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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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AEW debutantes
IAI’s Conformal Airborne Early Warning aircraft, top right, arrives at Farnborough for its first public appearance.
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At long last, Bombardier makes C-Series official
Bombardier announced here yesterday the long-anticipated launch of its C-Series family of single-aisle airliners.
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Boeing’s P-8 gets its wings
With the attachment of its wings and the hanging of the engines last month, Boeing’s first P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft is right on schedule and c
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MiG juggles its fighter upgrade options
As Anatoly Belov contemplates his new joint role as RSK MiG’s new general designer and general director, he faces a situation in which the famous Russian f
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Bombardier’s CRJ1000 not just another stretch
Bombardier expects the largest airplane it has ever built–the 100-seat CRJ1000–to take to the skies for the first time this month, on schedule and on budge
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Boeing hopes for happy end to 787 schedule nightmare
More than a year after predicting at last year’s Paris Airshow that the new 787 twin-aisle twinjet would fly within three months, Boeing is no closer to ac
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Rolls still bullish despite climbing jet-fuel prices
Given the skyrocketing price of oil, the global financial crisis and gloomy forecasts from the travel industry, one might be forgiven for anticipating a me
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ATR mulls options for larger turboprop
French-Italian regional turboprop manufacturer Avions de Transport Régional (ATR) is considering a new aircraft to complement its 46/50 passenger ATR 42 an
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In The Works: CMC Leopard Six
Nailing down financing continues to be the focus of the Leopard Six project at Chichester-Miles Consultants in England.
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In The Works: Eclipse 500
The FAA on January 29 issued a notice of proposed special conditions for the Eclipse 500, which, if implemented, would require the twin-engine super-light
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In the Works: Cessna Citation Columbus
Engineers at Cessna are finishing architecture and layout planning for the Wichita OEM’s largest jet, the fly-by-wire Columbus, and the company revealed ne
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In the Works: Bombardier Learjet 85
Bombardier has chosen its facility in Querétaro, Mexico, to manufacture the composite structure for the Learjet 85.
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In the Works: Dassault Falcon 900LX
Dassault added another wing-letted model to the company’s lineup, the Falcon 900LX, which will replace the Falcon 900EX following certification in the firs
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In the Works: Cessna Citation XLS+
Cessna received FAA certification of the Citation XLS+ on June 2.
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In the Works: Viking Air, Spectrum Choose Apx
Two more OEMs–Spectrum Aeronautical and Viking Air– have selected Honeywell’s Primus Apex avionics suite.
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Customers adjust to Superjet slip
While the first prototype of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 continued its initial round of flight testing over Komsomolsk-upon-Amur in Russia’s Far East early las
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Comp Air’s CA-9 Turboprop To Fly Soon
Merritt Island, Fla.-based Comp Air is preparing its CA-9 prototype for first flight, three months after unveiling the all-composite turboprop single at th
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Cirrus SJX Jet Single Enters Flight-test Phase
Engineers at Duluth, Minn.-based Cirrus Design are still poring over telemetry data from the first flight of the company’s single-engine jet late last week
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HondaJet Sees Same Special Conditions as Phenom 100
When the FAA wrote FAR Part 23, it apparently never envisioned that jets would be certified under those rules.
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Airbus claims its place in a new world order
If Airbus COO customers and chief commercial officer John Leahy ever met a paying customer he didn’t like, it certainly wasn’t one of the world’s big aircr
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Emergency AD targets Eclipse thrust levers
The pilot of an Eclipse 500 pushed the throttles forward during a wind-shear encounter at Chicago Midway Airport last month with enough force to result in
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Next-generation SST faces ‘green’ barrier
It is almost five years since the Concorde retired, but little has been achieved in terms of replacing the world’s most iconic commercial aircraft.
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PiperJet ground testing to start
Piper Aircraft said its PiperJet prototype is making progress, with the first engine start and run expected early this month.
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HBC delivers first customer copy of the Hawker 4000
One week after gaining full FAA type approval and production certification for the Hawker 4000, Hawker Beechcraft delivered the first copy of the super-mid
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Latest Gripen Demo goes through its paces
Saab achieved the first flight of the Gripen Demo from the company’s Linköping airfield in Sweden on May 27. Crewed by test pilots Mikael Siedl and M
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Gulfstream celebrates 200th G200
The 200th Gulfstream G200 rolled out June 4 at Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) manufacturing plant at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv.
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Euro-jets vie for Swiss fighter order
Switzerland is in the market for about 20 new fighters to progressively replace its remaining F-5 fleet.
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Socata denies report of jet development
EADS Socata, the France-based manufacturer of the TBM 850 turboprop, last month denied the content of a June 1 story in the India Times, which reported tha
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Boeing’s Hummingbird UAV demonstrates endurance
Boeing’s A-160T Hummingbird rotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) recently claimed an unofficial world’s record for its weight class by staying aloft for mor
