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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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Skytime inks a Lear 40XR and a 45XR
Bombardier yesterday announced the sale of two Learjets here at EBACE to European Skytime of Gloucestershire in the UK.
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Embraer’s Phenom 100 preps for flight
Cessna and Eclipse are about to feel some Brazilian heat.
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Vaunted Eclipse VLJ takes EU road trips
Eclipse Aviation president and CEO Vern Raburn did not wax eloquent with regard to the Avio NG (next generation) avionics upgrade program for the Eclipse 5
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EASA delivers Mustang’s certificate
Cessna has received European Aviation Safety Agency airworthiness approval for the Citation Mustang, the first very light jet to be certified on this side
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Lufthansa, Bombardier seek expansion in Germany
Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services (LBAS) celebrated its 10th birthday in Berlin on Saturday night with news of an expansion plan that will see the joi
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FSI adding Hawker 750 sim at F’boro Airport
FlightSafety International (FSI) plans to build a Hawker 750 simulator for installation at its UK training center at Farnborough Airport an hour southwest
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Cirrus Aviation adds G200 and Legacy 600 to stable
Cirrus Aviation, based in Saarland, Germany, is adding a new Gulfstream G200 and a second Legacy 600 to its fleet, which will expand to include 17 ai
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Honeywell TFE731-50 to enter service on new Hawker 900XPs
Honeywell has delivered the first batch of 32 TFE731-50R engines destined for Hawker’s new 900XP midsize business jet.
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Bombardier Expands Completions Network
Midcoast Aviation and Savannah Air Center were selected as factory authorized preferred completion centers to conduct interior completions for the Bombardi
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Eclipse Buyers Bite the Price-increase Bullet
An Eclipse spokesman told AIN that "very few, if any" Eclipse 500 buyers asked to have their deposits refunded after learning of
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Dassault Aviation to study greener airframe designs
Dassault Aviation is about to start researching more ecologically friendly aircraft designs as part of the European Commission-funded CleanSky joint techno
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Falcon 7X: from Catia screen to certified reality
Dassault Aviation comes to Geneva this week on a wave of exhilaration generated by having achieved simultaneous European and U.S.
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Gulfstream Delivers Milestone G200
Savannah, Georgia-based Gulfstream Aerospace delivered its 150th G200 super-midsize business jet last month.
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Business, military products keep Pilatus flush with orders
For the first time in many years, Pilatus Aircraft has full order books for both
its general aviation business unit–with the PC-12 executive/utility
its general aviation business unit–with the PC-12 executive/utility
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UAVs get warm welcome in Swiss civilian airspace
Don’t be alarmed if you see some unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) going about their business in the skies over Switzerland.
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With ground tests under way, 2000DX ready for flight tests
Dassault’s Falcon 2000DX is slated to fly next month.
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Very Light Jets
Of more than 30 new business jet designs now in various stages of development, no fewer than seven are very light jet (VLJ) projects represented here at th
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PrivatAir flies high with large jets
In the 30 years since its founding, PrivatAir (Booth No.
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Socata’s speedy TBM 850 takes on VLJ competitors
A couple of years ago, the imminent arrival of the new-generation very light jets posed a real threat to EADS Socata’s (Booth No.
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Cessna Expands Product Line, Delivers First Encore+
The first Cessna Citation Encore+ was delivered last week, nearly five months after receiving FAA type certification.
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Dassault Falcon 7X EASA and FAA Certified
At a ceremony Friday in Bordeaux-Mérignac, France, Dassault Aviation received type certification for the Falcon 7X from the EASA and the FAA.
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Two Airframers Celebrate Major Anniversaries
This year will be an eventful one in Wichita as local corporate icons Cessna and Hawker Beechcraft mark big anniversaries.
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Welcome back, Twotter
British Columbia-based Viking Air, which purchased a number of de Havilland Canada type certificates from Bombardier last year, announced last month it was
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Cirrus to unveil jet next month
At the Sun ’n’ Fun show in Lakeland, Fla., Cirrus Design cofounder and CEO Alan Klapmeier said that on June 27 the company will unveil its new single-engin
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Comp Air 12 flies to Sun ’n’ Fun
Meanwhile, just steps away from the Cirrus display, Ron Lueck, president of Comp Air, proudly showed off his latest creation, the prototype Comp Air 12 sin
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In the Works: Embraer Phenom 100
Embraer has begun construction of its second Phenom 100 airframe and is on schedule for planned first flight in the middle of this year and entry-into-serv
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In the Works: Excel-Jet Sport-Jet
Twelve people, including company president Bob Bornhofen, continue to work on the Sport-Jet single-engine jet program based in Colorado Springs, Colo.
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In the Works: Cirrus The-Jet
Early adopters who plunked down $100,000 for a position on the Cirrus jet assembly line got to participate in a clever Cirrus marketing campaign that is dr
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Lufthansa To Split Big Jet Order
The board of Deutsche Lufthansa, Europe’s second-largest airline, has approved a $1.5 billion expenditure for 30 Embraer E190s and 15 Bombardier CRJ900s.
