegfried II, last October.

Executive Jet adds new jets to its charter fleet
November 8, 2006, 5:30 AM
October 17, 2006

Executive Jet Management (EJM) has announced a significant increase in its charter fleet and reorganization of its sales and aircraft owner relations staff. Cincinnati-based EJM provides aircraft management and charter services worldwide.

Clifford Development to re-engine Citation IIs
November 8, 2006, 5:28 AM
October 17, 2006

Clifford Development (Booth No. 5249) is introducing a supplemental type certificate development program to re-engine Cessna Citation IIs with 3,000-pound-thrust Williams International FJ44-3 engines.

Mid-Continent’s two-inch CDI frees up panel space
November 8, 2006, 5:27 AM
October 17, 2006

For anyone dealing with shrinking space on an instrument panel, Mid-Continent Instruments (Booth No. 2655) offers a small suggestion: a new two-inch course deviation indicator (CDI), which the company is unveiling here at the 2006 NBAA Convention.

American OEMs get UK assistance to navigate EASA
November 8, 2006, 5:26 AM
October 17, 2006

Small- and medium-sized North American OEMs can find the European market challenging in terms of the need to provide engineering and customer support for products. It is this need that UK-based Aerospace Representatives Ltd.

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