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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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Tamarack Completes King Air 350 Winglet Flight Eval
Tamarack Aerospace hopes to complete certification of its King Air 350 Performance Smartwing in the next 1 1/2 to 2 years.
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Regulatory Scrutiny Still Slowing Boeing’s Certification Efforts
Boeing works to gain regulatory approval for the 737 Max 10 ahead of introduction of new U.S. aircraft safety and certification legislation on January 1.
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Kremlin Steps Up Domestic Aircraft Output As Sanctions Bite
The Russian government this week ordered the country's aerospace groups to increase production of civil aircraft to an additional 1,000 units by 2030.
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Second Beechcraft Denali Completes First Flight
Textron Aviation said that its Beechcraft Denali flight test program has accumulated more than 250 flight hours, so far.
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Spanish Airline Plans Airship Services From 2026
Air Nostrum says it plans to be the launch operator for Hybrid Air Vehicles' 100-seat Airlander 10 airship on domestic routes of up to around 265 miles.
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Airbus's New Long-Range A321XLR Makes First Flight
The A321XLR single-aisle airliner is intended to serve commercial airline routes as long as 4,700 nm when it enters service in 2024.
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Otto Reveals Plan for Hydrogen-powered 19-Seat Celera
Otto Aviation has confirmed plans for a 19-seat, hydrogen-powered version of its Celera aircraft that could be operated on flights of up to 1,000 nm.
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Aeroflot To Order 300 Russian-made Airliners
MC-21 and SSJ100 programs will get a major boost from an impending order from Russia’s flag carrier.
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GAO: Delay Risks Remain for New Air Force Ones
Converting a pair of existing 747-8 airliners to presidential duty presents a host of expensive problems.
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Universal Hydrogen, Connect Airlines Plan ATR 72 Conversions
Universal Hydrogen said it has collected a firm order from prospective regional carrier Connect Airlines to covert 75 ATR 72-600s to hydrogen power.
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Eviation's Alice Electric Aircraft Could Fly to Small Towns While Cutting Emissions
Eviation's Alice Electric Aircraft Could Fly to Small Towns While Cutting Emissions
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Dassault’s Chief Test Pilot Provides a Glimpse into the Falcon 6X Testing Process
Dassault’s Chief Test Pilot Provides a Glimpse into the Falcon 6X Testing Process
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AINsight: Good Advice Keeps Good Buyers from Buying
An unbalanced preowned business aircraft market is likely to keep good buyers on the sidelines as they wait for lower prices and customary processes.
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NIAR Werx Adds More Freighter Conversion Work
The National Institute for Aviation Research’s Werx MRO program enters agreement on passenger-to-freighter conversions for Precision Aircraft Solutions.
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FlyExclusive To Equip Excel Fleet with Garmin G5000
The new Garmin flight deck will modernize flyExclusive's fleet of Cessna Citation Excel midsize twinjets.
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More F-35 Fighters on Dutch Defense Shopping List
Like many European countries, the Netherlands is increasing its defense spending as a result of increased tensions caused by Russian aggression.
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Romanian LanceR Fighters Handed a Year's Reprieve
Delays in acquiring Norwegian F-16 fighters have led to Romania rescinding its decision to ground the MiG-21 LanceR fleet.
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Airbus To Open Hydrogen Tech Development Center in UK
A new Airbus Zero Emission Development Center in Filton, UK, will concentrate on the development of a cryogenic fuel system for hydrogen-powered airliners.
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TBM Co-ownership Could Make Private Flying Affordable
Moove is marketing co-owned shares in the TBM 960 single-engine turboprop to small companies that might find it hard to access affordable charter services.
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Happy Design Shows ACJ TwoTwenty Livery Concept
Happy Design Studio CEO Didier Wolff is showing off a concept livery for the ACJ TwoTwenty this week at EBACE 2022.
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Jet Aviation Inks BBJ MAX 9 Completions Contract
After delivering the first-ever BBJ MAX last year, Jet Aviation is gearing up for another three projects.
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Greater Safety Can Drive Greater AAM Acceptance
With certification standards being set high, the advanced air mobility community hopes that the concept will receive high public approval.
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PAL-V’s Flying Car on Track for 2024 Service Entry
PAL-V’s innovative flying car is gearing up to begin certification verification flights next year.
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Aviation Partners Eyes Next Bizav Winglet Project
Pioneering blended winglet developer Aviation Partners analyzes case for retrofits on unnamed in-service platform
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Short-haul Travel, Tecnam Style
Italian manufacturer Tecnam is exhibiting its P2012 Traveller low-cost, short-haul commuterliner at EBACE.
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Bombardier Launches Global 8000 and Flirts with Supersonic Speeds
Bombardier Launches Global 8000 and Flirts with Supersonic Speeds
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Falcon For Sale!
Boutsen Aviation has seen strong demand for pre-owned aircraft in the Covid-19 era, and the market is set to remain vibrant in the coming months.
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Textron Aviation Announces XLS Gen2 EASA Certification
The European launch customer for the Citation XLS Gen2 is Porsche Air Service in Austria.
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Bombardier Raises Green Bar with Eco Jet, Declarations
The manufacturer sees a blended wing as the basis for a quantum leap in carbon reduction, and is now auditing the environmental credentials of current jets
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Italian Armed Forces Ups Orders for Piaggio Avanti Evos
The Italian Minister of Defence formalized an order for six more Avanti Evos as Piaggio Aerospace gathers bids for the company.
