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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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In The Works: Quest Kodiak
Quest Aircraft’s Kodiak prototype (S/N 001) has logged more than 330 flight hours and is currently on schedule to receive FAA certification in the second q
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In The Works: Epic LT
Epic Aircraft parent Aircraft Investor Resources in December said it had resolved a row with the FAA over the status of kit-built Epic LT turboprop singles
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In The Works: Vulcanair VF600W Mission
According to Vulcanair director of sales Remo De Feo, the VF600W Mission is still an active program, though it has been “severely delayed due to a number o
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In The Works: Diamond D-Jet
Diamond’s Williams FJ33-powered D-Jet didn’t fly as planned in October, but the first flight appears to be right around the corner.
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In The Works: Avocet ProJet
It appears that the ProJet, an Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI)-Avocet joint venture, doesn’t have much forward momentum.
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In The Works: Cessna Citation Mustang
On January 11 Cessna began certification flights of the Mustang, some two weeks after receiving type inspection authorization.
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In The Works: Eclipse 500
In late December Eclipse Aviation confirmed that a supplier problem has delayed certification of its VLJ from next month to late in the second quarter.
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In The Works: Eviation EV-20
The twinjet derivative of the former VisionAire Vantage is progressing, though not quite as quickly as previously expected.
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Bombardier Challenger 605
About a week after the January 22 first flight of the Challenger 605, Bombardier relocated the test airplane to Wichita to begin the approximately 200 flig
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In The Works: Spirit Wing SpiritLear
Spirit Wing Aviation of Guthrie, Okla., has begun the final phase of flight-testing the Spirit-Lear, a re-engined and modified Learjet 24/25.
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In The Works: Socata TBM 850
The Socata TBM 850, a faster, more powerful derivative of the TBM 700 turboprop single, received FAA approval on January 23, six weeks after the EASA certi
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Mustang wins first VLJ type certificate
Cessna’s Citation Mustang on September 8 became the first very light jet to be fully FAA type certified.
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Asian regional jet market remains on slow simmer
Slower-than-anticipated growth of regional air transport markets in Asia has apparently reached the consciousness of market prognosticators at Embraer, who
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Ukraine, Russia aim to build 24 An-148s by 2008
Ukraine’s Aviant and Russia’s Voronezh Aircraft JSC (VASO) plan to assemble 24 Antonov An-148 regional jets over the next two-and-a-half years, Aviant dire
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Universal Begins Flight Testsof WAAS-capable FMS
Universal Avionics last month said it flew its first test flight with the new “W” series flight-management system (FMS) designed for compatibility with the
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Elliott offers King Air upgrade
Elliott Aviation has introduced an interior upgrade kit that it says can morph that aging King Air 200 cabin into the equivalent of that of a new [but larg
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In The Works: Raytheon Hawker 850XP
Last month Raytheon Aircraft received FAA certification for the Hawker 850XP, essentially a Hawker 800XP with homegrown winglets.
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In The Works: Cessna Citation Encore+
According to Cessna Citation Encore+ program manager Lynn Young, the program is on track to reach FAA certification in the third quarter.
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In The Works: Grob SPn Utility Jet
The Grob SPn Utility Jet’s flight-test program has been progressing well since the twinjet made its first flight last July 20, according to a company spoke
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In solo global odyssey, Fossett's 26,389 miles is longest nonstop flight
Steve Fossett saddled up the single-Williams-turbofan Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer once more and, after takeoff from the Kennedy Space Center’s 15,000-foot
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AIN Special Report: VLJs fly in the face of critics
The dawn of the very light jet (VLJ) is nearly upon us, with the first, the Eclipse 500, set to receive FAA certification in June.
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FAA requires more stringent training for MU-2 operators
The FAA is not planning to ground the Mitsubishi MU-2, despite a plea from Rep.
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AD places limit on rare Hansa jet
There is reportedly one HFB 320 Hansa still flying or flyable, based in Turkey.
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7X mods mean more range for operators
Dassault is about to flight-test production-conforming modifications that should boost the range of its new Falcon 7X.
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German Citation crashed in Iraq
At press time, investigators near the town of Boushin in northern Iraq discovered the site where a Citation I/SP crashed on February 16.
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Former execs sue Sino Swearingen
Former Sino Swearingen president and CEO Carl Chen and former senior v-p of sales and marketing Gene Comfort are, in separate lawsuits, suing the company f
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Wind a Factor in Falcon 900EX Overrun
Falcon 900EX N973M sustained minor damage during a landing overrun at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey on March 3.
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Airplane manufacturers report a record year in ’05
General aviation manufacturers last year posted an all-time record for billings and
a four-year high in new turbine airplane deliveries.
a four-year high in new turbine airplane deliveries.
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Gulfstream Names Supersonic Director
Gulfstream Aerospace has appointed Gerard Schkolnik as director of its supersonic technology programs.
