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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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Pilatus Showing its Next Generation PC-12 This Morning
Making good on its promise made last year at the NBAA Convention in Orlando when it announced the program, Pilatus Business Aircraft will today present a r
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Epic Elite visits NBAA’07
The Epic Elite made its public debut at EAA AirVenture this summer after achieving its first flight on June 7.
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Premier Aircraft shows two Falcon 50 Dash4s
Premier Aircraft brought two of its newly certified Dassault Falcon 50 Dash4s to the NBAA static display, the first time the modified Falcon 50 has been sh
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Honda Plans To Build 100 HondaJets Per Year
Honda Aircraft plans to ramp up to an annual build rate of 100 HondaJets within two years of starting its production line, company CEO Michimasa Fujino sai
Charter & Fractional
Avanti sells 22 Avanti IIs to frax firm Avantair
Italian aircraft manufacturer Piaggio Aero (Booth No.
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Embraer Showing Off Its Newest Twins at NBAA
Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer is to unveil a conceptual mockup interior of its mid-light and midsize business jets (the MLJ and MSJ, respectively
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Stevens nearing Learjet 35SE delivery date
Under its Lear4Ever program, Stevens Aviation is slated to deliver the first Learjet 35SE (Special Edition) next year.
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A tug here, a push there
With a little help from a tug, the tarmac ballet commences with an early arrival for the NBAA static display at Fulton County/Brown Field Airport.
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UND Orders Citation Mustang
The University of North Dakota (UND) has ordered a Cessna Citation Mustang for flight training and executive transport.
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Mustang flight spans decades of bizav history
To honor the 60th anniversary of the National Business Aviation Association, a commemorative flight took place on Saturday, September 22, from New York, th
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Sales for Airbus ACJ family now over 100
Airbus launched an executive/VIP version of an A319 airliner in 1997 and, a decade later, the aircraft manufacturing giant (Booth No.
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Companies Form Air Taxi Group
NGAMC is the new aviation acronym on the block, according to air-taxi operators DayJet, Jet-Alliance, Linear Air and SATSAir, very light jet OEM Eclipse Av
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Embraer tests the waters with two new concept jets
Embraer is testing the market for two new concept jets.
Charter & Fractional
XOJet places $600M order for 30 Cessna Citation Xs
XOJet yesterday announced a $600 million order for 30 Citation Xs in an agreement with Cessna that will increase the charter operator’s fleet of the speedy
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More of Gulfstream’s sales coming from outside the U.S.
Year to date, Gulfstream Aerospace has logged more sales from customers outside the U.S.
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Cessna still mulling LCC bizjet
It was one year ago, at the NBAA Convention in Orlando, that Cessna took the wraps off its concept for a large-cabin long-range business jet (code-named LC
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Cessna delivers first Mustang in Europe
The first Citation Mustang to be delivered to a European customer arrived in Europe earlier this month when British-based entrepreneur and pilot Jane Howel
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Falcon 2000LX, DX nearing finish line
The Dassault Falcon 2000 series is getting a facelift, with increased range for the Falcon 2000LX (which replaces the 2000EX) and slightly less range for t
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What made Dassault a winglet convert?
For years, Dassault’s marketing executives maintained the position that Falcon business jets flew perfectly well without the aerodynamic benefits of wingle
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New Falcon moves closer to launch
Dassault Aviation is progressing with its plans for a super midsize Falcon scheduled for an official launch at the end of the year.
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Latest CJ builds on lessons learned with CJ3
The latest member of the CitationJet family, the CJ4, is beginning to take shape on jigs and fixtures at Cessna’s headquarters in Wichita.
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Grob SPn logs its biggest fleet sale to turboprop fractional provider
The PlaneSense fractional ownership program has ordered 25 Grob SPns, with deliveries for what is to be the program’s biggest deal to date to begin toward
