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OEMs see 50-seat RJ market dwindle

Twilight has fallen unceremoniously on the heyday of the 50-seat regional jet, and Bombardier’s October 28 announcement that it would suspend production of

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October 30, 2006

New engines are at the heart of Rekkof RJ revival

Following earlier unsuccessful efforts, revival of the 79- and 107-seat Fokker 70 and 100 regional jets could now depend on the development of a “new, more

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October 30, 2006

Piaggio delivering first Avanti II

The Avanti II won EASA certification in October, and delivery of the first new-version aircraft was scheduled for shortly after the Dubai Air Show (Novembe

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October 30, 2006

Falcon 7X might go 6,000 nautical miles

Changes to the Dassault Falcon 7X, now in flight test, could increase its IFR range to as much as 6,000 nm at Mach 0.80, Dassault Aviation said at the NBAA

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October 25, 2006

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‘I’ve Sold More Than You’ Department

Boeing at the NBAA Convention last month said it surpassed orders for 100 Boeing Business Jets, while Airbus Industrie announced it had reached orders for

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October 25, 2006

Business Jets Measure Ozone Depletion For German Researchers

German aerospace research agency DLR has enlisted the services of two business jets for some extensive environmental research intended to measure ozone dep

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October 25, 2006

Pilatus Ups PC-12 Performance and Price

Pilatus’ PC-12 turboprop single will receive several upgrades next year, raising the base price of the aircraft by $80,000 to $2.79 million and a typically

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October 25, 2006

STC for Falcon 50 Engine Upgrade Delayed

Premier Aircraft of East Alton, Ill., continues to work with Honeywell on an engine upgrade program for the Falcon 50 expected to be completed in the third

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October 25, 2006

Matheson Buys Twin Commander Aircraft

Twin Commander Aircraft, the Arlington, Wash.

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October 25, 2006

Business aircraft shipments soar in ’05

Manufacturers delivered 738 general aviation turbine airplanes in the first nine months of this year, some 28 percent more than the 577 delivered in the sa

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October 25, 2006

KaiserAir rescues Canadian GIV crew stranded in Siberia

One Thursday in January, Tim Slater, an assistant chief pilot for Oakland, Calif.-based KaiserAir, received a call from his dispatcher telling him he would

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October 25, 2006

ICAO Concerned about A380 Wake Vortices

The horizontal distance currently required between lighter and heavier aircraft to avoid wake turbulence might have to be doubled for smaller aircraft flyi

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October 25, 2006

Piaggio: Avanti Announcement Premature

Although Piaggio named two new completion centers for the Avanti at the NBAA Convention last month, Tom Appleton, president and CEO of Piaggio America, tol

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October 25, 2006

A380 demos ‘gee whiz’ weight performance

To professional aerospace observers, there should be no such thing as culture shock, but even after several years of Airbus A380 gestation some of its vita

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October 25, 2006

2005 Pre-Owned Aircraft: Business Jets

Looking back on the past year, no one could have predicted just how active the pre-owned market would be.

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October 25, 2006

2005 Pre-Owned Aircraft: Turboprops

ellers of used turboprops, many of whom AIN contacted at last month’s NBAA Convention in Orlando, Fla., generally remain optimistic that the turnaro

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October 25, 2006

SPn prototype to complete envelope expansion soon

The flight-test program of the Grob Aerospace G180 SPn Utility Jet is progressing well, officials at the German manufacturer said last month at a briefing

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October 24, 2006

UK Parliment to investigate CIA jets

British lawmakers will probe allegations that the UK government has been allowing the U.S.

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October 24, 2006

Spectrum Aeronautical unveils the newest entry to VLJ market

Start-up Spectrum Aeronautical of Encinitas, Calif., joined the crowded very light jet segment last month when it unveiled a nine-seat, $3.65 million all-c

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October 24, 2006

OEMs focus on derivatives, not new models

While the business aviation industry remains healthy and forecasts predict continued growth, the established OEMs announced only incremental product upgrad

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October 24, 2006