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Flurry of New Orders for Embraer

Embraer entered the Paris Air Show on a roll last month and exited with a flourish, signing orders for fourteen 118-seat 195s with Flybe and twenty 190s wi

Aircraft

October 10, 2006

Q400 Sales Boost Turboprop Revival

Bombardier’s Q400 turboprop continues to steal the spotlight from the company’s regional jet offerings, most recently drawing a firm order for another four

Aircraft

October 10, 2006

Bell/Agusta 609 tiltrotor returns to flight status

Pietro Venanzi took the left seat in the BA609 during the tiltrotor’s return to flight status, at Bell’s XworX center near Fort Worth, Texas, on June 3.

Aircraft

October 10, 2006

HondaJet to debut at Oshkosh show

The experimental HondaJet is scheduled to make its worldwide public debut at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., later this month.

Aircraft

October 9, 2006

Aerion: viable market for SSBJ

Last month at the Paris Air Show, Reno, Nev.-based Aerion said its market research, conducted over the past nine months by aerospace market research and st

Aircraft

October 9, 2006

Competitor SAI also moving forward with its SSBJ

Supersonic Aerospace International (SAI) of Las Vegas said it continues to work with Lockheed Martin on the Quiet Small Supersonic Transport (QSST), the ci

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October 9, 2006

NetJets and SSBJs

A former NetJets researcher places high odds on the likelihood of the fractional pioneer operating a fleet of supersonic business jets.

Charter & Fractional

October 9, 2006

Verdict on Smaller Falcon ‘Early Next Year’

Dassault will decide by early next year whether to launch a smaller Falcon, chairman and CEO Charles Edelstenne said shortly before the Paris Air Show last

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October 9, 2006

Grob backer now majority owner

Executive Jet Investments (EJI), the Swiss-based group of investors that has had a 50-percent stake in the Grob SPn Utility light business jet, has now acq

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October 9, 2006

C series gets its engine, launch delayed until fall

Pratt & Whitney Canada plans to build a brand-new engine for Bom-bardier’s C Series line of single-aisle airliners.

Aircraft

October 9, 2006

Embraer E175 gets FAA nod

The 78- to 88-seat Embraer E175 earned its FAA certification last month, paving the way for deliveries to start in the U.S.

Aircraft

October 9, 2006

Premier I Subject of Proposed AD

Reports of cracks found on the rudder-pedal arm assemblies of two Raytheon Beech Premier I light jets have prompted a proposed AD that mandates replacing a

Aircraft

October 9, 2006

Boeing Flies 737-900ER, Platform for BBJ3

On September 1 Boeing’s new 737-900ER, the platform for the new BBJ3, made its maiden flight.

Aircraft

October 9, 2006

Original BBJ3 Platform Was 757-200/300

The original BBJ3, which was proposed in early 2000, was going to be a 7,000-nm aircraft based on the 757-200 fuselage and 757-300 wing.

Aircraft

October 9, 2006

…Reveals Two New Business Jets

Embraer’s numbering system for its existing models suggests current gaps in the line, and company chairman Mauricio Botelho, speaking in Manhattan last mon

Aircraft

October 9, 2006

Falcon Orders Picking Up this Year

Dassault said it received orders for 52 Falcons in the first six months of this year, compared with 62 for the whole of last year.

Aircraft

October 9, 2006