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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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Europeans study VLJ impact
A recent Eurocontrol-sponsored VLJ workshop gave the agency and potential operators the opportunity to discuss the impact of the coming class of very light
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In The Works: Epic Aircraft Elite
Epic’s Elite VLJ made its maiden flight on June 7 from Redmond, Ore.’s Roberts Field.
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In The Works: Gulfstream Aerospace SSBJ
Recent news reports that Gulfstream plans to build a prototype supersonic business jet (SSBJ) by 2013 are inaccurate, according to a company spokesman.
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In The Works: Utilicraft Aerospace FF1080-300ER
Design of Utilicraft’s prototype FF1080-200 twin-engine freight-hauling turboprop has been finalized, and the airplane is scheduled to fly in January, acco
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In The Works: Comp Air 12
Comp Air is firming up plans to certify the single-engine turboprop Model 12, having agreed to work with Downing Aviation Associates “to secure funding, en
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Embraer Rolls Out First Phenom 100
Two years after it announced the launch of its Phenom 100 very light jet program (at EBACE 2005), Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer celebrated the ro
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Falcon 2000DX makes first flight
The Falcon 2000DX made its first flight late last month with little fanfare.
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Cirrus Unveils “The-Jet”
Cirrus unveiled the mock-up of its long-awaited “personal jet” this afternoon at company headquarters in Duluth, Minn.
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Sino Swearingen Seeking Funds To Boost Production
Recent news reports from Taiwan suggesting that the Taiwanese government is unwilling to continue funding Sino Swearingen Aircraft’s SJ30 program are not a
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F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program Proceeds Apace
All systems go! That was the message from the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter briefing at the Paris Air Show last week.
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Easy-to-fly AeroQuad uses a coaxial rotor
The AN-1 AeroQuad produced in Spain by Aeris Naviter Aeronautical Technologies is on display in the light aircraft static park.
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Orsi wants to speed up BA609 program
“Why don’t my Bell colleagues take this question?” AgustaWestland CEO Giuseppe Orsi suggested when asked why Bell would not accept his company’s additional
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Saudi NAS buys four Falcon 2000LX bizjets
Saudi Arabia’s National Air Services (NAS) signed an agreement yesterday to buy four Dassault Falcon 2000LX business jets plus options for an additional 16
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Embraer says airline deal could could net $1.26B
Embraer yesterday said it has signed a “preliminary commercial agreement” with a Brazilian airline for dozens of airliners in a deal potentially worth $1.4
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Air France-KLM admits to previous Boeing 777, 737 order
The Air France-KLM Group revealed itself yesterday as the customer that placed a previous order for nine Boeing 777-300ERs and seven 737-700s.
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Bombardier: NextGen RJ will have lower costs
Bombardier Aerospace is showing its CRJ900 NextGen regional-jet here in 76-seat guise and the uniform of Northwest Airlines subsidiary Mesaba Airlines less
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Use of winglets are growing on world airlines
Seattle, Washington-based Aviation Partners Boeing is racking up sales of its efficiency-enhancing Blended Winglets, with new orders from Air China and She
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Hawker Beechcraft signs with Indian software firm
Hawker Beechcraft has signed a multi-year contract with Satyam Computer Services, India’s fourth-largest software exporter, to provide design and other ser
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Next Gen V-22 Interface Units Nearing Flight Testing
GE Aviation’s Systems division expects to complete testing the interface units for the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey some time in the next few weeks, after which
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IS&S lands big Boeing retrofit deal
Be sure to glance left the next time you step aboard an American Airlines Boeing 757 or 767.
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Sukhoi draws first Western Superjet buy
Sukhoi has secured its first Western customer for the Superjet 100 regional jet with a $283 million order for 10 firm aircraft from Italian low-cost carrie
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Chile’s LAN takes new PW6000 aloft in A318
The first Pratt & Whitney (P&W) PW6000-powered A318 aircraft has been delivered to engine-launch customer LAN Airlines, and marked the powerplant’s entry i
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Kawasaki rolls out two aircraft
New aircraft rollouts are all too rare these days, so the double unveiling by Kawasaki Heavy Industries of its C-X transport and P-X maritime patroller was
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Saab Still Supporting its 105 Jets
The Austrian air force has signed a new deal with Saab Aerotech, covering the long-term support of the Saab 105OE.
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IndiGo to represent Hawker Beechcraft
Hawker Beechcraft has appointed India’s InterGlobe Enterprises, owner of low-cost carrier IndiGo, to be its sales and servicing agent in India effective Ju
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Antonov 148 seeks EASA approval
The first deliveries of the Antonov An-148 are imminent, general designer Dmytro Kiva said on Tuesday during a press conference here at the Paris Air Show.
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Heron TP UAV goes public for the first time
Dominating IAI’s exhibit area here at Le Bourget is the Heron TP, a turboprop-powered medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) UAV.
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Diamond Twin Star adds MPP family
Derived from the Dimond DA42 Twin Star widely used by flying schools, the DA42 MPP is developing into a family of aircraft that are capable of carrying all
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Boeing keeping C-17 line going on its own
Boeing decided on Tuesday that it would shoulder the risk of keeping the C-17 supply chain going for the additional 10 aircraft, which it hopes will be app
