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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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'Easy' flight-test program yields Learjet 40 approval
The Learjet 40 received its FAA type certificate on July 11 as an amendment to the certification of the Learjet 45 from which it is derived.
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Embraer cancels Indigo order
A spokesman for Embraer confirmed that the Brazilian airplane manufacturer repossessed the two leased aircraft it delivered earlier this year to Chicago-ba
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Cirrus Vision SJ50 Jet Single Makes Public Debut
Yesterday afternoon, Cirrus test pilot Kent Vandergrift flew Cirrus Design’s prototype Vision SJ50 single-engine jet to EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., co
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Millennium Aero Scores Fleet Order for 250 Foxjets
Eckhaus Leasing Group, a sister company of vehicle fleet company Eckhaus Fleet, yesterday placed an order for 250 Millennium Aerospace Foxjet II very light
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Gulfstream Migrates North
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Gulfstream International Airlines will begin flying Beech 1900Ds to five EAS destinations from Cleveland Hopkins International
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ExpressJet To End At-risk Flying
Houston-based ExpressJet and Delta Air Lines will end their code-share relationship effective September 1, and ExpressJet will cease all scheduled flying u
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Cessna last month said it is about a month away from delivering the 100th Citation Mustang
Cessna last month said it is about a month away from delivering the 100th Citation Mustang, since deliveries began in December 2006.
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AIN Product Support Survey 2008
The highest overall rating for jets again goes to Gulfstream.
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Nord-Flyg Launches Q400 Program
Swedish cargo operator Nord-Flyg has launched a Q400 PF (Package Freighter) program with Canada’s Cascade Aerospace using two of the Bombardier turboprops
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Cautious buyers hold out for price rationalization
While many expected 2008 to be one of the slowest summers in quite a while for the pre-owned market, foreign buying activity seems to have given the indust
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TWC Places Citation Columbus Order
Burbank, Calif.-based aircraft sales, maintenance, charter and management firm TWC Aviation last month placed an order for two Cessna Citation Columbus bus
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In The Works: Aerostar FJ-100
Jim Christy, vice president of Hayden, Idaho-based Aerostar Aircraft, continues his search for an investor or investors willing to put up $50 million–while
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In The Works: CMC Leopard Six
Chichester-Miles Consultants of Hertfordshire, England, “is financially in balance,” said founder and chairman Ian Chichester-Miles.
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In The Works: Farnborough Aircraft F1
“We’re pretty much heads down and focused on obtaining investment capital,” Jonathan Sumner, marketing director of Farnborough Aircraft, told AIN
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In The Works: Spirit Wing Learjet 25D
Spirit Wing Aviation of Guthrie, Okla., planned to have its Williams FJ44-powered Learjet 25D prototype back in the air by the end of last month, following
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EADS Remembers TBM 700’s First Flight
EADS Socata celebrated the 20th anniversary of the first flight of its TBM 700 with a new and larger display at the 56th EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., h
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FAA: Special Conditions Needed for HA-420
As it did for the Embraer Phenom 100 earlier this year, the FAA is proposing special conditions for certification of Honda Aircraft’s HA-420 HondaJet that
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PiperJet Makes First Flight
Piper Aircraft’s single-engine PiperJet flew for the first time today, taking off from Piper headquarters at Vero Beach (Fla.) International Airport.
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Cirrus Flies its Single-engine jet
Duluth, Minn.-based Cirrus Design flew its jet, now called the Vision SJ50, for the first time on July 3.
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Eclipse forges ahead on 500 fixes
Eclipse Aviation in late June received flight into known icing (FIKI) approval for the Eclipse 500, though in-service and undelivered aircraft up to S/N 26
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A700 certification set for late 2009
AAI Acquisition, which bought the assets of Adam Aircraft Industries for $10 million after Adam filed for bankruptcy in February, is ramping up the certifi
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In the Works: Eclipse EA-400
Eclipse Aviation is back on the In the Works chart with the May launch of the EA-400 four-seat 330-knot single-engine jet.
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In the Works: Cessna Citation Columbus
As the detail design phase for the large-cabin Columbus picks up speed, Cessna has expanded the program team to 500 people, up from 150.
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In the Works: Cirrus Vision SJ50
Shortly after the first flight of Cirrus Design’s single-engine jet, the company finally revealed the name for what had long been referred to as “The Jet,”
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Revamped Adam Aircraft Plans A700 Approval by 2010
AAI Acquisition, which bought the assets of Adam Aircraft Industries for $10 million after Adam filed for bankruptcy in February, is ramping up the certifi
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Phenom 100 Program Has The Field In Sight
Last year at EAA AirVenture Embraer announced the first flight of its Phenom 100 very light jet.
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CRJ1000 avoids hiccups in run-up to first flight
As analysts and pundits debated the merits and launch prospects of Bombardier’s C Series airliner, the Canadian manufacturer quietly went about its busines
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Eagle Details Capacity Cuts
American Eagle will cut its daily schedule by 37 flights at New York La Guardia Airport, 34 flights in Chicago and seven in Boston, close its stations in A
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Horizon To Speed Retirements
Horizon Air will ground all 12 of its remaining Bombardier Q200 turboprops by October 28 and begin retiring its CRJ700 regional jets next month under a pla
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Bulk of Starship fleet headed to incinerator
The Beech Starship fleet is being destroyed at the behest of manufacturer Raytheon, which owns 40 of the 50 production airplanes built from 1988 to 1995.
