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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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New VLJs
By our count, there are more than a dozen aircraft ranging from single-engine personal jets to twin-engine very light jets either in the very early stages
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Program Update: BA609
Bell and Agusta continue their development of the BA609 civil tiltrotor, a joint effort that has been ongoing for more than a decade.
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Operator interest in BA609 wanes
The BA609 tiltrotor that flew at the Paris Air Show put on an impressive display, but potential buyers said they had misgivings about the hybrid desi
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New Turboprops
Of all the sub-segments of the general aviation market, the turboprop field is the only one not experiencing a marked increase of new development.
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Adam Aircraft’s VLJ Gambit
Seven years ago, at an aircraft factory in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, two engineers met and worked together on Fairchild Dornier’s ambitious 728 and 928 pr
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Spectrum puts midsize S-40 on developmental fast track
The decision by Spectrum Aeronautical to flip-flop the development schedule for its airplanes by certifying the all-carbon-fiber midsize S-40 Freedom befor
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VLJ fever hasn’t hurt TBM 850
The anticipated production glut of very light jet competition hasn’t yet hurt Socata, which recently announced delivery of its 61st single-engine TBM 850 w
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New Business Jets
From new Cessna Citations to new versions of Hawker Beechcrafts to clean-sheet designs like Dassault Falcon’s fly-by-wire 7X, the world of business jets co
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Program Update: HondaJet
In designing a new sub-10,000-pound business jet, Honda designer Michimasa Fujino took an unusual approach.
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Piaggio views its home turf as fertile market for the Avanti II
Even as Italian manufacturer Piaggio Aero Industries reaps the benefits of a remarkable sales resurgence in the U.S., the company increasingly views its ow
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Pre-owned aircraft
It has been an extraordinary year in the pre-owned business jet sales arena.
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SSBJ developers having a hard time gaining traction
Three companies have expressed serious interest in developing a supersonic business jet (SSBJ), but none of the designs proposed by Aerion, Sukhoi or Super
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Cessna Delivers First European-bound Mustang
Cessna yesterday delivered the first Citation Mustang to a European customer when British entrepreneur Jane Howell received her aircraft at the London-area
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G150 Earns EASA Certification
Gulfstream’s more spacious rework of the Westwind-derived G100, the G150, received EASA certification last month.
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Eclipse auctions first very light jet
Albuquerque-based very light jet maker Eclipse Aviation delivered on a plan devised seven years ago when the company put one of its early production aircra
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New Turboprops
Of all the subsegments of the general aviation market, the turboprop field is the only one not experiencing an increase in new development.
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Bombardier Logs CRJ, Q400 Orders
Bombardier continued its deliberate penetration of South and Central America last month with an order from Mexico’s AeroLineas MesoAmericanas (ALMA) for a
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FAA Certifies E195
Embraer gained FAA certification for the E195 last month, more than a year after it won certification for the 110-seat airliner from European and Brazilian
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Phenom 100 flies
Embraer’s first Phenom 100 lands at the company’s main facilities at São Jose dos Campos, Brazil, following a certification test flight on August 6.
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Honeywell TPE331-12JR OK’d for Caravan
Honeywell announced recently that it had won approval for its TPE331-12JR turboprop to be installed on the Cessna Caravan.
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Jet, turboprop deliveries continue in earnest
Deliveries of both jets and turboprops were up again in the first half of this year, according to second-quarter numbers released by the General Aviation M
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High-time Cessna Conquest IIs Grounded Down Under
Australia’s Civil Aviation Authority (CASA) has grounded several Cessna 441 Conquest II turboprops, citing the potential for in-flight structural failures
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Cessna Sees the Future, and It’s Diesel-Powered
Beginning with the 2008 model year, Cessna 172 buyers can pay $15,000 more for a 155-hp, two-liter turbocharged Thielert diesel engine-powered Skyhawk inst
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Austrian and Eurofighter Reach Compromise over Typhoon Order
Eurofighter reached an agreement with Austria over the disputed contract for 18 Typhoons, as
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UK Gives Go-ahead for Big New Aircraft Carriers
After years of preliminary definition and assessment, the UK Ministry of Defence gave the go-ahead for construction of two 65,000-tonne aircraft carriers.
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Russian Air Force An-124s on the Block?
The 21 An-124 heavy airlifters owned by the Russian Air Force are now available for sale to commercial operators, according to unconfirmed media reports in
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Spectrum Powers Up S-33 But Focuses on S-40
Spectrum Aeronautical has upgraded the engines that power its S-33 Independence very light jet, and the company is also reversing the order of certificatio
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Saudis Close To Signing Contract for Eurofighter Typhoons
In our final edition at the recent Paris Air Show we revealed that
