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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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Eclipse 500 Obtains Type Certification
On Saturday, Eclipse Aviation received FAA type certification for the Eclipse 500, nine months later than originally planned when the company announced in
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Cuba shopping for at least 20 regional planes
Cuba’s flagcarrier Cubana de Aviacion and domestic operator AeroCaribbean are seeking between 20 and 30 regional airliners that it wants to introduce begin
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Cirrus To Launch Jet Single at NBAA
Cirrus Design will officially launch its single-engine CirrusJet this month at the NBAA Convention in Orlando.
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Long-awaited PiperJet Scheduled for 2010
Piper’s prolonged pondering of a jet reached fruition at the NBAA Convention with an announcement today that it will design and build a very light jet with
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Raytheon Launches Hawker 850XP Derivatives
Raytheon announced a broadening of its Hawker product line by introducing the Hawker 900XP and the Hawker 750, both derivatives of the Hawker 850XP.
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Pilatus feeling pressure for a PC-21 payoff
Swiss airframer Pilatus is riding high on a sustained wave of success of its PC-12 pressurized single-engine executive/utility aircraft.
Engines
Engine maker waits out A380 delay
Delays to the A380 program have not made things any easier for major suppliers such as the Engine Alliance (Hall 4 Stand A9), which currently has its first
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PC-12 Getting More Power, New Avionics
Pilatus revealed a next-generation PC-12 featuring a more powerful Pratt & Whitney Canada turboprop engine and a four-tube Honeywell Apex integrated av
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Cessna Introduces Citation CJ4, Upgrades XLS
It wouldn’t be an NBAA Convention if Cessna failed to announce a new Citation, and this year it introduced two: the clean-sheet CJ4 and the XLS+ upgrade.
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HondaJet Details Revealed, TC Submitted
Honda Aircraft revealed the price, projected performance figures and other details of the HondaJet very light twinjet.
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Not a question of if, but when Boeing dissolves 737 dynasty
To the question of when Boeing will replace its 737 dynasty, the company remains tight-lipped.
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Citation Order, Delivery Rates Skyrocketing
Despite limited availability of near-term delivery slots, order and shipment activity at Cessna continues to be “extremely strong and is showing no s
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Micro flyer draws attention here and in war
Among the defense products on display at Honeywell’s Farnborough International exhibit one that is likely to catch the eye is the new micro air vehicle (MA
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Messier-Bugatti Leads ‘More Electric Aircraft’ Project
Landing gear maker Messier-Bugatti hosted the launch meeting for the distributed and redundant electrical nose gear steering system (DRESS) project on June
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BA plays villain in Concorde sequel
If Concorde were the child of quarrelsome adults, the tabloids might label this a “tug of love,” but by whatever name it goes, British Airways seems to end
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Another Start-up Hopes To Ride VLJ Bandwagon
Earthjet–a proposed new light-jet air-taxi network–says that it has narrowed the choice of manufacturers to two companies to build the start-up’s envisaged
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Movers & Shakers: P&WC at forefront of VLJ revolution
From very large to very light jets about to crest the horizon, Pratt & Whitney Canada engines power some of business aviation’s most exciting designs.
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GA Deliveries Breaking Records
On Friday, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) reported record-breaking shipment and billing figures.
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F1 Kestrel Finally Stretches Its Wings
On Saturday afternoon, Farnborough Aircraft’s F1 Kestrel prototype (N352F) lifted off the runway at Bend Airport, Ore., for its maiden flight.
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Embraer inks deals for dozens of Phenom jets
The meteoric sales pace set by Embraer for its new line of very light jets only gained more momentum at this year’s NBAA Convention, as the Brazilian manuf
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Citation orders here tally $360M
Cessna Aircraft received orders here for 22 of its Citation-series jets in a number of deals totaling more than $360 million.
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Gulfstream positioned for sales growth
“It’s a good improvement year over year,” said Gulfstream Aerospace president Bryan Moss at the company’s press conference here, commenting on the company’
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Company seeks funds for its Avanti lookalike
Ravi Tripuraneni is here at NBAA’06 promoting his design for the RT-700, a new piston-powered twin-engine airplane with a three-lifting-surface design simi
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BBJ celebrates 10th birthday with 12 orders
Boeing Business Jets celebrated its 10th anniversary yesterday with cake, champagne and good news.
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Twin Commander value hike sought
The father and son team of Jim and Mark Matheson marked the advances in fleet support for the Twin Commander Aircraft, since their acquisition of the compa
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Can a t-prop be a VLJ? Epic Dynasty says it can
Just because an airplane swings a propeller doesn’t mean it can’t be a VLJ.
