All Business Jets articles – Page 83
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Industry raising the profile of upset recovery training
How well equipped are airline and business jet pilots to cope with a loss of control incident? It is a question that has perplexed the industry for two decades, but which was brought starkly home by the crash of Air France flight 447 in 2009, when the Airbus A330 pilots ...
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Opinion
OPINION: Why business aviation must innovate to drive recovery
In business aviation, sales slumps are usually broken by the arrival of new products, which explains why most forecasts predict any recovery will occur after 2017. That aligns with the arrival of several impressive models, such as the Bombardier Global 7000, Cessna Citation Longitude, Gulfstream G500 and Pilatus PC-24.
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News
Latest flight milestone keeps Bombardier on recovery path
By getting the Global 7000 into the air for the first time on 4 November, Bombardier adds to a seven-month string of achievements that have put the manufacturer on a long road to recovery, even as previous delays paint a cloudy market outlook for the company’s longest-range business jet.
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News
NBAA: Piaggio secures breakthrough US order for Evo
Piaggio Aerospace is hailing its first North American order for the P180 Avanti Evo as a “symbolic and industrial milestone”. The deal for five of the latest version of its twin-pusher turboprop comes as the Italian manufacturer looks to bolster its military activities in the face of several years of ...
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News
NBAA: Honda boosts presence in Latin America
Honda Aircraft has appointed SYI Aviation to provide sales, service and support in several countries in South America, Central America and all of the Caribbean. The Panama City-based dealer expands HondaJet sales efforts in the region a year after Honda Aircraft established a presence in Brazil.
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News
NBAA: Bell and Mecaer unveil new 505 luxury interior
Bell Helicopter and Mecaer have unveiled a new VIP interior for the 505 Jet Ranger X, adding to the MAGnificent cabins already offered on the larger 429 and 525.
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News
NBAA: Epic edges to E1000 certification
Epic Aircraft is showing a mock-up of its E1000 at the static – alongside one of the last examples of its LT kit plane sibling – as it prepares to start producing the single-engine turboprop.
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News
NBAA: Viking looks to Brazil potential after securing Twin Otter certification
Viking, the Canadian manufacturer of the Twin Otter Series 400, is celebrating securing its latest national approval.
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News
NBAA: Aerion has two engine options but fails to make decision by show
While Aerion has narrowed an extended engine selection process for its supersonic business jet down to two options, it missed a self-imposed deadline to announce a propulsion supplier at this year’s show, says chief executive Doug Nichols.
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News
NBAA: One Aviation promotes new version of Eclipse very light jet
One Aviation is at the show to promote its upgraded Eclipse very light jet, code named Project Canada. The aircraft was launched in July at the AirVenture show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and is scheduled to make its first flight in the second half of 2017.
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News
NBAA: Quest hoping for European certification for Kodiak next year
Quest Aircraft is hoping to secure long-awaited European certification for its Kodiak single-engined turboprop in the second quarter of 2017 and says delays in the approval process have already cost the company a number of orders.
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News
NBAA: Pilatus's first jet makes fleeting appearance
Pilatus’s PC-24 made a fleeting US debut at NBAA on 2 November with the Swiss manufacturer insisting that its first jet is running to schedule for certification next year.
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News
NBAA: Greenpoint to collaborate with supersonic start-up
Greenpoint Technologies will collaborate on interior cabin designs with Spike Aerospace, a start-up that is developing the S-512 supersonic business jet.
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News
NBAA: Jet Aviation Basel takes delivery of 777-300ER for VIP fit-out
Jet Aviation’s Basel completions centre has taken delivery of the first of two Boeing Business Jet 777-300ERs for interior fit-out, commissioned by the airframer on behalf of a government client based in Asia.
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News
NBAA: Dassault 5X on track, says Trappier
Dassault Aviation’s Falcon 5X is back on track following a two-year delay to the programme announced earlier this year, with company executives confident that the wide-cabin jet will be ready for service entry in 2020.
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News
NBAA: Nextant displays G90XT with single-level throttle
Nextant Aerospace is showing at NBAA the first multi-engined turboprop aircraft with a single-level throttle.
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News
NBAA: Online marketplace for business aviation finance launched
The first online marketplace connecting buyers of business and general aviation aircraft with specialist aviation financiers has been launched at the show by US asset management company AirFinance.
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News
NBAA: Piper M350 gains certification
Piper Aircraft has gained European Aviation Safety Agency certification for its M350 piston single, opening the way for the $1.1 million aircraft to enter service on the continent.
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News
NBAA: Daher cuts the TBM ownership cost
Daher unveiled a new programme at the show that is designed to ease the cost of owning a TBM single-engined turboprop.
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News
NBAA: Stellar and Stratajet war of words
Stratajet boss Jonny Nicol has stoked a war of words with would-be rival Stellar Labs, which has been attempting to claim parity with the UK company.