All articles by Brendan Sobie – Page 22
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Cessna expects further drop in jet deliveries in 2010
Cessna is starting to see signs of recovery in the business jet market, but expects delivery rates, which have already plunged more than 40% compared with...
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Lancair launches piston-powered Evolution
Lancair has begun selling a piston version of its new Evolution four-seat pressurised kitplane. Lancair began...
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Liberty unveils diesel option for XL2
Liberty Aerospace plans to offer its XL2 two-seat trainer with a diesel engine from next year as it seeks to address a growing requirement from flight schools...
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New safety legislation 'is not necessary': FAA's Babbitt
US FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt says a bill introduced by Congress earlier this week aimed at improving regional airline safety in the wake of February's...
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Piper lays down ambitious expansion plans
Piper Aircraft announced at AirVenture plans to appoint new dealers in 12 emerging markets to support an ambitious new international expansion plan. Piper...
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Financing delay holds up Icon A5 light sport aircraft deliveries
Icon Aircraft has pushed back first delivery of its Icon A5 light sport aircraft from the second half of 2010 to mid-2011 due to a delay in securing new...
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New entry-level King Air revealed
Hawker Beechcraft unveiled at AirVenture a new entry-level model for its King Air turboprop line with improved payload and range. The C90GTx is scheduled...
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OSHKOSH 2009: Honda poised to test-fly HondaJet
Honda Aircraft plans to begin test flying the first conforming HondaJet early next year as it prepares for a late-2011 service entry. Honda Aircraft...
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Germany's Remos aims for US expansion
Germany's Remos Aircraft has lined up a new investor to help fund a major expansion in the USA that will include 150 pilot centres and a new Florida completion...
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OSHKOSH 2009: Remos secures new investor, plans major US expansion
Germany's Remos Aircraft has lined up a new investor to help fund a major expansion in the US that will include 150 pilot centres and a new Florida completion...
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OSHKOSH 2009: Cessna to begin SkyCatcher deliveries in 4Q
Cessna is ready to begin deliveries in the fourth quarter of its 162 SkyCatcher light sport aircraft (LSA), having just completed flight testing to American...
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Embraer's Curado in no rush to decide on new aircraft programme
Embraer chief executive Fred Curado says the manufacturer does not expect to decide on launching a new aircraft programme for 18-24 months, and that the...
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OSHKOSH 2009: Piper to offer Garmin G600 glass cockpit
Garmin has added synthetic vision technology to the G600 and Piper Aircraft has selected the newly upgraded glass avionics suite for four of its piston models...
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OSHKOSH 2009: Piper to appoint 12 new dealers in major international push
Piper Aircraft is seeking to appoint new dealers in 12 emerging markets to support an ambitious new international expansion plan made possible by its recent...
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OSHKOSH 2009: Icon A5 first delivery pushed to 2011
Icon Aircraft has pushed back first delivery of its Icon A5 light sport aircraft to mid-2011 after it took longer than expected to complete a new financing...
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NewsQatar CEO to meet with Boeing tomorrow to discuss 787 deliveries
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker is meeting with Boeing officials tomorrow to discuss the latest delays to the Boeing 787 programme, and possible changes...
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Avianca to switch more routes to new A330s and A320s
Avianca has decided to keep an Airbus A330 featuring its new lie-flat business class product on one of its Bogota-New York flights and is planning to next...