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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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Brazilian startup plans very light jet
GP Aerospace, a Brazilian startup company established by former Embraer technical director Guido Pessotti, has revealed to AIN plans for a
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Start-up Seeks Partner
GP Aerospace’s GP210 program manager Stéphane Brand was at the Paris Air Show in June looking for small French companies to become partners or suppliers on
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GIV, GV Fleets Log 4.6 Million Flight Hours
The Gulfstream GIV and GV fleets achieved a staggering 4.6 million flight hours, Gulfstream said.
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First Project Phoenix CRJ To Enter Service
The first Project Phoenix CRJ is about to enter service, having made its first flight on June 12 from the Flying Colours facility in Canada, where the form
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Honeywell Cools Legacy Line for Embraer
Honeywell has been selected by Embraer to provide the air conditioning and temperature control system for the new Legacy 450 and Legacy 500.
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Hawker Beechcraft Launches King Air C90GTx
Hawker Beechcraft yesterday unveiled the latest version of its venerable C90 King Air turboprop twin at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis.
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AIN 2009 Product Support Survey - Part 1: Aircraft
Aircraft manufacturers last year were struggling to build their service networks and capabilities to help a growing number of operators worldwide keep thei
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Learjet 85 Program achievES MILESTONES
Bombardier Aerospace said its Learjet 85 program has reached several milestones, including fabrication of the second proof-of-concept, all-composite fusela
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Dassault Delivers 2000th Falcon
Dassault Falcon on July 10 delivered the 2000th Falcon at its Bordeaux-Mérignac facility.
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All-electric Falcon jet could be launched by ’15
Dassault Aviation could launch an all-electric Falcon business jet program in 2014 or 2015, said company engineers at a conference held by the ASTech Paris
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Dassault rethinks super-midsize jet
Dassault Aviation CEO Charles Edelstenne in June made it clear that all design choices for the manufacturer’s next Falcon business jet, a super-midsize air
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Epic Buyer Suing Over Engine Delay
Rich Lucibella, the buyer and builder of an Epic Aircraft LT single-engine turboprop under the corporate name Blue Sky Avgroup, filed a lawsuit against Epi
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First G650 Quickly Coming Together
The first wide-cabin Gulfstream G650 is quickly taking shape at the business jet manufacturer’s Savannah, Ga.
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EASA suspends Eclipse 500 type certificate
The European Aviation Safety Agency suspended the European type certificate (TC) held by bankrupt Eclipse Aviation.
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Glimmers of Hope Exist, Despite Gloomy Skies
While the industry cheers small gains, on any given day the bits and pieces of good news (+) have typically been overwhelmed by the bad (-) as the economic
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Falcon Cancellations Drag Down Dassault’s 1H Results
Dassault Aviation this morning reported a negative order intake for the first half of this year due to Falcon business jet order cancellations.
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Stratos Begins Taking Deposits for Its VLJ Single
Bend, Ore.-based Stratos Aircraft on Tuesday began taking refundable escrowed $50,000 deposits for its single-engine Stratos 714 very light jet.
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UK Takes Hardest Line Over A400M Airlifter
As negotiations to secure a future for Europe’s troubled A400M a
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Boeing Decides on 787 Fix, but Still Can’t Commit to Timetable
Boeing has identified a remedy to the 787 Dreamliner’s wing-to-side-of-body stress p
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Boeing Assembles First 747-8
Boeing announced today that it has assembled the major sections of the first 747-8 Freighter this week, as mechanics at the factory in Everett, Wash., load
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VASO Launches An-148 Flight Trials
The first Antonov An-148 built by Russia’s Voronezh Aircraft Plant (VASO), regist
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Learjet 85 Program Moving Along Smoothly
Bombardier Aerospace yesterday said its Learjet 85 program is quickly progressing, having reached several product development milestones, including fabrica
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First ARJ21 Transferred to Xi’an Flight Test Center
Test pilots yesterday flew the first ARJ21-700 regional jet from its production site in Shanghai to China’s Flight Test Establishment in Xi’an, the capital
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Boeing Lands Order for 13 737-800s
Panama’s Copa Airlines has placed an estimated $1 billion firm order for 13 Boeing 737-800s, in a deal consisting of a mixture of option conversions and ne
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Iranian Airliner Crashes, 168 Presumed Dead
A Tupolev Tu-154 operated by Iran’s Caspian Airlines crashed today near the city of Qazvin in northwestern Iran, killing all 168 people on board, according
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Textron ‘Formally Cancels’ Cessna Citation Columbus
The large-cabin Cessna Citation Columbus program has been “formally cancelled,” according to a Form 8-K report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commi
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Textron ‘Formally Cancels’ Cessna Citation Columbus
The large-cabin Cessna Citation Columbus program has been “formally cancelled,” according to an Form 8-K report parent company Textron filed late last week
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Epic Kit Turboprop Buyer Suing Over Engine Delay
Rich Lucibella, the buyer and builder of an Epic Aircraft LT single-engine turboprop under the corporate name Blue Sky Avgroup, filed a lawsuit against Epi
