All Business Jets articles – Page 722
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Bombardier fills gap left by Moss defection to rival Gulfstream
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA BOMBARDIER HAS moved quickly to limit damage caused by the departure of business-aircraft division president Bryan Moss for rival Gulfstream, where he will become vice-chairman. John Lawson, formerly vice-president, marketing and sales, has been promoted to replace Moss, a key figure in development of the ...
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Gulfstream
Vice-chairman Tom Bell, of manufacturer Gulfstream Aerospace of Savannah, Georgia, is to return to Burson-Marsteller as president and chief executive. He keeps his place on the Gulfstream board. Bill Boisture, executive vice-president, will take on Bell's operational responsibilities from 1 April. Source: Flight International
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Ozone watcher
The European Space Agency's latest satellite will monitor the Earth's ozone layer. Tim Furniss/ LONDON Europe's most complex environmental-monitoring satellite yet is scheduled for an Ariane 4 launch in April. The ERS 2 is the second of the European Space Agency's (ESA) remote-sensing satellites and, in ...
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Swissair supports Fokker 100
SWISSAIR HAS written to Fokker to make clear that it has no criticism of the Fokker 100, despite its probable dropping of the type from its fleet. The airline says, that its public comments on the Fokker 100's economics, when it said that the aircraft had "accounted ...
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Falcon Service Centres
Dassault Falcon Jet has added three Garrett Aviation Services sites in California, Illinois and Texas to its US service-centre network and reauthorised Illinois based Midcoast Aviation, under new owner Sabreliner, to support Falcon business jets. Source: Flight International
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Diamond
Karl Pfister has joined light-aircraft manufacturer Diamond Aircraft, of Ontario, Canada, as vice-president of manufacturing. He was previously head of production management and small-aircraft projects for Burkhart Grob. Earl Boyter is named head of worldwide marketing and sales. He was formerly, eastern sales manager for Diamond USA, the North American ...
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Starkraft ditches kitplane plans
STARKRAFT HAS dropped plans to market its Model 700 piston-twin as a kitplane and is arranging financing to certificate the eight-place, all-composite aircraft. A prototype was flown for the first time in December 1994, powered by two 260kW (350hp), liquid-cooled Teledyne Continental TSIOL-550s mounted in the nose and ...
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Gulfstream Expansion
Gulfstream Aerospace has opened a parts centre in Bahrain, serving the Middle East and Africa, under a warehouse and distribution agreement with DHL Worldwide Express. Source: Flight International
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One-Stop Maintenance
Duncan Aviation and Jet Aviation have joined forces to perform "one-stop" business-aircraft heavy maintenance at Teterboro, New Jersey. Duncan will perform avionics installations and service, while Jet provides engine and airframe support. Source: Flight International
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GE90-powered 777 reaches Mach 0.96 in dive
THE GENERAL ELECTRIC GE90-powered Boeing 777 reached Mach 0.96 during a high-speed dive in February, as part of a faster-than-expected expansion of the aircraft/engine flight envelope. "We are well into the test schedule. In fact we're already at the point that we'd normally be at six weeks into ...
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Providing the answers
The causes of accidents are often not found because of inadequate flight-data recorders. Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES The United Airlines Boeing 737-200 which rolled on its back and crashed for no apparent reason on the approach to Colorado Springs in March 1991 carried a six-parameter ...
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Better business
Business improved for corporate-aircraft makers in 1994 and the upswing is expected to continue. Howard Gethin and Jennifer Pite/LONDON Last year saw the highest number of business-jet shipments by US manufacturers for 12 years and the best turbine-aircraft orders backlogs since the early 1980s. Those key ...
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Fokker slashes costs in new restructuring plan
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Fokker has embarked upon a radical programme of restructuring, job cuts and site closures in a bid to pull itself back into profit by mid-1996. Losses have been mounting at the Dutch manufacturer as output has dwindled to only 50 aircraft a year - ...
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Falcon feat
Dassault's extended-range Falcon 900 may have arrived at just the right moment. Julian Moxon/PARIS With long-range business travel apparently on the increase as the world recession eases, Dassault chose a good moment to introduce the extended-range Falcon 900EX at the October 1994 US National ...
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Wichita watch
Wichita, the centre of the world's corporate aircraft manufacturing, is watching the recovery anxiously. Graham Warwick/WICHITA Any signs of a recovery in the general-aviation market are particularly welcome in Wichita, Kansas, where more than two-thirds of all the world's business aircraft are built. Shipments ...
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Aer Lingus close to finalising deal to lease three BAe 146-300s
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON AER LINGUS IS close to completing a deal to lease three British Aerospace 146-300 regional-jets to allow it to compete on routes between Ireland and UK regional airports. The aircraft are being made ready for leasing by BAe's Assett Management Organisation, although Aer Lingus ...
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Executive Jet sells all 1995 Ultra shares
EXECUTIVE JET Aviation (EJA) says that it has sold full shareholdings in 16 Citation Ultra business-jets due for delivery in 1995 for its NetJets fractional-ownership programme. The aircraft are part of a $150 million order for 25 Citation Ultras announced in July 1994. First delivery is due in ...
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Jetstream aims for J41 backlog
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON JETSTREAM AIRCRAFT aims to build a three-year backlog for its J41 30-seat turboprop to take into the alliance with ATR when the merger is completed by the end of this year. Marketing director Nick Godwin estimates that orders for the J41 earned it ...
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Piaggio anxiety increases
CONCERN OVER the future of Piaggio is growing as attempts to find a new owner fail to progress. The troubled, Italian Aerospace Company has been run for the past three months by administrators, appointed by, the Italian Bankruptcy Courts. Switzerland's Pilatus group has withdrawn from the bidding, leaving ...
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Cessna spells out plans for single-engine revival
CESSNA AIRCRAFT has revealed new details of its plan to re-enter the single-engine piston aircraft market. Cessna chairman Russ Meyer says that his firm will build 2,000 model 172s, 182s and 206s in 1998 - the first full year of production. The initial 25-30 aircraft, to be ...