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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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Cessna Sets Sail with Long-awaited Columbus
Yesterday, Cessna chairman, president and CEO Jack Pelton revealed the name of the company’s newest and largest business jet, the large-cabin CE-850 Citati
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Crossair Executives Indicted for Homicide by Neglect
A Swiss federal prosecutor indicted six executives of the former regional airline Crossair for homicide and injuries by neglect.
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New investor secured, Eclipse adds manufacturing facility
Eclipse Aviation secured a new source of financing from Etirc Aviation that resulted in sale of a minority stake in Eclipse to the new investors.
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Upgraded TBM 850 Makes Debut
EADS Socata unveiled an upgraded TBM 850 turboprop single last month during a “discovery show” held at the company’s factory in Tarbes, France.
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Cessna launches large-cabin Citation
Cessna Aircraft received the go-ahead from parent company Textron for development of a large-cabin, intercontinental aircraft that would expand the upper e
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Newest Learjet will be all composite
Bombardier’s Learjet division surprised the aviation world on January 22 when it announced that the airframe of the new Learjet 85 will be built entirely o
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EADS Proposes ‘Faster, Longer-range’ Aircraft
EADS Socata chairman and CEO Jean-Michel Léonard announced last month that the France-based manufacturer is evaluating production of a new turboprop or bus
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In The Works: Adam Aircraft A500 and A700
Rick Adam, CEO of Adam Aircraft, told AIN at last month’s Sun ’n’ Fun airshow in Lakeland, Fla., that the A700 very light twinjet would make its fir
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In The Works: Alberta Phoenix Fanjet
In late 2001, successful Canadian oilman Don Jewitt, then principle investor in Alberta Aerospace of Calgary, decided the OEM start-up company had spent to
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In The Works: Explorer Aircraft 500T
The search for financing continues to be Australian-born Explorer Aircraft’s primary focus.
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In The Works: Maverick Jets Leader
Last month, the Melbourne, Fla.-based builder of the Maverick Leader, a four-place, twin-engine kit plane, announced that it would, effective immediately,
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In The Works: Raytheon Hawker Horizon
Major interior components were recently checked for fitting in the cabin of the fourth Hawker Horizon (RC-4), planned for use in the super-midsize business
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Dornier 328JET production to resume early next year
Leesburg, Va.-headquartered AvCraft Aviation’s takeover of Fairchild Dornier’s 328 program, including the 328JET production line at Oberpfaffenhofen, Germa
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Swiss deferral highlights Embraer 170 setbacks
Embraer has suffered a major setback following the decision of 170/190 launch customer Swiss to slash its firm orders and options for the Brazilian manufac
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EADS Proposes Faster, Longer-range Aircraft
EADS Socata chairman and CEO Jean-Michel Léonard told AIN that the France-based manufacturer is evaluating production of a new turboprop o
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AvCraft’s 328 buy closes under cloud of skepticism, uncertainty
When reports began circulating last month that Leesburg, Va.-based AvCraft Aviation had reached an agreement to buy Fairchild Dornier’s 328 production and
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Cessna Launches Large-cabin Citation
Cessna Aircraft today announced it has received the green light from parent company Textron for development of a large-cabin, intercontinental aircraft tha
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Sukhoi/Boeing RRJ wins Russian state tender
The Russian Regional Jet (RRJ) bid submitted by Sukhoi, Ilyushin, Yakovlev and Boeing has won the Russian state tender for development of a new 70- to 80-s
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In The Works: Aerocourier
The single-turboprop AeroCourier utility airplane, proposed by a Minneapolis company of the same name, has progressed little since its announcement at NBAA
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In The Works: Gippsland GA-140TP Taska
The 10-seat Taska, a turboprop derivative of the Gippsland Aeronautics GA-8 Airvan piston single, “is only at the concept stage,” according to Michael Hall
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In The Works: Maverick Jets Leader
A Maverick Leader kit twinjet, registered as N750TJ, crashed in Melbourne, Fla., on January 24, killing the kit manufacturer’s chief pilot, Jack Reed.
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In The Works: Flightship Ground Effect FS8
Is it a low-flying airplane or a high-flying boat? You won’t be seeing one of these flying over the Kansas prairie, but if you need to travel over the high
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Bombardier Partners with Grob on Composite Learjet
In October, after announcing that it planned to offer a next-generation Learjet for the midsize jet market, Bombardier said that it considered the new Lear
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Special Conditions Notice Reveals Phenom 100 Weight
The FAA on Friday issued a request for comments on special conditions that would apply to Embraer’s Phenom 100 VLJ to cover “novel or unusual design featur
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Upgraded TBM 850 Makes Debut
An upgraded EADS Socata TBM 850 turboprop single was unveiled late last week during a “discovery show” held at the company’s factory in Tarbes, France.
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Ae270 conforming prototype now in flight test
The first conforming prototype of the Ibis Aerospace Ae270 turboprop single (S/N 5) took to the air for the first time on February 25 for nearly one hour.
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Arizona trucking and bizjet tycoon has high hopes for Legacy
It has been said that “if you want something done, give it to a busy person.” This seems appropriate in the case of Jerry Moyes, president and CEO of Phoen
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Latest Challenger 300 testing interior function & reliability
The fifth aircraft in Bombardier Aerospace’s Challenger 300 certification program joined the flight-test fleet on March 8 when it flew for the first time.
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Concorde’s future cloudy
Concorde, the Anglo-French supersonic airliner that is the flagship of British Airways and Air France, could become a victim of the current economic downtu
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Second SJ30-2 Enters Flight Testing
Sino Swearingen last month started test flying the second conforming version of its SJ30-2 twinjet, a milestone that company president and CEO Carl Chen de
