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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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Fill ’Er Up with Biofuel
Honeywell Aerospace, along with Honeywell subsidiary UOP, Airbus, JetBlue and International Aero Engines (IAE), are joining efforts to develop a sustainabl
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Alps flight marks 200th G200
Although a gloomy sky hung over Geneva Palexpo Center, the view could hardly have been better yesterday morning for a group of aviation journalists invited
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Falcon order book fattened by NetJets
For the past four days, the skies over EBACE have been gray, but the overcast and rain have not dampened the spirits of John Rosanvallon.
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Like the green jacket, trying the G650 on for size
Here at EBACE, Gulfstream signed an agreement with Australian-born professional golfer Adam Scott to promote the company’s business jets in the Asia-Pacifi
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Partners and, perhaps, competitors]
Eyebrows were raised in January when Grob was named as the single source for the Learjet 85’s entire primary and secondary composite structures.
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Leopard VLJ ahead of its time
For 100 years now, taxiways have borne metaphorical (and sometimes material) testimony to the “wannabe–really, really wannabe” aspirations of prospective a
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Leading Falcon 7X Passes 1,000 Hours
Dassault’s flagship Falcon 7X has notched another milestone with aircraft Serial Number 04, operated by Dasnair of Switzerland, having become the first to
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Socata mulls 2009 launch of twin-engine business aircraft
EADS Socata here on Monday outlined what its next product launch could be next year–a twin-engine business aircraft, bigger than the TBM 850 single turbopr
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Embraer Midsize Jets Now Part of Legacy Line
Embraer took advantage of the EBACE stage to officially introduce the latest additions to its line of business jets–the Legacy 450 and 500, formerly referr
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Europe Meets the HondaJet
Honda Aircraft made a big splash in its first official presence at EBACE today, announcing the appointment of three European HondaJet dealers to provide sa
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VistaJet Places $1.2B Order for Bombardier Bizjets
Having revealed plans for fleet expansion and a southeast Asia office at EBACE yesterday, local operator VistaJet completed the picture today with an annou
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BAe Systems signs up Avro Business Jet team
“Wake up, smell the coffee: the Avro Business Jet (ABJ) has arrived!” is the message from BAe Systems Regional Aircraft and two new partners announced here
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Cirrus has a new ‘Perspective’ on SR22-G3 instrument panel
Cirrus Design yesterday announced it has partnered with Garmin on a “high-end” cockpit upgrade for the SR22-G3 called Cirrus Perspective.
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Europe meets the HondaJet
At its first official presence here at EBACE yesterday, Honda Aircraft (Booth No.
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Embraer’s newest bizjets will continue the Legacy
A “legacy,” by definition and by tradition, is something of value passed down from one generation to the next.
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Hawker Beechcraft Holds Commitments for 70 Premier IIs
After announcing the launch of the Premier II on Monday, Hawker Beechcraft yesterday revealed it has firm orders for 40 aircraft and lesser commitments for
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Airbus snags $1.5 billion order for six A350 Prestige bizliners
Airbus received its largest-ever order for corporate jetliners with the placing of a $1.5 billion order for six A350 Prestige aircraft by Jeddah, Saudi Ara
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Mustangs galloping to Russia
Cessna Aircraft announced yesterday an order for 20 Citation Mustang very light jets from Russian charter operator Dexter and 24 Citations by Austria’s Jet
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Apex Is Spectrum’s Choice for Freedom
Would-be business jet OEM Spectrum Aeronautical (Booth No.
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Single-engine version of Falcon 7X is remote-controlled
Remote-controlled model specialist Aviation Design has started offering 1/7th model kits of the Dassault Falcon 7X business jet and expects many of the cus
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Piiots Take Solar Impulse Sim on 25-hour Flight
Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg recently spent their first 25 hours at the controls of a flight simulator that replicates the cockpit in the first So
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In the Works: Aerostar FJ-100
The search for funding, aggravated by the infarction of the private financial markets after the dot-com meltdown in 2000 and made worse by September 11, ha
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In the Works: American Utilicraft FF-1080-200
In the seven months after September 11 American Utilicraft Corp.
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In the Works: Century Jet CA-100
New life could be breathed into the Century Jet program if owner Bill Northrup and Roy Norris, chairman and CEO of AASI, can reach an agreement.
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In the Works: Explorer 500T/500R/750T
Graham Swannell, CEO; Donald Joseph, president; and Geoffrey Danes, director of operations, research and development–the three principals of Explorer Aircr
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Aerion SSBJ by 2014 unlikely, despite 40 LOIs
Aerion is still hoping to convince an OEM partner to join it by the end of this year in its quest to build a supersonic business jet capable of sprinting f
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See You at LBA2009
NBAA president Ed Bolen, left, peeked in on Cirrus CEO Alan Klapmeier yesterday as he sat behind the controls of the Minnesota lightplane maker’s single-en
