All Business Jets articles – Page 134
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Rockwell Collins readies voice recognition for commercial cockpits
Speech recognition technology is pervasive everywhere, it seems, except in the commercial cockpit. Voice commands now field customer service queries, dictate text messages and assist drivers. Cockpit avionics, however, are commanded exclusively by human fingers and feet, which interface with the computers and controls by tapping pedals, turning knobs, pushing ...
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News
Nextant mulls new aircraft launch
Nextant Aerospace is hoping to launch a new product as early as next May’s European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Geneva, in partnership with engine supplier GE Aviation.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Why Snecma is confident Silvercrest can win further applications
Snecma started powering up for its first foray into business aviation just as the sector itself was about to power down. Seven years on from the beginning of the test campaign on the Silvercrest core engine demonstrator in December 2007, the French propulsion specialist is convinced it made the right ...
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NewsNetJets explores new regions as Europe prepares for Challenger 350 arrival
NetJets is hoping to expand its fractional ownership and aircraft management programmes outside its established bases in the USA, Europe and China and is currently evaluating Russia, India and Latin America as potential markets.
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NewsEmbraer delivers Legacy 500 to launch customer
Embraer has completed delivery of the first Legacy 500 business jet to an undisclosed Brazilian launch customer, concluding a six year-long process to introduce the first fly-by-wire aircraft in the midsize category.
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NewsFLIGHT TEST: Daher Socata's TBM 900 single-engine turboprop
Daher Socata gained US Federal Aviation Regulation FAR 23 (Amendment 34) certification for the TBM 900 in March 2014. The aircraft builds on the very successful previous TBM 700 (324 delivered) and TBM 850 (338 delivered) models, with an accumulated fleet total of 1.2 million flight hours.
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Opinion
OPINION: Middle-sized jets mean business
Looking at the amount of product innovation on the business aviation market, one might be tempted to think: “Crisis, what crisis?” To give the surviving airframers their due, they responded to the collapse in fortunes in 2008-09 not by hoping normal service would soon be resumed, but by aggressively pursuing ...
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NewsEmbraer set to produce Legacy 450 and 500 in US
Embraer has broken ground on a project that will add two production lines to its Melbourne, Florida, facility and nearly triple its business jet manufacturing footprint there.
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NewsAirtanker crash spurs California to ground S-2T fleet
California’s firefighting agency has grounded 22 Grumman S-2T airtankers after a crash on 7 October killed a pilot in Yosemite National Park.
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InterviewINTERVIEW: Simon Tudge – sending strategy into orbit
Simon Tudge is senior director of global satellite strategy for Rockwell Collins, and is responsible for deciding where to invest in new satellite communications technologies. He’s based in Sussex, UK.
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NewsFAA approval accelerates G650ER deliveries
Gulfstream expects to start deliveries of an extended range version of the G650 slightly early by year-end.
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NewsPipistrel powers up all-electric trainer
Slovenian light aircraft developer Pipistrel Aircraft has joined forces with Siemens to produce an all-electric design.
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NewsCessna upgrades Latitude range, take-off performance
Cessna has claimed an early edge over its closest competitor after announcing a 200nm (370km) improvement in range and a 9% reduction in take-off roll for the Citation Latitude.
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NewsFlying Colours adds Bombardier's Global family to its special missions portfolio
Canadian engineering company Flying Colours is beefing up its completions and refurbishment portfolio to include bespoke special mission projects for Bombardier’s Global family of high-end business jets.
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NTSB says Part 135 accidents are up
The US National Transportation Safety Board's preliminary report on aviation accidents in 2013 shows accidents involving operations under federal air regulations Part 131 have increased compared with the previous year.
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NewsEx-Im could hit $2bn in business aviation financing
The US Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) could double its $1 billion target to support general aviation through the end of its 2014 fiscal year, says president Fred Hochberg.
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NewsLisa's Akoya amphibian set for 2016 service entry
Lisa Airplanes has set its sights on 2016 service entry of its Akoya amphibious light sport aircraft - the first of a family of light of amphibious aircraft that the French start-up plans to bring to market over the next few years.
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NewsIndustry presses on with pilot training mandate
Faced with being wound-up following many years of work yielding few visible results, the International Pilot Training Consortium (IPTC) has had its mandate renewed for a further three years, subject to approval by its member organisations. This was agreed at the 23-25 September International Flight Crew Training Conference at the ...
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NewsDaher-Socata delivers first G600-equipped TBM 700
Daher Socata has delivered the first TBM 700 retrofitted with Garmin's G600/GTN 750 glass cockpit.
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Thai air force to order reconnaissance-roled Avanti II
The Royal Thai Air Force’s deputy chief of air staff, Air Chief Marshal Sutthiphan Kritsanakhup and Piaggio Aero Industries’ government sales director Francescomaria Tuccillo on 29 September reached an agreement in Rome for the delivery of one P180 Avanti II in a new photographic reconnaissance configuration.