All Business Jets articles – Page 623
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PC-12 sharing plan takes off in Switzerland
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON The first European shared ownership programme operating single-engined Pilatus PC-12 turboprops has started up in Zurich, Switzerland. Share Plane, which operates under private Swiss civil aviation authority regulations, is aimed at three "key" market segments within Switzerland, southern Germany, northern Italy and western Austria, which have had ...
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An-140s pass the halfway mark
The two Antonov An-140 prototypes have completed about 700 test flights - over half of the required certification programme. Tests are now focused on areas such as high angle of attack, icing and hot and high operations. Series production is being prepared in Kharkov, Ukraine; Samara, Russia; and Isfaghan, Iran. ...
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FlightSim 2000 upgrade on test
Dave Higdon/WICHITA FlightSafety International has begun testing Microsoft's new flight-simulation software programme, FlightSim 2000, as an enhancement to its airline ab initio training programme at Vero Beach, Florida. Microsoft says the FlightSim 2000 upgrade includes improvements to the graphics, functionality and versatility of the flight simulation software programme. ...
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NASA and Orbital revamp X-34 testing plans to reduce risk
NASA and Orbital Sciences have revised the test programme for the X-34 reusable launch vehicle technology demonstrator to reduce risk. The first airframe, vehicle A-1, will be upgraded for unpowered flight tests from Orbital's Lockheed L-1011 carrier aircraft. The vehicle has completed one captive flight on the L-1011, and ...
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Boeing adds Ilyushin engineers to design team for cargo 767
Andrew Doyle/MOSCOW Boeing has signed a contract with the Ilyushin design bureau to bring up to 35 Russian engineers into the design team working on a passenger-to-freighter conversion for the Boeing 767. The Ilyushin employees will work on the project at the Boeing Design Centre (BDC) in Moscow, ...
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Amphibious aircraft companies to merge
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON Two US amphibious aircraft companies, Lake Aircraft and Archedyne Aerospace, have agreed to merge to secure financial investment and manufacturing expertise for their existing and planned product lines. The new company will be called Lake Aerospace. Amphibious aircraft manufacturing stalwart Lake, which builds the Seawolf, Renegade and Seafury ...
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Airports
Brussels Zaventem Airport is planning to spend BFr1 billion ($26 million) to build a new air traffic control tower. This has become necessary because the view of one of the runways from the existing tower will be obstructed when terminal construction work is completed. The new 75m (246ft)-high tower will ...
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RVSM approval
Sabreliner has received reduced vertical separation minimum (RVSM) certification for the Sabreliner 65 business jet. The company expects to complete four RVSM-capable aircraft by October. Source: Flight International
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United offers more business legroom
Jane Levere NEW YORK Battling, like every other carrier, for the higher-yield market, United Airlines is installing improved seating at the back of the cabin in its domestic fleet in order to reward its most frequent or full-fare economy passengers. The carrier is reconfiguring the first six to 11 rows ...
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Community Air fails to find backer for PC-12 operations
US start-up Community Air may soon be forced to cancel the purchase of up to 32 10-seat Pilatus PC-12 single-engined turboprops, worth over $90 million, because of the airline's failure to secure $35 million in financing. California-based Community Air, which planned to begin flying in June with four PC-12s, ...
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AASI makes plans for US Part 135 Jetcruzer certification
Advanced Aerodynamics & Structures (AASI) plans to certificate its Jetcruzer 500 turboprop to US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) single-engine Part 135 rules in an effort to increase the market share of its delayed six-seat pusher. AASI says the "inexpensive add-on certification" Part 135 could boost overall sales by "a ...
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Boeing completes 717-200 tests as certification nears
Boeing is "on track" to achieve certification of the 717-200 on 1 September after completion of the flight test programme at its Yuma test site in Arizona. This will allow deliveries to begin next month to launch customer AirTran Airways, which has begun training crews. The 717 is set to ...
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DHL Airways takes first A300B4 F
DHL Airways, the US arm of express package specialist DHL, has taken delivery of the first of six Airbus A300B4 freighters following conversion and major overhaul by British Aerospace Airbus. The freight carrier has acquired the ex-Thai Airways International aircraft from Airbus, and has options for a further 10 conversions. ...
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FAA opts for Quiet Wing 727 solution
Kelowna Flightcraft of Canada has begun modifying the US Federal Aviation Administration's Boeing 727-100 testbed and research aircraft with DuganAir Technologies' stage three compliance kit. This is a coup for the Washington-based company, whose Quiet Wing System kit was chosen over several other hushkitting, re-engining and stage three aerodynamic ...
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Boeing woos Formula One teams
Andrew Doyle/MOSCOW Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) has approached several Formula One motor racing teams with the idea of using 737-700 Combis to transport cars, mechanics and associated equipment to races and test sessions. The suggestion has generated interest within the sport, says BBJ senior adviser international sales Peter Smutny, who ...
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OSC to build ozone monitoring spacecraft for NASA project
NASA has chosen Orbital Sciences (OSC) to build, launch and operate the QuikTOMS atmospheric ozone monitoring satellite. QuikTOMS will be integrated with the OSC-built Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) instrument. OSC has built five TOMS sensors for NASA, with the latest sensor launched aboard a US Earth Probe satellite ...
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Cessna and Dassault expect slow CIS sales
Business jet manufacturers Cessna Aircraft and Dassault Aviation expect the current trickle of sales to customers in Russia and the CIS to continue, but rule out any significant pick-up until the region's economies improve. The two were the only Western firms to exhibit aircraft at MAKS '99. Cessna says ...
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Skunk Works: responding to changing times
Things are no longer black and white for the Skunk Works. The still-secretive Lockheed Martin unit is having to adjust to the reality that much of its future business opportunities are in the commercial, and not the classified, arena. Not that the two worlds are so vastly different - both ...
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P&WC extends Fairchild deal to cover 428JET
Paul Lewis/OBERPFAFFENHOFEN Fairchild Aerospace has reached a risk-sharing agreement with Pratt & Whitney Canada to fit the PW308B engine to the stretch 428JET and expects to decide shortly on its remaining systems, structural suppliers and proposed final assembly by Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI). Fairchild struck an agreement with ...
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AlliedSignal powers up AS900 turbofan
AlliedSignal plans to begin flight tests of its new generation AS900 regional and corporate jet turbofan in January 2000 following the successful start of initial runs at its Phoenix, Arizona, test site. The first run, on 30 July, marked the start of an initial three-phase test period which will establish ...