All Business Jets articles – Page 656
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Dassault tests viability of supersonic business jet
Dassault's plans for developing a supersonic business jet with a top speed of Mach 1.8 are proceeding at a pace and details of outline design and a possible cost will be given in May. Bruno Revellin-Falcoz, the French manufacturer's senior executive vice-president, says the company is taking the project ...
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Q and A with Sikorsky's Gene Buckley
As president and chief executive officer of Sikorsky Gene Buckley, left, is one of the most influential men in the aerospace industry today. He talked to Paul Derby about his attitude to the fierce competition which exists in the helicopter market, his views on the future of the RAH-66 Comanche ...
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Bombardier on lookout for service centre partners
Bombardier Business Aircraft hopes to have a new Asia-Pacific regional service centre for its products set up in the first quarter of 1999, says the company's vice-president and general manager, customer support. David Orcutt flew into Asian Aerospace '98 to take a closer look at a shortlist of potential ...
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Face the Facts with... Edmond Marchegay
Edmond Marchegay wears three hats: President of Intertechnique, president of the French equipment industry and commissaire general of the French industry group here at Asian Aerospace '98. He talked to Mike Martin about the revolution which has swept through the French aerospace equipment sector, the market situation in Asia-Pacific and ...
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Jet Maintenance wins Honeywell dealership
Singapore company Jet Maintenance (Chalet E6) has been made a dealer for Honeywell avionics products. Jet Maintenance is a member of the Jet Aviation group of companies, headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida. It claims to be the only global business aviation outfit in the world, employing more ...
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More records en route to Changi
Andrew Mollet The Gulfstream V, the world's first ultra-long-range business aircraft, set two world speed records on the flight from New York to Singapore. It brings to 46 the number of world and national records for speed, altitude, distance and time-to-climb the aircraft has set since entering service in ...
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Canadair racks up six more RJ orders
Alan Dron Bombardier yesterday received orders for six Canadair Regional Jets - five from Montpellier, France-based Air Littoral, and one from Air Adria, of Ljubljana, Slovenia. The French order, for five Series 100 machines, will take the airline's fleet of the 50-seat aircraft to 19. Deliveries of its ...
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Brasilia production rates to be doubled
Karen Walker Boosted by a fresh batch of orders from the USA, Embraer is planning to double its production rates of the EMB-120 Brasilia over the next two years. Embraer president and chief Mauricio Botelho says Brasilia production will be increased from 12 to 24 aircraft a year. In ...
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Fractional owners can boost business sales
Alan Peaford Fractional ownership could be the next major development to boost business aircraft sales in the Asia-Pacific region - or not, depending on whom you talk to. Gulfstream's Bryan Moss has said at the show that he believes Asia-Pacific will follow the lead from the Middle East market where ...
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Civil tilt rotor order book is given boost from Japan
With speculation mounting that Bell Helicopter Textron is about to announce its purchase of Boeing's commercial helicopter business, Bell Boeing received a shot in the arm yesterday with the confirmation of three more 609 civil tilt rotor sales. Bell says Japan-based Mitsui Bussan Aerospace has signed a preliminary purchase agreement ...
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Caravan rolls on to another record year
Mike Martin It may not be the most exciting looking aircraft on the park, but the Cessna Caravan is the bird you want to see in some remote place - and it's selling better than at any time in its 14 years in service. This year - around November - ...
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Gulfstream adds Collier trophy to its accolades
Karen Walker Gulfstream has arrived at Asian Aerospace '98 boasting a new accolade- its Gulfstream GV ultra -long-range business jet has been named this year's winner of the annual prestigious Robert J Collier trophy. The trophy, established in 1912, is awarded by the US National Aeronautic Association (NAA) for "-the ...
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Bombardier celebrates 75 firm orders for Global Express
With the roar of a lion, Bombardier Aerospace celebrates the achievement of 75 firm orders for the ultra-long-range business jet Global Express. A troupe of traditional Singaporean lion dancers, joined by John Lawson, Bombardier business aircraft's president, sales, entertained show visitors. "The aircraft is receiving a warm reception in international ...
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Bell Boeing 609
In Flight International, 7-13 January, the digital flight control system for the Bell Boeing 609 tilt rotor aircraft was mistakenly referred to as a Hamilton Standard unit. In fact, the system is produced by Lear Astronics. Source: Flight International
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-Airbus Industrie is to take up its option on a fifth A300-600ST Super Transporter, for delivery in 2001, to meet higher demand for transporting aircraft components around Europe as the production rate increases. -Gulf Air has completed the sale and leaseback of six of its 13 Airbus A320s to recently ...
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SMA engine test milestone
France's SMA has just completed the first series of test-bench runs as part of its programme to develop a new generation of Morane Renault piston engines which run on Jet A1 kerosene. The engines range from 180-300hp (130-220kW) and will be used on single or twin-engined aircraft and light ...
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UPS closes on widebody freighter selection
UPS is expecting to finalise its choice of widebody aircraft to replace its fleet of Douglas DC-8-70 freighters by the end of March, to enable the first to enter service in 1999. The Louisville, Kentucky-based freight carrier revealed in October 1997 that it was examining various aircraft to replace a ...
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US team develops DGPS approaches
Flight testing is under way at Honeywell in Phoenix, Arizona, to develop precision approach procedures for helicopters, using differential global positioning system (DGPS) guidance. Honeywell has teamed with Sikorsky and Universal Avionics to help the US Federal Aviation Administration develop terminal procedures (TERPS), providing helicopter operators with greater flexibility ...
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Airlines join forces in spare parts venture
Andrew Mollet United Airlines' UAL Services, Air Canada and Lufthansa Technik are to form a joint venture company to buy and sell aircraft materials in the secondary spare parts market. "There is a big need among airlines for high quality spare parts at low prices which can be produced quickly ...
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White paper aims for US airspace reform
US industry is pushing for development of a vertical flight infrastructure that will permit simultaneous non-interfering operations by fixed and rotary wing aircraft. A white paper drafted jointly by the American Helicopter Society (AHS) and the Helicopter Association International (HAI) was discussed at the HAI show in mid-February and will ...