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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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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.
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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
