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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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Textron Sells King Airs for Saudi Cloud Seeding Program
AvMet International has purchased a King Air 360CHW and four King Air 260s to equip with cloud seeding equipment for use by Saudi meteorologists.
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July 4th Holiday Spurs North American Business Aircraft Traffic
Industry data tracker WingX Advance noted a surge in business aviation traffic in the U.S. leading up to the Independence Day holiday.
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Group Looks To Bring First Delivered Learjet Back To Flight
The Classic Learjet Founding is working to acquire and restore Learjet 23-003, the first of iconic aircraft to be delivered.
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AINsight: Two Down, Two To Go
The preowned business aircraft market is doing well in mid-2023, but shop availability for pre-purchase inspections could dampen transactions.
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AINsight: Two Down, Two To Go
The preowned business aircraft market is doing well in mid-2023, but shop availability for pre-purchase inspections could dampen transactions.
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NASA's Supersonic X-59 Prepping for Ground Tests
NASA's X-59 supersonic demonstration aircraft move to the flight line as it prepares for ground tests to ensure its safety for first flight this year.
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Cessna Citation Longitude Reaches a New Latitude
Textron Aviation delivered the first Mexican-registered Cessna Citation Longitude and soon plans to hand over the 100th production copy of the twinjet.
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Embraer Chases Military Export Orders for Versatile C-390 Millennium Multirole Aircraft
It is offered to replace aging C-130 aircraft
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Legacy Tails: The Premier Stands 'Outside its Time'
The Great Recession sealed the fate for the Beechcraft Premier family but its fans remain faithful.
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Daher Boosts Manufacturing Bandwidth with AAA Buy
French aircraft manufacturer Daher is adding to its aerostructures and support capability by taking over the Assistance Aéronautique et Aérospatiale group.
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Bombardier Completes Acquisition of Wiring Business
Bombardier's purchase of Latécoère's EWIS operation in Querétaro, Mexico, helps reinforce its supply chain, the manufacturer said.
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Pilatus PC-12 NGX Fleet Expands to Japan
OpenSky, a private membership company that added a Pilatus PC-24 to its fleet earlier this year, has taken delivery of the first Japan-bound PC-12 NGX.
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Honda Launches Certified Preowned Aircraft Program
Following the lead of Canada’s Bombardier, Honda Aircraft has established a CPO program to aid entry into business jet ownership.
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NASA Wraps Up X-57 Program without a Flight
NASA's experimental electric airplane, the X-57 Maxwell, will not achieve a first flight before the agency cuts the program in September.
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Patriot Proves Counter-hypersonic Capability
Two batteries of the Raytheon SAM system sent to Ukraine immediately proved their worth, shooting down Russia’s vaunted Kinzhal hypersonic missile.
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Safran Turbogenerator To Power Electra's HeSTOL
Safran Helicopter Engines is developing the 600-kilowatt turbogenerator propulsion system for Electra Aero’s hybrid-electric STOL prototype aircraft.
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Georgia HS Takes Top Honors in GAMA Design Challenge
Georgia’s McIntosh High School is the first-place winner and Gonzaga College High School in D.C. is the second-place winner of GAMA's design challenge.
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Georgia HS Takes Top Honors in GAMA Design Challenge
GAMA announces the winners of its Aviation Design Challenge.
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First Bombardier Challenger 3500 Delivered to Europe
The first Bombardier Challenger 3500 destined for service in Europe has been accepted and delivered.
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Lockheed Martin's F-35A Defies Gravity at Paris Air Show 2023
Lockheed Martin's F-35A Defies Gravity at Paris Air Show 2023
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GKN Works On Hydrogen Propulsion With Embraer
As part of Embraer's Energia program to consider net zero carbon aircraft, GKN will provide expertise on hydrogen propulsion systems.
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UrbanV and Lilium To Develop Vertiports in Italy and France
The UrbanV-Lilium partnership could lead to a network of vertiports at multiple sites in Italy and also in the south of France.
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Eurofighter's Typhoon Performs Wild Flying Display at Paris Air Show 2023
Eurofighter's Typhoon Performs Wild Flying Display at Paris Air Show 2023
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Embraer Engineering Facing Future Challenges
Embraer's engineering team is exploring a variety of technologies to power aircraft of the future.
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Production Red Hawk Prepares for Flight
The first engineering and manufacturing develop example of the Boeing T-7A has begun taxi trials at St. Louis as the program gets ready to take to the air.
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Gulfstream G280 Cleared For Saint-Tropez
Super-midsize Gulfstream G280 biz jet cleared for operations at Saint-Tropez's lone, short runway.
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SkyDrive to Build Electric Air Taxis at Suzuki Factory
SkyDrive now intends to produce a three-seat eVTOL air taxi, which it will manufacture at a facility owned by car maker Suzuki.
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EcoPulse Hybrid-electric Aircraft Debuts at Paris Airshow
Daher, Airbus, and Safran are exhibiting their jointly-developed EcoPulse hybrid-electric aircraft at the Paris Airshow.
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Volocopter Flies VoloCity eVTOL Air Taxi in Saudi Arabia
Volocopter recently conducted the first flight trials of its VoloCity eVTOL aircraft in Saudi Arabia.
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MHS Aviation Group Adds New Falcon 2000LXS
German business aircraft management company MHS Aviation acquired a third Falcon to support its growing charter operations.
