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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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Maintenance tracking service available to BBJ operators
Boeing Business Jets selected Flightdocs of Babylon, N.Y., as a factory-authorized maintenance tracking service for BBJ operators.
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Fokker 50 props under scrutiny
In response to oil leaks, Dutch civil aviation authorities have instructed operators of Fokker 50 twin turboprops to check the propellers after each flight
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Sukhoi, Boeing and Snecma officially launch RRJ program
The technical board composed of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft, Boeing and associate member Snecma officially launched the Russian Regional Jet program last month f
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Learjet 60 package offer extended
Bombardier Aerospace director of Learjet products Brad Nolen told AIN that the company has extended indefinitely the Learjet 60 “complete package offer,” w
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Cessna mates wing of first Citation Mustang
The first Citation Mustang conforming prototype got its wings on the morning of February 3.
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In The Works: Eclipse 500
Eclipse Aviation last month announced that its next two FAA-conforming Model 500 very light jets, N502EA and N504EA, have completed wing mate and are stand
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In The Works: Utilicraft FF1080-300
Utilicraft Aerospace Industries, a spin-off of American Utilicraft, last month gave Metalcraft Technologies (MTI) the go-ahead to construct the initial sub
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In The Works: Dassault Falcon 900DX
While all eyes were on the Falcon 7X last month for its public unveiling, Dassault’s new Falcon 900DX was quietly making its way down the assembly line in
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Gulfstream Adds In-flight Internet to G200
After adding high-speed Internet capability late last year to the optional upgrade menu in a number of its large-cabin airplanes, Gulfstream is now offerin
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Airbus, Boeing intensify competition for market
Battle lines are being drawn as Boeing Business Jets, which saw sales of its BBJ series slow to a trickle over the past couple of years, now faces the seri
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Learjet 45 Approved for London City
Bombardier’s Learjet 45 has completed certification to fly into London City Airport– the downtown facility with a 5.5-degree steep approach and a single 4,
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Saab 2000 Returns to Lugano
Swiss International Air Lines may again fly its Saab 2000 turboprops into Switzerland’s Lugano Airport under a new indirect IFR approach procedure proposed
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Embraer considers developing new aircraft for bizav
Embraer’s corporate aviation division is preparing to present the business case for one or more new aircraft programs, with the hope of getting a developme
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‘Lula’s’ government flies new Airbus ACJ
In early January, after years of controversy, the Brazilian government took delivery of a new head-of-state aircraft that will be used primarily to carry P
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Gulfstream makes progress toward first flight of G150
The Gulfstream G150, which the Savannah, Ga.-based company describes as the first wide-cabin, long-range, midsize business jet, rolled out January 18 in el
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SJ30-2 program on target for certification in third quarter
Sino Swearingen insists that the 2,500-nm-range SJ30-2 will be certified in the third quarter of this year, despite numerous program delays and the crash o
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OEMs using new technology to speed up aircraft assembly
With the Falcon 7X, French-based manufacturer Dassault has cut in half the time it takes it to build the first example of a new top-end business jet.
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328JET Production To Restart This Year
AvCraft Aviation announced it will restart the former Fairchild Dornier 328JET production line in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany.
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RVSM Avionics STC’d for Citation 500
Honeywell has obtained FAA certification of an avionics package that enables Citation 500s to meet the requirements for operating in RVSM airspace, includi
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Pilatus PC-12 and PT6A-60 Subject of NTSB Concern
The NTSB wants the FAA to require Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60 starter-generators to be electrically isolated from the rest of the engine, a modifica
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Gulfstream 500 gets EASA OK
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the JAA have both now validated the FAA’s type certificate for the Gulfstream 500.
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Serious questions loom over GM-17 Viper project
The GM-17 Viper project is in serious jeopardy following several recent developments.
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First SM-2000T Delivered
Moscow-based Tekhnoavia, an aircraft design house, delivered two piston SM-2000s in December and one turboprop SM-2000T last month.
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What’s next for the HondaJet?
When it comes to trying to determine what plans Honda has for its HondaJet project, a lot of the seemingly obvious evidence could be misleading.
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Global 5000 advances with flight of final test aircraft
The second and final test Bombardier Global 5000 took its first, four-hour flight northwest of Toronto on January 8.
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Dassault unveils first assembled 7X trijet
Dassault last month spectacularly bridged the gap between virtual reality and reality when it unveiled the first assembled Falcon 7X business jet at its Bo
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NTSB Reveals History of SJ30-2 Stability Issues
In the year before April 26, 2003, when Sino Swearingen’s number-one SJ30-2 prototype crashed after entering an uncommanded and unrecoverable right roll du
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Soloy offering turboprop single for under $700,000
For its first major new product since being purchased last year by a team headed by Elling Halvorson, Soloy is developing a more powerful follow-on to its
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20th-Anniversary Malibu Meridian
Piper Aircraft has announced 20th-anniversary models of its Malibu Mirage piston single and Malibu Meridian turboprop-single.
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Eyebrows Shaved Off New Boeing 737s
Boeing has cut a familiar feature of Boeing 737s with its new-production aircraft.
