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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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Does Market Analysis Suggest New Piaggio Bizjet?
Forecast International, a provider of market intelligence, has been engaged by a “world-ranked aircraft manufacturer” to evaluate the market for a new busi
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Czech Builder To Intro Twin Turboprop At Oshkosh
Czech aircraft designer and manufacturer Evektor-Aerotechnik, best known for a line of light piston singles, will begin promotion of its new EV-55 twin tur
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GE acquires Bulk of Aircraft Portfolio from CIT
CIT Group has sold most of its corporate aircraft financial business to GE Commercial Finance.
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Diamond Selects Garmin Avionics for D-Jet VLJ
Like its non-turbine siblings–the DA40 Diamond Star and DA42 Twin Star–the Diamond D-Jet will feature a Garmin G1000 integrated avionics suite, Olathe, Kan
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HondaJet To Make World Debut at Oshkosh
The Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture at Oshkosh, Wis., next month will be the site for the first public viewing of the HondaJet, an experimenta
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Grob SPn Light Jet Makes First Flight
The first business jet from Grob Aerospace made its maiden flight yesterday.
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Faster King Air To Take on Very Light Jets
Deliveries of the Beech King Air C90GT, a more powerful version of the C90B intended to compete with the impending very light jets (VLJs), are scheduled to
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Products Unveiled To Enhance Safety for VLJ Pilots
The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) and NBAA have released two new products designed to enhance safety for pilots of very light jets “and ot
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Eclipse Aviation Plays with Fire
Eclipse Aviation unveiled its home-grown PhostrEx fire-suppression system for the Eclipse 500 today at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis.
Charter & Fractional
Eclipse Receives First VLJ Order from a Fractional
With a firm order for 10 Eclipse 500s and an option for 10 more, London, Ontario-based OurPlane becomes the first fractional customer for the very light je
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First Production Mustang Takes to the Air
One month ahead of schedule, the first Citation Mustang production aircraft (S/N 0001) took to the air on Monday.
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Europe To Get New Offshore Aircraft Registry
The Isle of Man, a UK Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, hopes to have its own private aircraft register established by the end of next year.
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NBAA Moves 2005 Convention to Orlando, Nov. 9 to 11
NBAA has selected Orlando, Fla., as the new venue for its 58th Annual Meeting & Convention in November.
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Grob Light Jet Progressing in Flight-envelope Expansion
The flight-test program of the Grob Aerospace G180 SPn Utility Jet is progressing well, company officials said yesterday during a briefing at its Tussenhau
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In the Works: Jetcruzer LLC
Like the mythical phoenix, the AASI Jetcruzer 450/500 may arise from its ashes to fly again, this time as a single-turbofan, experimental airplane rather t
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In the Works: Sukhoi S-21
Sukhoi is continuing its feasibility studies on the S-21, a supersonic business jet, but officials do not give consistent answers to the question of when t
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In the Works: Raytheon Hawker Horizon
Some requirements of certification flight testing are impossible to complete from the home airfield, no matter where that may be.
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Boeing Denies Pullout from RRJ
Despite the standoff between Boeing and the Russian government over import tax relief for U.S.-made commercial jets, the Chicago-based manufacturer i
Charter & Fractional
Jet2000 to conduct trials with M-101T
Russian charter firm Jet2000 reached an agreement with Kaskol, Sokol and Myasischev, which jointly developed the M-101T Sokol (formerly Gzhel), to conduct
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Butler an bizjet target Learjet 20s for RVSM
The worldwide fleet of approximately 500 Learjet 20-series aircraft is the target for an RVSM solution offered by Olathe, Kan.-based Butler National.
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New plant shops to accommodate Falcon 7X
On June 17 Dassault Falcon Jet held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new paint hangar at the company’s Little Rock, Ark.
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First Eclipses Go to DayJet, Performance Data Released
Eclipse Aviation delivered to DayJet its first three Eclipse 500 VLJs on March 31, bringing Eclipse’s delivery total to five.
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Does GEX lightning-strike study strike out?
Banking and oil heir Michael Huffington, who is suing Bombardier over a Global Express he first ordered in 1995 and later rejected after he learned the air
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Learjet 40 receives Canada type approval
Bombardier last month received Transport Canada certification for the Learjet 40, a truncated version of the Learjet 45.
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Adam 500 certification expected by year-end
Adam Aircraft of Englewood, Colo., “hopes to announce receipt of the type inspection authorization for the Adam 500 [piston twin] soon,” a spokesman told A
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Cessna receives FAA papers for Citation Sovereign
On June 2 officials from the FAA’s central region presented the type certificate for the Citation Sovereign to Cessna Aircraft, about eight months after th
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XR-rated Learjet 45s now coming to fields near you
Bombardier received FAA approval last month of the Honeywell TFE731-20BR upgrade for the Learjet 45 and has started delivering upgraded aircraft–known as t
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Falcon 900DX takes 900C to the next level
In late May at the EBACE show in Geneva, Dassault unveiled a new version of the Falcon 900.
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Eclipse Claims 2,100 Airplanes Ordered, Bumps Up Price
After selling what it claims is 2,100 Eclipse 500s at between $837,500 and $950,000 apiece, Eclipse Aviation has increased the price on new orders for its
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Dassault Aims for Noise Reduction in 7X Cabin
Dassault plans to introduce an exceptionally quiet cabin in its new Falcon 7X business jet.
