Content Archive: August 2008

Aircraft

Boeing Confident on C-17 Future; Pitching New Version

Continuing production of the C-17 Globemaster airlifter into the next decade now seems assured.
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Aircraft

Dilemma for Boeing as Pentagon Issues Revised RFP for KC-X

Boeing faces a tough decision, now that the Pentagon has confirmed that bigger is better in the KC-X tanker competition.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Aviation Partners ‘Intensely Interested’ in Spiroids

Years after testing an unusually shaped “spiroid” winglet on a Gulfstream II, Aviation Partners remains “intensely interested” in continuing research into
Charter & Fractional

Despite Grob’s Woes, PlaneSense Stands By SPn Order

George Antoniadis, the president and CEO of Alpha Flying’s PlaneSense fractional ownership program, is standing by the company’s order for 25 Grob SPn mids

Austrian Airlines for Sale

The Austrian government has decided to sell its share of Austrian Airlines and has published advertisements in the financial press offering its 42.75-perce

Eclipse Production Slowdown Trickling to Suppliers

With a strong vested interest in a revitalized Eclipse Aviation, Eclipse 500 suppliers are walking on eggshells when discussing planned production curbs of
Aircraft

Cessna Reaches Milestones for Mustang, CJ4

Cessna Aircraft yesterday delivered the 100th Citation Mustang at the Independence, Kan.
Aircraft

Signs Point To Gulfstream G250 Launch Soon

Two weeks before Gulfstream Aerospace unveiled the G650 on March 13, a JP Morgan analyst report said the Savannah, Ga.-based aircraft manufacturer would la

TSA Blunder Forces Eagle To Ground Embraers

American Eagle had to ground nine Embraer ERJ regional jets at Chicago O’Hare Airport on August 19 after a TSA officer used the airplanes’ total air temper