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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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Keith products to supply A/C for Safire Jet
Safire Aircraft has selected Keith Products to supply the air conditioning for its very light jet, which is currently under development.
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Second production Ibis Ae270 enters flight test
Ibis Aerospace flew its second production Ae270 Propjet fitted with the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6-66A in late February from Aero Vodochody’s flight-test f
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Intracom committed to the 'Viper Piper' project
Despite a business dispute with Tekhnoavia (AIN, February, page 10), Geneva-based Intracom General Machinery has vowed to continue the Viper project.
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Savannah Air Center installs HSD-256 data Satcom in Global Express
The ability to surf the Internet while cruising through the lower stratosphere continues to get easier, and faster, thanks to the incremental upgrades bein
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Engine, interior upgrades revitalize older Learjet 25s
The ranks of small business jets are about to swell with the imminent buildup of new sub-10,000-pound jets certified to FAA Part 23 regulations.
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Grob SPn flight tests resume
Grob Aerospace has restarted the flight-test program for its SPn jet, just under three months after the November 29 crash of its second prototype.
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Eclipse Woes Drive VLJ Forecast Downward
Germany-based aerospace consultant PMI-Media lowered its estimated very light jet (VLJ) delivery schedule for this year, based largely on production diffic
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Zonal Comfort System being installed in Boeing 767
The CTT Systems Zonal Comfort System has been ordered by Jet Aviation for a Boeing 767-300ER and is being installed as part of a major executive interior c
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B/E Aerospace LED lighting approved for Citation 500
B/E Aerospace has received an STC for after-market installation of direct and indirect LED lighting in the Cessna Citation 500 series.
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Midcoast offers mid-cabin door for Falcon 900
Midcoast Aviation of Cahokia, Ill., has received a special regulatory exemption for installation of a mid-cabin door on the Falcon 900B and 900EX.
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Jet Aviation delivers Middle Eastern customer’s second BBJ
Jet Aviation in Basel, Switzerland, has delivered a second Boeing Business Jet to an undisclosed Middle Eastern customer.
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Production and deliveries challenge jet OEM start-ups
Given their current predicaments, Eclipse Aviation and Sino Swearingen share some similarities.
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Preliminary report: Caravan crashes in Lake Erie
CESSNA 208 CARAVAN, PELEE ISLAND, ONTARIO, CANADA, JAN.
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VLJs propel GA growth
The business and corporate side of general aviation should continue to benefit from a growing market for new microjets over the next 14 fiscal years, and t
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Citation XLS receives FAA approval
Cessna announced on March 23 that it received FAA approval of its $9.895 million Citation XLS, a faster, roomier and longer-legged derivative of the Citati
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Learjet seriously damaged in hard landing
An Airnet Systems Learjet 35A on a Part 135 cargo flight was seriously damaged March 19 during a failed attempted to abort the landing.
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Gulfstream 550 wins JAA/EASA approval and collerthrophy, and notches more records
The flagship of the Gulfstream fleet has flown proudly in the past couple of months.
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U.N. says rediscovered CVR not from Falcon 50 crash
On April 6, 1994, the Rwandan government’s Falcon 50 was shot down over Africa, killing all aboard, including the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi.
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Global 5000 receives Canadian certification
The Global 5000, billed by Bombardier as “the world’s fastest” intercontinental super-large business jet, received full type approval from Transport Canada
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Honda chooses suppliers for nascent jet
Honda Aircraft officials have decided to outsource manufacture of major portions of the HondaJet, including the fuselage and wings.
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Texas firm offers Learjet 20 series ‘total upgrade’
An upgrade to the General Electric J85 engine in U.S.
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Embraer forsees future in Lineage
Embraer decided to name its newest business jet the Lineage 1000, drawing parallels to the company’s first business jet, which was also a derivative of one
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Citation X To Reverse Downward Trend?
Cessna said last month it will increase production of its Citation X by more than 65 percent from 2006 to 2010, to meet “growing demand,” primarily from no
