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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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NBAA 2003 Convention Report
The 2003 NBAA Convention celebrated the centennial of manned powered flight with some powerful and exotic hardware, including three new derivative airplane
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Eclipse Inks Deal on Wing Assembly
Eclipse Aviation signed a contract with Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI) of Japan for the manufacture of complete wing assemblies for the Eclipse 500 very light
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Piaggio Backlog Now Stretches to 2006
The little company that almost didn’t has proved it can.
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Cessna Changes Parts Inventory System
Cessna announced a new satellite-based, centrally managed parts inventory system for its Citation service centers.
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Winglet STC for Hawker 800 delayed
Aviation Partners expects to obtain an STC early this month on its blended winglets for the Hawker 800 series.
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Beech stretches King Air’s legs
Hawker Beechcraft has obtained FAA certification for the King Air 350ER (ER for extended range), which adds nacelle fuel tanks to raise the aircraft’s fuel
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Is Gulfstream Gearing Up for a G600?
Although Gulfstream Aerospace has repeatedly denied speculation that it is working on a G600, thought to be a composite-fuselage, long-range widebody busin
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UAE Decision on Future Trainers Imminent
While record-breaking orders for airliners were announced, the just-completed Dubai Air Show, held from November 11 to 15, offered no big news for the defe
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Another Eclipse 500 Auctioned on eBay
Eclipse Aviation has placed a second Eclipse 500 very light jet, S/N 082, on the auction block.
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Another Supplier Scuffle at Eclipse Aviation
On Tuesday, Eclipse 500 empennage assembly supplier Hampson Aerospace filed a lawsuit
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Flying machines flock to cash oasis
In recent years on the international airshow circuit, the Airbus A380 super-large airliner has dominated static displays.
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Dubai Debutant: Eclipse 500
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise is considering buying Eclipse 500s very light jets (VLJs) for its new flight academy, a deal that might reach fruition dur
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Dubai Debutant: Sino Swearingen SJ30
UK-based Action Aviation serves as a distributor for the Sino Swearingen SJ30 light business jet–in fact, it is the exclusive worldwide distributor and soo
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Safran subsidiaries also are aboard the Russian RJ
Snecma’s half share in the PowerJet SaM146 turbofan may represent the Safran Group’s biggest contribution to the Sukhoi Superjet project.
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Better, lighter targeting sought for air strikes against Taliban
A senior air force officer serving with NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan has challenged the defense industry to produce
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David takes on Goliath in LSA battle
A pair of Remos G-3/600 light sports aircraft (LSA) arrived Friday to tackle a market far from their base in Germany. Introduced in 1998, the G-3 cla
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Military transports will adopt helicopter TopOwl-H HUDS
A series of flight tests held in France this past summer has successfully shown that the Thales TopOwl helmet-mounted display system originally designed fo
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Dubai Debutant: Cirrus SR22-G3
Cirrus Design Corporation announced last week that its fleet of more than 3,500 SR20 and SR22 composite, single-engine piston airplanes has passed two mill
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Saudi Arabian to take 22 A320s
Saudi Arabian Airlines has signed a MoU for 22 A320 narrowbodies, heralding the eventual signing of the first order by the Kingdom’s flag carrier for Airbu
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Air Arabia orders 34 Airbus A320s
UAE low-fare carrier Air Arabia yesterday ordered 34 Airbus A320 single-aisle airliners, with delivery to begin in 2012, and took options on an additional
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Aerion Now Taking Orders for Supersonic Bizjet
Reno, Nev.-based Aerion on Sunday announced at the Dubai Air Show that it is now accepting letters of intent for a “limited number” of early delivery posit
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Jet Aviation units focusing on customer improvements
Jet Aviation Dubai and Jet Aviation Basel, which have quite different operations and capacities, are both engaged in a process to better serve their custom
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Bombardier picks Pratt GTF to power its C-Series airliner
Bombardier has selected Pratt & Whitney’s Geared Turbofan (GTF) engine for its 100- to 149-seat C-Series airliners in a deal the airframer claims “secures
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Airbus sells Corporate Jetliner to Hong Kong’s C Jet Limited
Airbus yesterday signed an order for an Airbus Corporate Jetliner (ACJ) from C Jet Limited, a Hong Kong company owned by a private individual.
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Virgin Nigeria buys bevy of Embraer regional jets
Virgin Nigeria has signed for up to 24 Embraer E-Jets worth $811 million at current list prices and is trying to persuade the manufacturer to establish a r
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Qatar pads order book with Boeing freighters
Gulf carrier Qatar Airways yesterday signed an order for five Boeing 777F cargo aircraft and took options on a further five.
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Lighter-than-air craft gaining favor in Mideast
Using gas for lift is hardly new, but interest in the idea is making something of a resurgence here in the Middle East.
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Straight as Arrows
The UK Royal Air Force Red Arrows make a return appearance to the Dubai Air Show.
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Cessna lengthens its order backlog in the Middle East
Cessna announced yesterday that its authorized sales representative for the region, Wallan Aviation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has placed an order for 25 air
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Grounded for Six Months, F-35 Prepares for Return
The first Lockheed Martin (LM) F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) has now been grounded for more than six months.
