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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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Piper Continues Work on Jet
Piper president and CEO Jim Bass said that orders for the single-engine PiperJet have reached 186 and that the company “has made great headway on the Piper
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Sporty’s Decides To Raffle New Mustang
Sporty’s Pilot Shop, holder of Cessna Mustang position number 13, has decided it will raffle its new VLJ and donate the funds to the Sporty’s Foundation.
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HB and Cessna Celebrate Milestones in 2007
Between Raytheon Aircraft becoming Hawker Beechcraft (HB) and delivering the Hawker 4000 and Cessna delivering the Mustang, 2007 is a big year in Wichita.
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…and Mustang deliveries pick up
Late last month Cessna delivered its third Mustang, its first to a retail customer.
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Eclipse works on moisture problem with pitot system
By the middle of last month, Eclipse Aviation had delivered two airplanes to individual owners and three to air-taxi operator DayJet, which is using its ai
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Citation CJ1+ Receives FAA Type Certification
The FAA on Friday granted type certification to Cessna’s Model 525 Citation CJ1+, keeping the program on schedule and bringing the aircraft one step closer
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Merlin Had Engine Problems before Crash
The pilot of the Merlin twin turboprop that crash-landed at Teterboro Airport, N.J., on May 31 followed a flight in which he had aborted his first takeoff
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A Decade of Business Jet Recovery Seen
Forecast International predicts that nearly 10,900 business jets worth $141 billion will be manufactured between this year and 2014.
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Grob Unveils Business Jet at Paris Air Show
Tussenhausen, Germany-based Grob-Werke made an unexpected announcement yesterday at the Paris Air Show, revealing that it had designed and built an all-com
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Dassault Projects Fewer Falcon Deliveries
Dassault Aviation chairman and CEO Charles Edelstenne, addressing reporters on the eve of the Paris Air Show this week, said Falcon deliveries will reach b
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Aerion Says Study Validates SSBJ Market
Reno, Nevada-based Aerion said today that its market research, conducted over the past nine months by aerospace market research and strategy firm I2
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Las Vegas Start-up Forges Ahead on SSBJ
Supersonic Aerospace International of Las Vegas is still working with Lockheed Martin on the Quiet Small Supersonic Transport (QSST), the 4,000-nm, 12-pass
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Dassault Will Make Decision 'Early Next Year' on Smaller Jet
Dassault Aviation will decide by early next year whether to launch a smaller jet, chairman and CEO Charles Edelstenne said recently.
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Boots on Struts Could Be Ordered for Caravans
A proposed AD would require the installation of deicing boots on the landing-gear struts of nearly 750 U.S.-registered Cessna 208 Caravans, as well as othe
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VLJ Hopefuls Feel Pains of Certification
Though the problems Eclipse Aviation has experienced with certification and production are well known by now, other VLJ manufacturers haven’t been spared t
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Does Market Analysis Suggest New Piaggio Bizjet?
Forecast International, a provider of market intelligence, has been engaged by a “world-ranked aircraft manufacturer” to evaluate the market for a new busi
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Czech Builder To Intro Twin Turboprop At Oshkosh
Czech aircraft designer and manufacturer Evektor-Aerotechnik, best known for a line of light piston singles, will begin promotion of its new EV-55 twin tur
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GE acquires Bulk of Aircraft Portfolio from CIT
CIT Group has sold most of its corporate aircraft financial business to GE Commercial Finance.
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Diamond Selects Garmin Avionics for D-Jet VLJ
Like its non-turbine siblings–the DA40 Diamond Star and DA42 Twin Star–the Diamond D-Jet will feature a Garmin G1000 integrated avionics suite, Olathe, Kan
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HondaJet To Make World Debut at Oshkosh
The Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture at Oshkosh, Wis., next month will be the site for the first public viewing of the HondaJet, an experimenta
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Grob SPn Light Jet Makes First Flight
The first business jet from Grob Aerospace made its maiden flight yesterday.
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Faster King Air To Take on Very Light Jets
Deliveries of the Beech King Air C90GT, a more powerful version of the C90B intended to compete with the impending very light jets (VLJs), are scheduled to
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Products Unveiled To Enhance Safety for VLJ Pilots
The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) and NBAA have released two new products designed to enhance safety for pilots of very light jets “and ot
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Eclipse Aviation Plays with Fire
Eclipse Aviation unveiled its home-grown PhostrEx fire-suppression system for the Eclipse 500 today at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis.
Charter & Fractional
Eclipse Receives First VLJ Order from a Fractional
With a firm order for 10 Eclipse 500s and an option for 10 more, London, Ontario-based OurPlane becomes the first fractional customer for the very light je
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First Production Mustang Takes to the Air
One month ahead of schedule, the first Citation Mustang production aircraft (S/N 0001) took to the air on Monday.
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Europe To Get New Offshore Aircraft Registry
The Isle of Man, a UK Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, hopes to have its own private aircraft register established by the end of next year.
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NBAA Moves 2005 Convention to Orlando, Nov. 9 to 11
NBAA has selected Orlando, Fla., as the new venue for its 58th Annual Meeting & Convention in November.
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Grob Light Jet Progressing in Flight-envelope Expansion
The flight-test program of the Grob Aerospace G180 SPn Utility Jet is progressing well, company officials said yesterday during a briefing at its Tussenhau
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In the Works: Jetcruzer LLC
Like the mythical phoenix, the AASI Jetcruzer 450/500 may arise from its ashes to fly again, this time as a single-turbofan, experimental airplane rather t
