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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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Saint-Gobain radomes go on both Phenoms
Saint-Gobain Flight Structures is supplying all the nose radomes for the Embraer Phenom 100 and 300, the company announced at a press conference here on Mo
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Brazilian Buys First New PC-12
Pilatus has sold its first $3.35 million Next Generation PC-12 to a Brazilian operator.
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Eclipse 500 Gets Provisional FAA Certification
Vern Raburn, president and CEO of Eclipse Aviation, was flanked by some 200 company employees this afternoon at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., to announc
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A400M on target for October 2009 delivery
By the end of this month, Airbus France will deliver the first forward fuselage section for the A400M military transport.
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UCAV gains apparent but debate rages on cost, uses
Having led the way with unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) concept demonstrations, the U.S.
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Testing the New Technologies
The key technologies being investigated in the current UCAV programs are advanced flight control for tail-less, blended-wing-body configurations; autonomou
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Honda Gives Green Light for HondaJet
Honda announced this morning at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., that it will “enter the HondaJet into the growing very light jet market.” According to pro
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Lockheed Insists F-35 is Worth the Wait, Cost
The reduced radar cross-section of the F-35 allows it to evade most enemy air defenses, both airborne and ground-based.
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Bubbles fail to deflate Boeing’s composites plan
Failure of a large Boeing 787 composites fuselage-barrel test section is not expected to delay the new jetliner’s initial services with Japan’s All Nippon
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787 the product of a bold new doctrine
Boeing adopted the mantle of systems integrator in a big way with the 787, calling on a group of international partners to produce complete subassemblies f
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Cessna's Jet Sales and Deliveries Climb
The first half of this year saw considerably improved sales and deliveries of Citations compared with the first half of last year, according to second-quar
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Gulfstream Headed for a Record Year
Gulfstream delivered 54 business jets in the first half of this year versus 41 in the first half of last year, according to figures released yesterday by p
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Diamond Raises D-Jet's Price
The good news is that the single-engine Diamond D-Jet is getting a parachute recovery system from St.
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E-195 certification opens new chapter for Embraer
Brazil’s Embraer passes another critical milestone in its meteoric development this month with EASA certification of the largest of its four-member family
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Michelin weighs options for 787 tire technology
Michelin still has to decide whether to offer its near-zero-growth tire technology to the Boeing 787 program.
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SJ30 Light Jet Shows Long Legs
Sino Swearingen's SJ30 (nee SJ30-2) production-conforming test aircraft (S/N 5) with two pilots aboard this weekend established several speed and range rec
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Embraer's Bizjets Selling Phenomenally Well
Embraer today revealed the firm order backlog and production schedule for its business jets–the Phenom 100 and 300, Legacy 600 and Lineage 1000.
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Bombardier Aero ponders next move
Canada’s Bombardier Aerospace (Hall 3 Stand D8) enters this Farnborough show with some critical questions to answer about the future of its regional airlin
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On duty with U.S. Marines, ScanEagle in league of its own
What makes the ScanEagle unmanned air vehicle on display here this week different from the multitude of similar robot airplanes being touted for surveillan
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Execujet Owners Take Over Grob Aerospace
Executive Jet Investments (EJI), a Swiss investment firm led by Execujet CEO Niall Olver, has acquired a controlling stake in German-based manufacturer Gro
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New owners take the reins at Grob
Executive Jet Investments (EJI)–a small group of largely anonymous Swiss private investors–has completed an acquisition of a majority stake in German airfr
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The New ’Dynasty’ Is Not a TV Soap Opera
Epic Aircraft parent Aircraft Investor Resources (AIR) last week changed the name of the certifiable version of its Epic LT turboprop single to the Dynasty
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Boeing Flies 737-900ER, Platform for BBJ3
On September 1 Boeing’s new 737-900ER, the platform for the new BBJ3, made its first flight.
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Movers & Shakers: Rick Adam hopes his A700 becomes third certified VLJ
How is the A500 program progressing?
As of late last month, the A500 is certified to its full 5.5-psi pressurization, which provides
As of late last month, the A500 is certified to its full 5.5-psi pressurization, which provides
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Heavy-iron trends: Big Bigger & Biggest
In the world of private aircraft in the bizliner category there are three subcategories–big, bigger and biggest.
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Citation Mustang VLJ Obtains Full Certification
The Cessna Citation Mustang on Friday became the first of a new segment of aircraft known as very light jets (VLJ) to be fully FAA type certified.
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Movers & Shakers: BBJ begins its next 'wild ride'
Sales expectations were modest when Boeing formed its business jet unit in 1996 to market an executive/VIP version of the company’s Next Generation 737-700
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The air-taxi market: Day about to dawn on VLJ air taxis
The much-anticipated very light jet (VLJ) air-taxi market is beginning to take shape with operators gearing up for the start of service in the eastern U.S.
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Beechjet Operators Receive AFM Changes
Raytheon Aircraft has provided operators of the Beechjet/Hawker 400XP with revised airplane flight manual (AFM) pages on the use of engine anti-icing proce
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Citation CJ4 Will be Announced at NBAA Convention
Prompted by inquiries last week from AIN, Cessna today will confirm in a short press release that it is introducing the Citation CJ4 at the NBAA Con
