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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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Airbus takes measured approach to A320 update
A pair of six-foot-tall appendages sprouting from the wingtips of an A320 immediately caught the attention of plane spotters scanning the ramp outside Airb
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Airbus offers help recycling airliners
Now that the first Airbus aircraft built in the 1970s are reaching the end of their useful lives, for the first time in its history the company must consid
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Airbus revives freighter fracas
Airbus A380 director of product marketing Richard Carcaillet hasn’t let go unanswered the potshots taken by his Boeing counterpart, Randy Baseler, whose In
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Despite setbacks, Typhoon orders continue to mount
The Eurofighter Typhoon program is one of the longest running projects in the history of military aircraft.
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A380 breaks another record
The world’s largest passenger aircraft set another record last month, when Airbus deployed 16 emergency slides at the same time using only the A380’s batte
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EADS, Irkut, MiG team on A320 freighter project
EADS has teamed with Russia’s NPK Irkut and RSK MiG in a joint venture to convert Airbus A320 airliners into freighters.
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Boeing books first order for 747-8 passenger jet
Boeing last month quietly booked a single order for a 747-8 “Intercontinental” jet– its first for a passenger 747 in several years and thought to be a VIP
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Piper To Put Substance, at Last, To Years of Talk
Piper Aircraft will reveal details of its next-generation aircraft, widely believed to be a single-engine very light jet, during the NBAA Convention next m
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Boeing preps latest, largest 737 variant for first flight
Boeing is now offering a variant of the 737–its smallest model–designed to carry about as many passengers as the biggest example of its first jetliner, the
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Airbus awaits answer on new A380 wake proposal
Airbus has issued a new “conservative and interim” recommendation for A380 separation minimums backed by 100 hours of flight testing performed in Toulouse,
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MiG-35 more than a re-hashed Fulcrum
“Russians play chess and Americans play poker,” was the oft-repeated phrase used during the Cold War to describe how the two sides approached the developme
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New JSF ejection seat designed for a perfect fit
It’s not only movie theater seats that are now designed with the fuller figure in mind.
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Eclipse 500 Obtains Type Certification
On Saturday, Eclipse Aviation received FAA type certification for the Eclipse 500, nine months later than originally planned when the company announced in
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Cuba shopping for at least 20 regional planes
Cuba’s flagcarrier Cubana de Aviacion and domestic operator AeroCaribbean are seeking between 20 and 30 regional airliners that it wants to introduce begin
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Cirrus To Launch Jet Single at NBAA
Cirrus Design will officially launch its single-engine CirrusJet this month at the NBAA Convention in Orlando.
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Long-awaited PiperJet Scheduled for 2010
Piper’s prolonged pondering of a jet reached fruition at the NBAA Convention with an announcement today that it will design and build a very light jet with
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Raytheon Launches Hawker 850XP Derivatives
Raytheon announced a broadening of its Hawker product line by introducing the Hawker 900XP and the Hawker 750, both derivatives of the Hawker 850XP.
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Pilatus feeling pressure for a PC-21 payoff
Swiss airframer Pilatus is riding high on a sustained wave of success of its PC-12 pressurized single-engine executive/utility aircraft.
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Engine maker waits out A380 delay
Delays to the A380 program have not made things any easier for major suppliers such as the Engine Alliance (Hall 4 Stand A9), which currently has its first
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PC-12 Getting More Power, New Avionics
Pilatus revealed a next-generation PC-12 featuring a more powerful Pratt & Whitney Canada turboprop engine and a four-tube Honeywell Apex integrated av
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Cessna Introduces Citation CJ4, Upgrades XLS
It wouldn’t be an NBAA Convention if Cessna failed to announce a new Citation, and this year it introduced two: the clean-sheet CJ4 and the XLS+ upgrade.
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HondaJet Details Revealed, TC Submitted
Honda Aircraft revealed the price, projected performance figures and other details of the HondaJet very light twinjet.
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Not a question of if, but when Boeing dissolves 737 dynasty
To the question of when Boeing will replace its 737 dynasty, the company remains tight-lipped.
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Citation Order, Delivery Rates Skyrocketing
Despite limited availability of near-term delivery slots, order and shipment activity at Cessna continues to be “extremely strong and is showing no s
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Micro flyer draws attention here and in war
Among the defense products on display at Honeywell’s Farnborough International exhibit one that is likely to catch the eye is the new micro air vehicle (MA
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Messier-Bugatti Leads ‘More Electric Aircraft’ Project
Landing gear maker Messier-Bugatti hosted the launch meeting for the distributed and redundant electrical nose gear steering system (DRESS) project on June
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BA plays villain in Concorde sequel
If Concorde were the child of quarrelsome adults, the tabloids might label this a “tug of love,” but by whatever name it goes, British Airways seems to end
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Another Start-up Hopes To Ride VLJ Bandwagon
Earthjet–a proposed new light-jet air-taxi network–says that it has narrowed the choice of manufacturers to two companies to build the start-up’s envisaged
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Movers & Shakers: P&WC at forefront of VLJ revolution
From very large to very light jets about to crest the horizon, Pratt & Whitney Canada engines power some of business aviation’s most exciting designs.
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GA Deliveries Breaking Records
On Friday, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) reported record-breaking shipment and billing figures.
