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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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Cessna Highlights Product Improvements
A Max-Viz enhanced vision system (EVS) for the Citation Excel and XLS and a Collins Integrated Flight Information System (IFIS) for the CJ1 and CJ2 were am
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Maverick Jets Working on Another Very Light Jet
After operating below the radar for several years, Maverick Jets, now headquartered in Jackson, Wyo., revealed it is working on a next-generation Maverick
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A Third Beechjet Flameout Under Investigation
On June 14, Beechjet 400A N440DS lost all power from both Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-5 engines while the airplane was in cruise flight at FL380 near Norf
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Comp Air Aims To Certify Turboprop Single
Merritt Island, Fla.-based Comp Air recently unveiled plans to certify its 10-seat, all-composite Comp Air 12 turboprop single.
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Twenty CRJ900s for PSA Airlines?
August 1 marks the deadline for PSA Airlines pilots to agree to US Airways’ conditions for placing 20 Bombardier CRJ900LRs with the wholly owned
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BAE’s Herti UAV will spy in uniform or in civvies
BAE Systems is showing its recently-revealed Herti UAV system here for the first time, but the company’s unmanned, low-observable Raven and Corax vehicles
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Sino Swearingen Plans First Delivery
San Antonio-based Sino Swearingen hopes to deliver its first SJ30-2 before the end of this month, some nine months after receiving FAA certification for th
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JSF is the New Lightning
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter was formally named Lightning II at the program’s Fort Worth, Texas headquarters nine days ago.
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Eclipse 500 by the Numbers
Eclipse Aviation has released the final performance numbers for the Eclipse 500, and it meets or exceeds all of the guarantees but one.
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Bell/Urban Aeronautics unveil vertical lift X-Hawk
Bell Helicopter of Fort Worth, Texas, and Urban Aeronautics based near Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport will unveil today the X-Hawk, an innovative vertical-lif
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V-22s hop The Pond (nearly) flawlessly
Last week’s transatlantic hop to Farnborough by two Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotors proved the long-range self-deployment capability of the revolutionar
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R.I.P. for Airbus A300/A310
Thirty-five years of A300/A310 manufacturing will come to an end next July, when Airbus hands over the last A300-600 on order.
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Canada’s Viking Air to restart Twin Otter line
Viking Air (Hall 4 Stand C16C) is an experienced aerospace manufacturer that has specialized in de Havilland Canada (DHC) products for over 30 years.
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Crash Severely Damages Sport-Jet Prototype
The sole Sport-Jet prototype crashed while taking off from Colorado Springs Airport last Thursday.
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First Phenoms Sold
Embraer yesterday announced that it sold its first Phenom business jets in the Middle East as part of a three-aircraft deal with Kuwaiti VIP charter operat
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Airbus to woo carriers with A350 extras
New Airbus boss Christian Streiff yesterday issued a firm declaration of his intent to restore the company’s market credibility by unveiling the long-await
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UK wants UAV to tackle Taliban
The UK Ministry of Defence is preparing to issue an Urgent Operational Requirement (UOR) for an unmanned aerial surveillance system to help British troops
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DayJet’s Day Approaches
DayJet, which plans to start per-seat, on-demand operations using Eclipse 500s in November, yesterday unveiled its five initial DayPorts (service cities),
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Airbus takes measured approach to A320 update
A pair of six-foot-tall appendages sprouting from the wingtips of an A320 immediately caught the attention of plane spotters scanning the ramp outside Airb
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Airbus offers help recycling airliners
Now that the first Airbus aircraft built in the 1970s are reaching the end of their useful lives, for the first time in its history the company must consid
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Airbus revives freighter fracas
Airbus A380 director of product marketing Richard Carcaillet hasn’t let go unanswered the potshots taken by his Boeing counterpart, Randy Baseler, whose In
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Despite setbacks, Typhoon orders continue to mount
The Eurofighter Typhoon program is one of the longest running projects in the history of military aircraft.
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A380 breaks another record
The world’s largest passenger aircraft set another record last month, when Airbus deployed 16 emergency slides at the same time using only the A380’s batte
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EADS, Irkut, MiG team on A320 freighter project
EADS has teamed with Russia’s NPK Irkut and RSK MiG in a joint venture to convert Airbus A320 airliners into freighters.
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Boeing books first order for 747-8 passenger jet
Boeing last month quietly booked a single order for a 747-8 “Intercontinental” jet– its first for a passenger 747 in several years and thought to be a VIP
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Piper To Put Substance, at Last, To Years of Talk
Piper Aircraft will reveal details of its next-generation aircraft, widely believed to be a single-engine very light jet, during the NBAA Convention next m
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Boeing preps latest, largest 737 variant for first flight
Boeing is now offering a variant of the 737–its smallest model–designed to carry about as many passengers as the biggest example of its first jetliner, the
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Airbus awaits answer on new A380 wake proposal
Airbus has issued a new “conservative and interim” recommendation for A380 separation minimums backed by 100 hours of flight testing performed in Toulouse,
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MiG-35 more than a re-hashed Fulcrum
“Russians play chess and Americans play poker,” was the oft-repeated phrase used during the Cold War to describe how the two sides approached the developme
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New JSF ejection seat designed for a perfect fit
It’s not only movie theater seats that are now designed with the fuller figure in mind.
