General Aviation news

EBACE: Dassault marks 50 years of Falcon at Geneva

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:30:00 GMT

Dassault is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its Falcon brand at EBACE by showing off one of the latest members of the family - although not the long-anticipated...

EBACE: Beechcraft ditches protection talk to focus on potential

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:00:00 GMT

Beechcraft is at EBACE to tell the market unequivocally that it is back in business as a manufacturer and developer of pistons and turboprop aircraft

EBACE: Cessna preparing for market rebound

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:00:00 GMT

Cessna is at EBACE looking to promote a positive, yet realistic, outlook for Europe's business aviation industry in which it says it is investing new products...

EBACE: Gulfstream praises early G650 reliability

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT

Gulfstream is praising the early reliability of its latest and largest business jet as a completed G650 makes a debut appearance at EBACE.

EBACE: Ruag completes first Piaggio P180 D-check

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Ruag Aviation has performed its first D-check on a Piaggio P180 Avanti at its facility at Lugano airport in Switzerland.

EC225 grounding hits revenue and profit at Eurocopter

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:07:00 GMT

Eurocopter's ongoing problems with its EC225, which have seen large parts of the fleet effectively grounded due to a gearbox fault, contributed to a slump...

Wingletted Hawker 800s height-limited and awaiting modification

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT

The operators of Hawker 800 business jets with winglets have received a service bulletin from winglet manufacturer Aviation Partners instructing them not...

Cessna considers expanding local production in more high-growth markets

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:40:00 GMT

Cessna executives have started thinking about the merits of expanding manufacturing operations in high-growth markets outside China, where the company is...

Cessna eyes range boost for new Sovereign

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:20:00 GMT

Entry into service for the revamped Cessna Sovereign could slip into the fourth quarter, possibly extending a production hiatus of the nine-seat...

Cranfield airport seeks fourfold increase in business jet traffic

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:00:00 GMT

Cranfield airport is stepping up its marketing effort in a bid to attract...

Hawker Pacific sells two King Air B200s to RFDS

Mon, 13 May 2013 07:50:15 GMT

Hawker Pacific has sold two Beechcraft King Air B200 aircraft to the Royal Flying Doctors Service (RFDS), Queensland Section.

RFDS will use the aircraft...

Sikorsky nears agreement on Turkish Black Hawk production

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT

Turkey's undersecretariat for defence industries and Sikorsky intend to finalise negotiations that will result in a contract award to build T-70i-variant...

Beechcraft gathering market feedback on single-engined turboprop

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:33:00 GMT

Beechcraft says it is getting closer to defining the key features of a single-engined turboprop that could form part of its propeller family of aircraft before the end of the decade.

EC135 picked for Turkish air ambulance duties

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT

Eurocopter's EC135 will perform medical airlift duties throughout Turkey, with a fleet of 17 helicopters to be flown by the Turkish Aeronautical Association's...

Icon A5 faces new delays on FAA weight exemption request

Tue, 07 May 2013 19:43:00 GMT

Icon Aircraft must supply significantly more data about the A5 amphibian before the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will consider a long-standing...

Pentagon maintains Chinese fifth-gen jets will not be operational before 2018

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:02:00 GMT

The Pentagon maintains that it does not expect either of China's fifth-generation fighter programmes to become operational before 2018. "We do not...

Terrafugia contemplates flying VTOL car

Mon, 06 May 2013 21:39:00 GMT

Terrafugia is exploring the feasibility of a four-seat, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) plug-in hybrid-electric flying car which it has dubbed the TF-X, the company announced on 5 May.

Solar Impulse completes first leg of trans-USA journey

Mon, 06 May 2013 15:35:00 GMT

Solar Impulse has completed the first leg of its historic trip across the USA, flying from San Francisco, California to Phoenix, Arizona. The solar-powered...

VIDEO: Vanished An-2 found in forest swamp

Mon, 06 May 2013 08:23:00 GMT

Russian investigators have located, in a forest, the wreckage of an Antonov An-2 which vanished from an airport 11 months ago. The aircraft conducted...

PICTURE: New Sovereign takes to the skies

Wed, 01 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT

Cessna flew the first production-conforming version of its new Citation Sovereign for the first time late last month.