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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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Some Tires Need More Than a Kick

Reports of tread separations and bulges on Goodyear Aviation nosewheel tires on Gulfstreams and Global Expresses have resulted in a proposed Airworthiness
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In The Works: Excel-Jet Sport-Jet

Excel-Jet’s four-seat, single-engine very light jet, the Sport-Jet, flew for the first time on May 14 from Colorado Springs Airport.
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Airbus ACJs Join Elite 180-Minute Club

Airbus airline and corporate jet versions of the A319 and A320, as well as the A321, recently received FAA approval for 180-minute extended-range commercia
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Aerion SSBJ Rocketing Forward

Reno start-up Aerion, which is developing a supersonic business jet (SSBJ), is evaluating different means of demonstrating full-scale supersonic natural la
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Dassault Offers EFB Option

Gulfstream was the first to add electronic flight bag portable computers to its options list, and now Dassault has followed suit by selecting the PilotView
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In The Works: Grob G180 SPn Utility Jet

Grob Aerospace recently announced significant enhancements to its G180 SPn light jet.
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A look at the MU-2's Reputation

In his review of the MU-2 accident data, Greg Feith, a former NTSB investigator and aircraft safety consultant, tried to validate or dispel the following p
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Avanti Weighs in with Mtow Increase

The Piaggio Avanti has received an FAA-approved handbook change for a 550-pound mtow increase.
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Part 25 NPRM Aimed at Bizjet Interiors

The FAA is developing a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) addressing special requirements for the interiors of transport-category business jets.
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New Gulfstream to grow in girth?

When he announced first-quarter results, Nicholas Chabraja, chairman and CEO of Gulfstream parent company General Dynamics, said that new Gulfstreams will
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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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Pilatus Launches Regional PC-12 Meetings

Pilatus Business Aircraft, the Colorado-based subsidiary of the Swiss company, is launching a series of one-day regional conferences for owners and operato
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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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Lack of recorders impedes probe

The final NTSB report on the Dec.
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HondaJet Will Linger at Oshkosh This Year

The HondaJet will make an encore appearance at this month’s EAA AirVenture, July 24 to 30 in Oshkosh, Wis.
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Caravan Safety Initiative Launched

Cessna has joined with the FAA and the Regional Air Cargo Carriers Association (RACCA) for a Caravan “educational and awareness campaign.” The coalition “w
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Embraer thinks big with the Lineage 1000

Embraer delivered on its promise to expand its line of business jets with the introduction last month at EBACE of the Lineage 1000 jet derived from its fly
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FAA OKs Avanti II

Piaggio Aero obtained FAA certification of its Avanti II turboprop late last month.
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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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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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Twenty CRJ900s for PSA?

August 1 marks the deadline for PSA Airlines pilots to agree to US Airways’ conditions for placing 20 Bombardier CRJ900LRs with the wholly owned subsidiary
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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.
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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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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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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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E190 Gets EASA Nod

A full 10 months after winning certification by Brazilian authorities and eight months after starting service with JetBlue in the U.S., the Embraer E190 on
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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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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: 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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Max-Viz Launches EVS Program for King Airs

Max-Viz has announced an STC program that will bring the company’s EVS-1000 enhanced-vision system to the King Air 90 through 300 series.