Content Archive: October 2011

Avionics

Standard Aero Fulfills Old Promises

Standard Aero is delivering on promises made at last year's NBAA.

Commercial Program Delays Hit Twin-Aisle VIP Deliveries

Delays in commerical 787, 747 deliveries will affect deliveries of the executive version.
Aircraft

Learjet 85 Production Officially Begins, Certification in 2013

Bombardier Aerospace announced today that production of the new Learjet 85 has officially begun and reaffirmed its commitment to a 2013 certification.
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Avionics

Rockwell Collins Turns Today Into Tomorrow

The Pro Line Fusion retrofit for the King Air features what Rockwell Collins claims is the industry’s first touchscreen flight displays.
Regulations and Government

User Fees: Not Dead Yet

User fees have returned in the form of a mandatory surcharge on every flight of a business or commercial aircraft.
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Aircraft

Ruag Shows Off NextGen Dornier Do228NG

Ruag Aerospace Services presents an example of something sort of old and something quite new, the Dornier DO 228NG multi-mission turboprop.
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Avionics

Elbit Delivers 1,000th EVS

Elbit Systems of America’s Kollsman Commercial Aviation unit is celebrating delivery of its 1,000th infrared enhanced vision system (EVS).

Jackie Chan Becomes Embraer’s New Kick-butt Ambassador for Legacy 650

Jackie Chan will become the first owner of an Embraer Legacy 650 in China
Aircraft

F-35 Makes First Carrier Landing; BAE Wins Alternative Helmet Contract

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has gone to sea for the first time. An F-35B short-takeoff vertical landing (STOVL) version landed on the small
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Aircraft

Boeing Flies First P-8I Ordered by India

The first of eight P-8I maritime patrol aircraft that Boeing is building for the Indian navy made its initial flight
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