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NBAA: Checking out helicopter operator safety standards
Helicopter operations make up a significant proportion of business aviation activity, but there has been no independent industry risk profile prepared for...
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NBAA 09: CMC prepares for industry upturn
CMC Electronics (booth 4137) believes it is well placed to ride out the recession thanks to its continued investment in new products and the industry's ever-increasing...
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NBAA 09: Interest in supersonic business jet has not waned, says Aerion
The economic crisis has not dampened market enthusiasm for the Aerion supersonic business jet program, says Aerion chairman Robert Bass. Bass said...
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NBAA 09: Middle East's JetEx has global ambitions
The Middle Eastern flight services company JetEx Flight Support (booth 3759) said at NBAAA that it is seeing strong new growth in the business jet sector...
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NBAA 09: Airbus brings A318 Elite to Orlando for the first time
Airbus has brought its A318 Elite to NBAA for the first time as the European airframer passes the decade mark for deliveries of the type. The Comlux...
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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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NewsUpstart MC-12 Liberty fleet to grow to 29 aircraft
The US Air Force's six-month-old fleet of MC-12W Libertys will grow to 29 aircraft under a new contract announced on 19 October by Hawker Beechcraft. The...
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NBAA 09: PWC highlights restructuring, customer service gains
While Pratt & Whitney Canada continues to be Canada's top research and development house dollar for dollar, new products are but one ingredient in the engine...
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NBAA 09: FuelerLinx teams with CTA for fuel management
FuelerLinx (booth 4649) has teamed with CTA to embed its fuel management software into the latter's flight operations systems in an effort to deliver fuel...
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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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NASA: Aluminium-lithium Orion better than composites
A NASA programme manager confirms aluminium-lithium remains the favoured material to serve as the primary structure for the Orion...
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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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ESA proposes common space transport policy
The European Space Agency is proposing a far-reaching common space transport policy for low Earth orbit that could help overcome potential logistics problems...
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NewsNBAA 2009: Bombardier unveils revised cockpit mock-up for Learjet 85
Bombardier (booth 4397) has unveiled at NBAA a revised cockpit mock-up of its Learjet 85 midsize jet that incorporates several new features including a hand...
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Lithuania gets third Spartan ready for Afghan mission
The Lithuanian air force is scrambling to ready its third and last Alenia Aeronautica C-27J Spartan for service supporting the country's troops in Afghanistan. The...
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Working Week: Speaking the right language
Speaking the right language As Typhoon marketing aircrew adviser for BAE Systems Military Air Solutions, former Royal Air Force test pilot Craig Penrice...
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NBAA 09: Vision Systems reveals Visibox IFE&C system
Vision Systems (booth 3225) is revealing at the show its Visibox, which it claims is the first in-flight entertainment and communications system to combine...
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NBAA 09: PICTURE - PoshAir debuts in-flight sleeping bags
PoshAir (booth 1195) founder and chief executive Darlisa Crawford is inviting attendees to get inside her sleeping bag after bringing her patented designs...
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NBAA 09: News in brief
Circor Aerospace/Aerodyne Controls (booth 2978) is exhibiting a water-activated inflation system-based automatic life-saving device. The...