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SINGAPORE: VTOL business aircraft concept unveiled
Bombardier, Cessna, Dassault and Gulfstream may not be watching their backs just yet, but a UK start-up has unveiled plans at the show for the world’s first vertical take-off and landing business aircraft.
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SINGAPORE: Longitude pauses demo tour for show debut
Textron Aviation has taken time out from a globe-circling demonstration tour with its new Cessna Citation Longitude to make a Singapore air show debut with the super-midsize business jet.
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SINGAPORE: Bombardier shows off Global 6000 cabin
Bombardier is showing its latest Global 6000 cabin in Asia for the first time, as the Canadian manufacturer continues to notch up orders in the region for its revamped long-range, large cabin business jet.
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SINGAPORE: Show debut for Dassault Falcon 8X
Dassault Aviation has brought its new flagship, the Falcon 8X, to Singapore, with the ultra-long-range jet making its show debut.
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SINGAPORE: Double debut for Gulfstream's dynamic duo
Gulfstream is giving an Asian double debut to the two new newest members of its business jet family, the G500 and G600.
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TAG Farnborough records largest annual movement tally in a decade
TAG Farnborough, the UK's only dedicated business aviation airport, has recorded its highest annual movements for a decade, reflecting a resurgence in global business aviation traffic, notably from Africa, Asia and Europe.
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INTERVIEW: Mark Wharry leads UAS training at Strat Aero
Mark Wharry is director of commercial UAS training and education for Strat Aero. Mark spent nearly 15 years in the Royal Air Force, during which time he became the UK Armed Forces' most highly-qualified unmanned aircraft instructor.
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SINGAPORE: Farnborough show to debut host of new features
Farnborough air show organisers are in Singapore to talk up this year’s event, which will feature a host of new features as well as the site’s first permanent exhibition hall.
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Airbus US outpost starts VTOL taxi flight tests
Airbus's Silicon Valley-based advanced projects unit A³ has started flight tests with an autonomous vertical take-off and landing aircraft that has been designed to serve as an air taxi for a single passenger.
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Fate of Hemisphere project hinges on Silvercrest fix, CEO says
Textron has put the future of the largest Cessna-branded business jet on hold until it knows whether Safran can resolve a problem detected in October with the Silvercrest engine during high-altitude testing.
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NewsBombardier enters final phase of Global 7000 testing
Bombardier has entered the final phase of a 14-month-old airworthiness campaign after the fifth Global 7000 business jet entered flight testing on 30 January.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Daher looks to expand US and digital footprint
TBM owner Daher has notched up its second best year for deliveries of the single-engined turboprop, and a record since it acquired the Tarbes-based airframer in 2009. The French group shipped a combined 57 TBM 910s and TBM 930s in the 12 months to December, three more than the previous ...
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GippsAero eyes 2018 delivery of first GA10
Australia's GippsAero, owned by Indian company Mahindra Aerospace, hopes to deliver the first GA10 Airvan in the second half of 2018, with a key focus being the type's capability as an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) platform.
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AG600 completes second test flight
AVIC's AG600 amphibian has conducted its second sortie, less than one month after its first flight on 26 December 2017.
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BAe 125 struck trees after crew mis-set altimeter
Pilots of an executive jet failed to set their altimeter to the correct pressure level before the aircraft descended low enough to collide with trees, investigators in Russia have determined.
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Gulfstream results spark large cabin optimism for 2018
Demand for Gulfstream’s flagship G650 and G650ER recovered dramatically in the fourth quarter, with parent company General Dynamics reporting a 78% year-over-year jump in new orders for the ultra-long-range, large cabin jet, says chief executive Phoebe Novakovic.
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NewsPICTURE: Maiden sortie for second Epic Aircraft E1000 prototype
Epic Aircraft flew the second and final E1000 flight-test aircraft on 23 January, and is preparing the high-performance single-engined turboprop for certification and service entry in the third quarter of 2018.
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Stobart opens new London Southend private aviation terminal
Stobart Group’s ambitions to become a leading provider of business aircraft and passenger handling services in Europe took major leap forward on 18 January with the inauguration of its first fixed-base operation.
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NewsVistaJet records 'strongest year ever' and plots expansion
VistaJet recorded its “strongest year ever” in 2017, thanks to a surge in demand for its high-end subscription-based programme and large fleet of bespoke Bombardier business jets.
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NewsGulfstream launches G500 global demo tour
Gulfstream has embarked on a six-month global customer demonstration tour with its G500, ahead of US type certification and service entry for the super-large-cabin, long-range business jet early this year.