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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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In The Works: Comp Air CA12
Expect to see the first flying Comp Air Model 12 single-
engine turboprop at the Sun ’n’ Fun Fly-In from April 17 through 23 in Lakeland, Fla.
engine turboprop at the Sun ’n’ Fun Fly-In from April 17 through 23 in Lakeland, Fla.
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In The Works: Embraer Phenom 100 and 300
Embraer technicians were scheduled to begin final assembly of the Phenom 100 very light jet (VLJ) prototype in preparation for the jet’s mid-year first fli
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In The Works: Bell/Agusta BA609 Tiltrotor
The BA609 Tiltrotor program is continuing slowly toward certification, now planned for 2010.
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In The Works: Grob Aerospace SPn
Grob Aerospace resumed the SPn flight-test program on February 23, with acting chief test pilot Tore Reimers and flight-test engineer Alan Lawless taking t
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Gulfstream Demonstrates 'Quiet Spike' for Potential Supersonic Bizjet
Gulfstream Aerospace hosted a NASA F-15 in Savannah, Ga., on February 14 for an aerial demonstration of its Quite Spike telescopic nose spike installation.
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An-148-100 lands milestone approvals
The 80-seat Antonov An-148-100 won type approval from Russian and Ukrainian authorities in late February, marking the successful completion of the first ne
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1st ARJ21 starts to take shape in China
Xi’an Aircraft Industries delivered the first sets of ARJ21-700 wings and main fuselage sections for final assembly to Shanghai Aircraft Company early last
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JAL to Take E170s; E195 Customer Revealed
Japan Airlines said it will order 10 Embraer E170s and place an option on another five airplanes this spring. The airline plans to place the airplane
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XJet ERJ 145s Spell JetBlue E190s
JetBlue Airways last month recruited Houston-based ExpressJet to fly four 50-seat Embraer ERJ 145s as replacements for each pair of E190s it sends to Embra
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PC-12 Production Headed for a Record-tying Year
Business aircraft sales and deliveries this year are showing early signs of recovery, if the report by one manufacturer points to widespread improvement fo
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Stage III Still Working on STCs for Hush Kit
LaJolla, Calif.-based Stage III Technologies, which in December received an STC for its Stage 3 hush kit for the Gulfstream IISP, expects to receive by the
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Unique MU-2 seminars enter their 10th year
Mitsubishi garnered top bragging rights in the most recent AIN product-support survey, and the biennial pilots’ review of proficiency (PROP) semi
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Third Falcon 7X Enters Flight Test
A third Falcon 7X, S/N 03, on Tuesday joined the flight-test program.
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Raytheon Certifies Heavyweight King Air 350
Raytheon Aircraft received Part 23 commuter category certification of a King Air 350, a milestone in the company’s plan eventually to offer a Model 350ER s
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In the Works: Epic Aircraft LT
Holding to a schedule announced last year, Epic Aircraft of Las Vegas flew its prototype Epic LT for the first time on July 17, from Redmond Airport, Ore.,
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In the Works: Grob G140TP
Grob, the aerospace division of Germany’s Grob-Werke (which builds milled parts for the automobile industry), has extended its estimated certification date
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In the Works: Vulcanair VF600W
Accommodating the requests of potential customers, Vulcanair of Italy decided in January to make a number of design changes to the fuselage of its 11-passe
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In the Works: Sino Swearingen SJ30-2
After more than 60 hours of high-speed flight testing at Mojave, Calif., last month, the Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 completed this important phase of testing.
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Czechs commit to new t-prop
The Czech government has pledged $13.5 million over three years to a consortium of 16 companies to build and market a nine- to 14-seat twin turboprop dubbe
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New avionic in the works for Avanti
At press time, nothing was said to be finalized, but Rockwell Collins and Piaggio were working on a deal to offer Pro Line avionics in the Avanti, accordin
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Sport-Jet Latest Contender in Very Light Jet Market
The single-engine, four/five-passenger Sport-Jet is the latest aircraft to join the very light jet race.
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Magellan Air, ATR win first open t-prop bid in Russia
Siberian regional airline UTair has selected the Franco-Italian ATR 42 as its primary growth platform in the first-ever open tender for regional turboprops
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Learjet 24/25 RVSM Group Approval Received
Avcon Industries of Olathe, Kan., has obtained group approval for its RVSM upgrade for the Learjet 24 and 25, including models with various wing modificati
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BBJs banned at Teterboro by legislation
Boeing’s efforts to gain access to Teterboro Airport (TEB), N.J., for its BBJ have been rebuffed, at least for this legislative year.
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Embraer Plans New Business Jets
Watch for Embraer to announce “around NBAA Convention time” one or maybe two new business jets.
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Gulfstream 350 to enter service in 2005
Gulfstream introduced the G350 at the Asian Aerospace show in Singapore on February 23 and confirmed that the model would supersede the G300, as reported l
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PC-12s subject of airworthiness bulletin
In a special airworthiness information bulletin published on February 13, the FAA advised owners and operators of PC-12s to incorporate operational limitat
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SJ30-2 achieves pressurization promise
Sino Swearingen last month said it had passed FAA tests that enable the SJ30-2 to meet its advertised pressurization differential of 12 psi, higher than an
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Pre-Owned Update: Market Stabilizes as Inventory Recedes from High Tide
Buyers continued to roll up their sleeves and involve themselves with the used aircraft market, driving down further what has been for the last few years a
