All General aviation articles – Page 231
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NBAA 09: Business aircraft buyers' priorities shift
Environmental compliance, plus efficiency of design and operation, are going to be driving forces in the business aviation industry in a way not foreseen at the NBAA convention even a year ago, predicts the General Aviation Manufacturers Association president and chief executive operator Pete Bunce
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NBAA 09: Cessna awash in Citation X winglets
Cessna says it has completed five Citation X elliptical winglet installations since July and has orders for "at least" 15 more. The company is teamed with...
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NBAA 09: Jeppesen and Satcom Direct to bundle services
Jeppesen and Satcom Direct have teamed up to offer bundled services integrating each company's respective flight planning and cockpit communications solutions. The...
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NBAA 09: Honeywell bolsters position with advanced vision and navigation products for OEMS
Honeywell (booth 2600) has solidified its lead position in the advanced vision and navigation arena with the launch of two products for high-end cockpits....
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NBAA 09: Atlantic seeks to boost aircraft-towing safety
Atlantic Aviation (booth 5115) has launched a "tow certified" program designed to reduce the number of aircraft towing-related accidents and incidents. It...
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ST Aero flying school gets CAAS approval
Singapore Technologies Aviation Training has received regulatory approval to be a flight training organisation (FTO).
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Police called in as UK start-up Excelsis disintegrates
Proposed UK start-up carrier Excelsis Airways appears to have collapsed at the planning stage, after its management team resigned.
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General aviation in brief
Kamov has clinched European certification for its multi-role Ka-32A11BC twin-engined helicopter, paving the way for it to operate...
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Lisa plans to expand seaplane family
French start-up manufacturer Lisa Airplanes is planning to build a family of turbine-powered seaplanes based...
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Working Week: Cutting the cloth to suit the cabin
Cutting the cloth to suit the cabin Shane Bray is commercial director at Simon Jersey, the UK-based airline crew and corporate uniform specialist....
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Comment: Volunteer or be volunteered
Business aviation could easily be safer than it is. Corporate operators and big fractional ownership companies could improve only a little as their standards...
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Bisignani calls for government investment to meet ICAO climate change goals
The airline industry's ability to meet ICAO's fuel efficiency targets will be contingent upon governments modernizing air traffic management systems and...
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Business Aviation Census: Used aircraft market reaches a trough
The used aircraft market has been suffocated by the economic downturn. Since the start of the crisis a year ago a substantial portion of the world's business...
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NewsNBAA 09: Say hello to BOB, LiveTV's new Blackberry on-Board system
ONE COMPANY that is not ready to give up its market share in the US general aviation community to Aircell is JetBlue Airways subsidiary...
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Airlink Jetstream crash pilot dies
South African carrier Airlink has announced that the pilot of the British Aerospace Jetstream 41 which crashed in Durban two week ago has died.
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NewsVIDEO & PICTURE: Gulfstream rolls G250 and G650 within two weeks
Gulfstream has rolled out its second new business jet in as many weeks. The first prototype of the super-midsize...
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WAEA2009: Aircell tables standalone Internet for bizjet market
Aircell has introduced a new standalone, high-speed Internet unit for the business aviation market.
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WAEA2009: AP Avionx launches Cab-n-Connect
AP Avionx, which provides critical system components to enable in-flight broadband services, has launched a new 802.11n cabin wireless access point called...
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Open rotor: how does it work?
An open rotor engine is essentially a turboprop with two rows of blades, or propellers
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NewsHK introduces shorter flight routes to help airlines save fuel
Hong Kong's Civil Aviation Department (CAD) has shortened the flight routes to Hong Kong's airport which means aircraft arriving from Europe, China, the...