All Business Jets articles – Page 676
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AMR Eagle divides regional-jet order: Embraer wins key deal
AMR Eagle has divided its long-awaited order for regional jets between Embraer and Bombardier, although the Brazilian manufacturer has won the key competition to supply 50-seaters. AMR Eagle will take delivery of the first of 42 firmly ordered EMB-145LRs, powered by the Allison AE3007A1 engine, in February 1998, ...
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Reims will restart Cessna assembly
Reims Aviation is to restart its Cessna single assembly line in a deal which could see the French general-aviation company start work as early as July. Three sets of knocked-down 172R Skyhawks sold to European customers by Cessna are already being shipped to Reims from the new Cessna ...
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Europe may offer solution to UK cargo singles ban
The UK Civil Aviation Authority concedes that night operations of single-engined commercial cargo aircraft could be accepted under new European regulations, provided that they avoid built-up areas. This comes despite the Authority's own recent legal victory upholding the ban on such flights in UK airspace (Flight International, 18-24 June, P5). ...
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VisionAire plant begun
VisionAire has broken ground for the Ames, Iowa, final-assembly plant for its Vantage single-engined business jet. Scheduled for completion in mid-1998, the plant will consist of buildings for final assembly and flight testing, with land available for a paint hangar and additional final-assembly space, if required. Source: Flight ...
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Bombardier studies corporate gap
Bombardier chairman Laurent Beaudoin has revealed that the group's next priority is to plug the gap in its business-jet range between the Learjet 60 and Canadair Challenger 604. Beaudoin says that a new-aircraft programme is "under study", and that the group will make an announcement in "the near ...
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Century revises its single jet
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTONDC CENTURYAEROSPACE is preparing for windtunnel testing of a revised design for its Century Jet single-engined business jet. Changes include a 150mm-longer fuselage with a circular cross-section, compared with the original "nearly square" design, says the Albuquerque, New Mexico-based company. The fuselage was stretched to ...
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GEC and Honeywell to offer civil HUD
GEC-Marconi Avionics and Honeywell have signed a memorandum of understanding to modify and market a derivative of their jointly produced business-jet head-up display (HUD) for commercial airliners. The move is designed to challenge the growing strength of Sextant Avionique and, particularly, Flight Dynamics in the market, the latter ...
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Continental Express is eager for small regional jet
Continental Express has converted the first 25 of 175 options it holds on Embraer EMB-145s. It has also expressed a serious interest in the smaller regional jets now being planned, as it ponders the move to an all-regional-jet fleet. The airline has ordered the longer-range LR version. The ...
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NetJets heads eastwards with Gulfstream
Gulfstream and Executive Jet International plan to extend their fractional-ownership programme to the Middle East within the next six months and to the Asia-Pacific region within 12 months. The joint Gulfstream Shares marketing venture has also now been extended to cover the new Gulfstream V. Executive Jet chairman ...
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Saab shapes up for the future
Saab Aircraft hopes to complete a study by the end of the year aimed at mapping out its future strategy. Gert Schyborger, who took over the reins as president at the Swedish civil-aircraft manufacturer earlier this year, says that until the study is complete he will not be ...
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Stage III refines Gulfstream II/III hushkit
STAGE III Technologies is completing a redesign of its planned hushkit for the Gulfstream II and III business jets, and hopes to begin flight tests in October-November. Design refinements resulted from proof-of-concept ground tests completed earlier this year at Dallas Airmotive and Rohr. Dallas Airmotive has agreed to ...
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$2.5billion orders confirm market opportunities for regional jets
If Paris '97 has proved one thing, it is that regional jets are here to stay. This morning, manufacturers can reflect that RJ order announcements this week topped $2.5billion, launch customers have stepped forward for two new programmes, and the jet has spread into both the 30 and ...
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Virtual reality aids textile designer
Testori Interiors uses 3D computer graphics to design its range of aircraft and railway interiors - one of relatively few to do so, claims area manager Gregory Wolf. "We have been using it for about a year," says Wolf, "and it's now a key part of our business." ...
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Billion dollar deals fail to disguise 'big deal' feeling
Great tracts of the aerospace landscape seem to be "on hold" at this Paris air show. The French industry, with so much to do to set its house in order, awaits this Saturday's landmark speech by new Prime Minister Lionel Jospin. Boeing, a huge chunk of the rest of the ...
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New niches blur the boundaries in corporate jet market
Boundaries between business jets and airliners have blurred now that both Airbus and Boeing have extended their reach into the corporate world. The super-large executive jet is not the only new niche product to have established itself at Paris '97, however. Manufacturers are also filling the gap between ...
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Horizon choice
Aircraft Braking Systems Corporation (ABSC) has been selected by Messier-Dowty to design, develop and manufacture the complete braking system for Raytheon Aircraft Company's Hawker Horizon super mid-size business jet. The selection extends ABSC's role as the premier supplier of wheel and brake equipment for Raytheon Aircraft's turbine-powered aircraft. ...
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1300 Breitling aerobatic; 1314 Extra 300S; 1320 Titan Tornado II912; 1326 Cayliss; 1331 Hurel Dubois HD34; 1338 NH Industries NH90, Eurocopter EC120, EC135, Tigre; 1355 Socata TBM-700, Tangara; 1400 Airbus A319, A340; 1416 Dassault Falcon 900, Falcon 2000, Mirage 2000, Rafale CO1, Rafale B; 1435 Blanc Aero Delta Dyke; 1440 ...
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R-R orders hit $2billion mark
Rolls-Royce announced another big order yesterday, bringing its total sales revealed during the show to $2billion. The latest order, worth $700million, is from Gulfstream for Tay engines to power GIV-SP aircraft. "With deliveries scheduled to 2003, we look forward to entering the next millennium as a ...
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Brazilians opt for Airbus
Another billion-dollar deal was announced at the show yesterday - by Airbus Industrie. Brazilian airline TAM is to take five A330-200s, with options for a further five, and has chosen Pratt & Whitney PW4168 engines. The engine choice between P&W and Rolls-Royce was made so late ...
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Wednesday 18 June 1300: Breitling aerobatic display 1314: Extra 300S 1319: Sukhoi SU-29M 1327: Cayliss 1331: Robinson helicopter 1338: NHIndustries NH90, Eurocopter EC120, EC135, Tigre 1355: Socata TBM-700, Tangara 1402: Airbus A319, A340 1416: Dassault Falcon 900, Falcon 2000, ...