All Business Jets articles – Page 105
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Interview
INTERVIEW: James Pearson: Promoting aviation through education
James Pearson is the course director of fast-growing Aviation Management degree at Coventry University where he also holds the position of senior lecturer in airline strategy and applied economics
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NewsDaher's TBM 900 reaches 100th delivery milestone
Daher has handed over the 100th TBM 900, just 20 months after the latest iteration of the long-running single-engined turboprop line entered service
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News
ST Aero cuts stake in business jet lessor
ST Aerospace has sold its 26% stake in business jet lessor and manager CJS Aviation to Caterhamjet Holdings.
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NewsGulfstream announces layoffs, altering five-year growth trajectory
Gulfstream is reducing its total workforce by nearly 7% a month before releasing production rate plans for 2016.
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Lockheed civil helicopter outlook worsens since Sikorsky deal
Lockheed Martin has seen the outlook worsen for a recovery in the commercial helicopter market since acquiring Sikorsky, says chief financial officer Bruce Tanner.
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NewsEmbry-Riddle orders 10 more DA42s for pilot training
Diamond Aircraft Industries has sold 10 DA42-VI piston-twins to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) for its multi-engine pilot training course.
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Russia studying non-traditional fuel technology for GA operators
Russian general aviation operators in remote, oil-rich regions could save 20-40% of flight hour costs in future, due to research being carried out at the Baranov Central Institute of Aviation Motor Development (TsIAM) into non-traditional aviation fuels, including from associated petroleum gas.
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NewsEvektor secures agreement for up to 50 EV-55s from China
Czech general aviation manufacturer Evektor has signed an agreement with China’s Guangdong Longhao group for the purchase of up to 50 EV-55 Outback utility aircraft.
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NewsRutan's SkiGull completes first flight
Burt Rutan pledged to continue designing new aircraft after completing the first flight of the homebuilt SkiGull amphibian, his 47th design to fly.
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Dassault opens multi-million dollar Little Rock extension
Dassault has opened a 23,230m² (250,000ft²) hangar at its US facility in Little Rock, Arkansas, that will house completions of the in-development Falcon 5X and 8X business jets.
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NewsQuest delivers first Japanese-registered Kodiak
Quest Aircraft has delivered the first Japanese-registered Kodiak single-engined turboprops to an unnamed seaplane operator, following certification of the 10-seat, high-wing type in early November by the country’s civil aviation authority.
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NewsDassault delivers medevac 2000LX to Beijing Red Cross
On 23 November, Dassault delivered a Falcon 2000LX business jet to Chinese medical evacuation provider Beijing Red Cross Emergency Medical Center (999).
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Embraer Legacy 500 to gain steep approach approvals
Embraer's Legacy 500 is poised to receive approval from London City airport and EASA for steep-approach operations, permitting the midsize business jet to perform approaches at descent angles of up to 5.5°.
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Wheels Up poised for European expansion
US membership-based Beechcraft King Air 350i operator Wheels Up plans to launch a European programme in 2016 and expects to have its first twin-engined turboprop "on the ground" early in the year.
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Blackhawk secures engine upgrade approval for Cessna Caravan
US engineering company and aftermarket specialist Blackhawk Modifications has received US certification for its Cessna 208 and 208B Caravan engine upgrade, and says it has launched a worldwide certification effort to boost sales of the single-engined turboprop revamp.
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NewsGulfstream flies second and third G500 test aircraft
Development of the Gulfstream G500 large-cabin business jet made another advance on 20 November, with the manufacturer's second and third test aircraft joining the flight test campaign.
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Interview
Interview: Denel engineer Puseletso Matlala
Puseletso Matlala is an engineer for Denel Aviation in South Africa, currently designing a controller for autorotation when the engine fails on a rotary wing unmanned aerial vehicle
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Opinion
OPINION: Textron Aviation's bold advance is good news for Wichita
Long before Textron Aviation there was Travel Air. Travel Air launched in 1925 when Clyde Cessna and Walter Beech – two Wichita-based aircraft designers – teamed up with Lloyd Stearman to produce the Model A biplane. When Curtiss-Wright acquired Travel Air four years later, its value had risen by a ...
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News
NBAA: HondaJet closes in on certification
HondaJet expects type certification for the HA-420 light jet “very soon” after completing certification flight tests only a week ago, says chief executive Michimasa Fujino.
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NBAA: Embraer Legacy 500 breaks speed records
Flying transoceanic, the Embraer Legacy 500 has set two speed records, the Brazilian manufacturer announced on 18 November.