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Skunk Works Describes Hypersonic Missile, Reveals New Aircraft
News from the Lockheed Martin Advanced Developments Projects (ADP), aka The Skunk Works, is a rare commodity.
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Air Tractor S-22
Development of the 10-passenger, single-turboprop S-22 by agplane builder Air Tractor of Olney, Texas, slowed last year due to the company’s focus on provi
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Dassault Falcon 7X
Bill Kerherve, chief test pilot for Dassault Aviation, and test pilot Philippe Deleume took the Falcon 7X simulation bench on its first virtual flight in
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Visionaire Vantage VA-10
An 11th-hour effort on January 31 failed to keep OEM startup VisionAire afloat after a federal district court judge placed the company back into Chapter 7
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Grob-Werke G140
The turboprop derivative of the four-seat Grob 120 made its first flight on December 20 from Mindelheim-Mattsies (EDMN) Airport, Germany, where the compan
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Gulfstream rolls back G150 development
The current and projected soft economy and related depressed sales market for business jets has result-ed in a nearly one-year schedule extension of the Gu
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Another Program Aims To Move Caravans
Buyers of certain Cessna Caravans can receive a $75,000 saving over the turbine single’s price of approximately $1.5 million.
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Diamond Now Taking Orders for its Light Jet
A $20,000 deposit will secure a delivery slot for the D-Jet, a proposed five-seat, all-composite single-engine jet that Diamond Aircraft hopes to fly next
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Britten-Norman Evaluating Islander Diesel Retrofit
UK-based Britten-Norman, which is set to resume manufacturing its piston-powered Trislander regional/utility airplane, production of which was suspended in
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Airbus Hands Over First A380
Airbus and Singapore Airlines marked delivery of the first A380 today at the airframer’s headquarters in Toulouse, France, in front of 500 well-wishers, co
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Citation CJ3 flexes its wings
Cessna’s newest light business jet, the Citation CJ3, completed its first two flights from Wichita Mid-Continent Airport on April 17.
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Challenger 300 certification slips to 2Q
Certification of the 3,100-nm super-midsize Challenger 300 was scheduled for the first quarter of this year, but Bombardier said last month that this appro
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In The Works: Fairchild Dornier Envoy 3 and 7
Based on the facts that no company has yet emerged with Fairchild Dornier’s 728JET program more than one year after the beleaguered German-American OEM dec
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In The Works: Raytheon Hawker Horizon
According to a statement by Raytheon Aircraft chairman and CEO Jim Schuster last month, certification of the super-midsize Hawker Horizon is still expected
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In The Works: Safire Aircraft Safire Jet
Miami-based Safire Aircraft announced in late April that it would not build the in-development all-composite S-26 very light jet it had announced in Februa
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In The Works: Grob G160 Ranger
The four-seat G-140TP made its first flight just last December and is now under flight test, but the German light airplane manufacturer is already developi
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Safire set to choose engine for S-26
Last month West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Safire Aircraft said it would soon reveal the engine supplier for its S-26 very light twinjet.
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Global 5000 prepped for maiden flight
Bombardier was planning to fly the Global 5000 for the first time late last month from its Toronto Downsview facility before ferrying the new long-ra
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Premier Is Being Delivered with RVSM Approval
Starting with S/N 70, Premier Is being delivered are approved for operation in RVSM airspace.
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March landing for Greek 'air Force One'
• The Hellenic Air Force was expected to take delivery in late February or early March of a new Gulfstream V contracted for in late March last year.
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Socata considering light jet
• France’s EADS’ Socata, builder of the TBM 700 turboprop single, has confirmed that it may develop a light twinjet.
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Citation CJ2 Approved for London City Approaches
Cessna’s Citation CJ2 has been approved by the U.S.
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Vulcanair turboprop single enters flight testing
Naples, Italy-based Vulcanair recently started certification flight testing of its 10- to 16-passenger VF600W Mission turboprop single.
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Bombardier Prepares for Learjet’s 40th Anniversary
When Bill Lear visited Switzerland more than 40 years ago, he was introduced to the P-16 fighter and became especially captivated with the wing design.
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Pilatus Makes Breakthrough in European SEIFR
At least one manufacturer of turbine singles believes it has waited long enough for Europe’s Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) to adopt proposed rules (NPA-
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New fractional takes delivery of Citation Bravos
Cessna recently delivered three Citation Bravos to The Company Jet, a fractional aircraft ownership startup based in Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Up, Up and Avanti
Piaggio Aero Industries delivered 16 Avantis last year, up from 12 in 2001 and six in 2000.
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Delays Won’t Affect Deliveries of Exec Boeing 787s
Despite “challenges” in assembly of the first Boeing 787 prototype that have forced delay of the first flight and certification by at least six months, Boe
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Raytheon’s Beechjet Morphs into Hawker 400XP
In a continuing realignment of its Beechcraft and Hawker product lines, Raytheon Aircraft announced at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibi
