All Business Jets articles – Page 723
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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 ...
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Samsung considers joining four-seat Skycar project
SOUTH KOREA'S Samsung Aerospace, has agreed to study the feasibility, of jointly developing a four-seat vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft with US designer, Moller International. Davis, California-based Moller, has been developing the ducted-fan Skycar since 1983 and has invested $35 million in the programme to date. ...
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Marshall wins second order for TriStar freighter work
MARSHALL AEROSPACE of the UK is to convert three Lockheed L-1011-200 TriStars to freighters for International Air Leases (IAL), and the company has also negotiated additional options. The deal is the second major TriStar freight-conversion contract for Marshall, which again beat rival Lockheed Aeronautical Services (LAS) for the ...
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SIA Learjet Order
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has ordered two more Learjet 31s and four Learjet 45 aircraft, worth $65 million, for pilot training. They replace four Learjet 31s in service since 1991. The two new 31s are due for delivery in December and the four 45s in 1997. Source: Flight International
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Significant achievement
The first NH Industries NH90 takes shape. Julian Moxon/PARIS At first sight, it might be difficult to appreciate the significance of the all-composite fuselage shell sitting on makeshift landing gear at Eurocopter France's Marseilles factory. It is, however, the visible evidence of progress on what is potentially ...
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FedEx orders more Airbus freighters
EXPRESS FREIGHT company FedEx has placed a follow-on order for seven Airbus A310-200 freighter conversions from Daimler-Benz Aerospace Airbus (DAA). Conversion of an eighth aircraft is still under discussion. The aircraft are being bought by Memphis-based FedEx from Delta Airlines' fleet, and will be converted to A310-200F freighter ...
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MDC returns assembly to Long Beach
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) is to build MD-11 fuselage barrels at its Long Beach final-assembly site after a coalition of California state, local city, union and local utility officials agreed a cost-saving package worth up to $138 million over the next five years. ...
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GAMA encouraged by law change and output figures
The easing of general-aviation product-liability legislation in 1994 has left the US light-aircraft industry "...at the threshold of a new era and stands poised for recovery", according to David Burner, chairman of the US General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA). Burner, president of BFGoodrich Aerospace, notes that piston-powered production ...
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Chinese Learjet
China's first privately owned Learjet corporate aircraft will be delivered to Hainan Airlines in April. The Learjet 55 was purchased from a US operator and is being refurbished by Learjet. The aircraft will be used for charter flights. Source: Flight International
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Gulfstream Expands
Gulfstream Aerospace is planning to build an 18,580m2 (200,000ft2) expansion to its aircraft-service site at its Savannah, Georgia, headquarters to serve Gulfstream V customers. The centre will be able to accommodate 12 Gulfstream Vs and be used for other models. Source: Flight International
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Learjet may add aircraft to reach model 45 schedule
LEARJET IS considering adding a fifth aircraft to the Learjet 45 flight-test programme, to ensure that it meets the December 1996 deadline for certification of the new business jet. The manufacturer has promised to deliver eight aircraft to customers by the end of parent company Bombardier's 1996 financial ...
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R-R details Trent 890 flight-test schedule
Kieran Daly/DERBY ROLLS-ROYCE WILL begin flight testing of the Trent 890 for the Boeing 777 on the airframer's 747 testbed in late March. The company had hoped to avoid the 747 test phase, but Boeing insisted, following unexpected events with the rival Pratt & Whitney and ...
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Tridair aims for Gemini in-flight engine-start certification
TRIDAIR HELICOPTERS, the California-based developer of the modified twin-engined Bell 206L-1/3/4 (known as the Gemini ST), plans to certificate it for in-flight starting of the second engine in 1996. The modification will allow pilots to take off using one of the helicopter's two engines and then start up ...
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Bombardier and Embraer confirm regional sales
BOMBARDIER REGIONAL Aircraft has won a firm order for five Canadair Regional Jets (CRJs) from Delta Connection carrier Comair and is holding out the prospect of the airline taking a total of 70 aircraft. Cincinnati-based Comair confirmed five options, worth about $87 million, to add to its 20 ...
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Certification delayed for Cessna Citation X
Graham Warwick/WICHITA CERTIFICATION OF the Cessna Citation X high-speed business jet has been pushed back from August to November, but the manufacturer still plans to deliver the first customer aircraft in April 1996. Flight-test hold-ups will delay delivery of the first two Citation X demonstrators to late November or ...
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Reims may return to light singles
REIMS AVIATION president Jean-Paul Pellessier says that he will decide on whether to resume licence production of Cessna piston-singles "within a few weeks", following the US manufacturer's decision to re-start production of such types at the beginning of 1997. "I am very enthusiastic about it, but there are ...
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Grob Strato 2C takes shape
GROB HAS COMPLETED the airframe of its Strato 2C high-altitude research aircraft, with the aircraft now in final assembly. A first flight is now scheduled for this year. The German company has been seeking additional funding from the Federal Ministry of Research and Technology to complete the project. The twin-engined ...
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Grob Strato 2C takes shape
GROB HAS COMPLETED the airframe of its Strato 2C high-altitude research aircraft, with the aircraft now in final assembly. A first flight is now scheduled for this year. The German Company has been seeking additional funding from the Federal Ministry of Research and Technology to complete the project. The twin-engine ...
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ANA re-jigs aircraft orders in fleet plan
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (ANA) has announced major new aircraft purchases, order deferrals and cancellations, resulting from a review of its fleet requirement up to 2000 and beyond The changes cover the purchase of 18 new Airbus A321s and A320s and Boeing 767s and 777s, ...
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ANA re-jigs aircraft orders in fleet plan
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (ANA) has announced major new aircraft purchases, order deferrals and cancellations, resulting from a review of its fleet requirement up to 2000 and beyond The changes cover the purchase of 18 new Airbus A321s and A320s and Boeing 767s and ...