News | 12 Nov 2008 17:00 | Jeffrey Decker
Cirrus Design has stretched the fuselage of its SJ-50 Vision to enhance low-speed performance of the...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Cirrus-stretches-SJ-50-Vision-fuselage-318748/News | 11 Sep 2008 15:31 | Jeff Decker
<P>This week sees the return of the annual <A href="http://www.airrace.org/indexJS.php">Reno National Championship Air Races</A>, which is one of the few remaining events in the world where aircraft race against each other in real time. </P> <P>The Air Races have been run since 1964 near Reno, Nevada, USA, and are currently held at Reno Stead Field, about eight miles North of Reno.</P> <P>Our roving reporter, Jeff Decker, is at the Air Races recording a video diary of each day of the event:</P> <P> </P> <DIV align=center><EMBED name=flashObj pluginspage=http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash src=http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1785324683 width=300 height=361 type=application/x-shockwave-flash swLiveConnect="true" seamlesstabbing="false" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" flashVars="playerId=1785324683&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=hthttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/VIDEOS-Reno-US-National-Championship-Air-Races-315889/News | 25 Aug 2008 12:00 | Jeff Decker
<P><A href="www.eclipseaviation.com">Eclipse</A> will lay off 38% of its workforce three weeks into the leadership of new CEO Roel Pieper, who has buoyed numerous struggling companies with reorganization in his career. </P> <P>The layoffs include temporary workers on hire for less than six months but officials aren’t saying which executive posts are among the 650 employees being cut. Eclipse maintenance facilities in Albany and Gainesville will lose workers, as will Albuquerque headquarters. </P> <P>Production of the Eclipse 500 will slow in 2008 but rebound in 2009 and climb above the present rate of just less than one per day. The remaining workforce will be 1,100 employees. </P> <P>"Financial stability is critical for this company and unfortunately, a reduction in workforce was necessary to achieve it,” says Pieper.<BR></P>http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Eclipse-reduces-workforce-by-38-315134/News | 28 Jul 2008 15:00 | Jeff Decker
Eclipse Aviation's new CEO Roel Pieper says production of the Eclipse 400 single jet is no certainty and that other changes are in store as he takes the reins from company founder Vern Raburn.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/OSHKOSH-2008-Eclipse-400-is-no-certainty-Pieper-226135/News | 28 May 2008 14:01 | Jeff Decker
US researchers claim to have come up with a renewable replacement for leaded avgas 18 months ahead of the final US ban on the general aviation fuel. Researchers...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Avgas-replacement-hopes-to-beat-US-leaded-ban-224253/News | 03 Mar 2008 15:02 | Jeff Decker
Europe EASA delays light sport rulemaking Development of a light sport aircraft category in Europe is again being pushed back, as the European...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/European-Aviation-Safety-Agency-delays-light-sport-rulemaking-221955/