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Antonov, Xi’an To Collaborate on MA700

Ukraine’s Antonov has signed a memorandum of understanding with Xi’an Aircraft (XAC) to help develop a new 70-seat turboprop dubbed the MA700, the Ukrainia

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September 27, 2007

Cessna ’Ready To Go’ on Large Cabin Bizjet

Cessna Aircraft chairman, president and CEO Jack Pelton said his company is internally moving on the Large Cabin Concept airplane as if it’s a “go program,

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September 27, 2007

Honda says it will ramp up production to 100 jets a year

Honda Aircraft plans to ramp up to an annual build rate of 100 HondaJets within two years of starting its production line, company CEO Michimasa Fujino ann

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September 26, 2007

Embraer unveils concepts for two new midsize aircraft

Embraer has made moves to plug gaps in its young but growing lineup of corporate aircraft, announcing at last month’s NBAA Convention two new concept jets

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September 26, 2007

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SPn certification date could slip again

Grob Aerospace is facing the possibility of a further delay to the certification of its new SPn light jet.

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September 26, 2007

Progress continues apace on new Falcon

Dassault is inching closer to the launch of its new super-midsize business jet, the latest in its Falcon line.

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September 26, 2007

First Mustang arrives in Europe

Cessna’s Citation Mustang entered service in Europe earlier this month when British-based entrepreneur Jane Howell arrived at the London-area Farnborough A

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September 26, 2007

Bizjets take Dassault to new heights

Dassault Aviation posted strong financial numbers for the first six months of this year.

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September 26, 2007

Dassault Nearing Launch of New Bird

Dassault Falcon’s upcoming super-midsize (SMS) business jet, already known to have fly-by-wire flight controls and Rolls-Royce engines, remains an otherwis

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September 26, 2007

Where Will Piper Land?

“No, I haven’t,” said Piper Aircraft president and CEO Jim Bass, when asked if he has placed his house on the market as Piper grapples with the decision on

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September 26, 2007

Australia grounds some Cessna 441s

Australia’s Civil Aviation Authority (CASA) has grounded several Cessna 441 Conquest IIs, citing the potential for in-flight structural failures on aircraf

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September 26, 2007

Comp Air believes t-prop single’s time has arrived

If you’re looking for evidence the single-engine turboprop is an aircraft whose time has come, Comp Air Aviation (Booth No.

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September 26, 2007

Florida firm to service Avanti

With the addition of new partners, the Italian aircraft manufacturer Piaggio Aero (Booth No.

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September 26, 2007

Second Phenom 100 Makes Maiden Flight

The second Phenom 100 VLJ took flight yesterday, departing from Embraer headquarters in São José dos Campos, Brazil.

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September 26, 2007

Cessna’s Pelton proclaims LCC is ready for launch

“Had the show been later in the year, we definitely would have launched the Large Cabin Concept [LCC] airplane here at the NBAA Convention,” Cessna chairma

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September 26, 2007

Falcon’s new super-midsize remains fluid

Dassault’s upcoming super-midsize business jet, already known to have fly-by-wire flight controls and Rolls-Royce engines, remains an otherwise fluid proje

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September 26, 2007

Eclipse still waits on major ramp up

“This high-rate production stuff is hard.

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September 25, 2007

Pilatus Showing its Next Generation PC-12 This Morning

Making good on its promise made last year at the NBAA Convention in Orlando when it announced the program, Pilatus Business Aircraft will today present a r

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September 25, 2007

Epic Elite visits NBAA’07

The Epic Elite made its public debut at EAA AirVenture this summer after achieving its first flight on June 7.

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September 25, 2007

Premier Aircraft shows two Falcon 50 Dash4s

Premier Aircraft brought two of its newly certified Dassault Falcon 50 Dash4s to the NBAA static display, the first time the modified Falcon 50 has been sh

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September 25, 2007