All Business Jets articles – Page 681
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Dubai-based VIP 747 prepares for launch
Chess International Aviation says that it is close to completing the setting up of a VIP 747 charter company. According to Alistair Cristinni, the Dubai-based airline's chairman, the new company expects to complete the acquisition of its first aircraft soon, a 747SP, and aims for a launch in ...
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S-80 heads for 1998 first flight
Sukhoi is to complete manufacturing tooling in March for series production of its S-80 passenger/utility aircraft at the KNAAPO production plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia. The fuselage and wing of the first prototype are being assembled, and nose sections of the first three aircraft are now complete. Current plans ...
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Flight test on second Global Express starts
BOMBARDIER HAS begun flight-testing of the second Global Express long-range business jet. The 3h 7min first flight took place on 3 February, from the Canadian company's de Havilland plant in Toronto, Ontario. Flight-testing is scheduled to continue at Toronto until late February, when aircraft 9002 is to be ...
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N Zealand clears GPS
Dual Universal Avionics Systems UNS-1B flight-management systems with GPS-1000 global-positioning-system sensors are being used as the primary means of navigation in an Air Nelson Cessna Citation III. The system received certification from the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand for navigation in remote/ oceanic airspace, allowing the Citation to be ...
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Gulfstream plans Long Beach expansion as backlog builds
GULFSTREAM IS TO expand its Long Beach, California, service and completion centre as part of its strategy to double production to some 60 Gulfstream IV-SP and V business jets by 1999. The expansion will include a new paint centre, scheduled to be operational by the fourth quarter of 1997. ...
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Universal dual-system satnav nears approval
Universal Avionics is on track to win certification of the first satellite-navigation (satnav) receiver capable of using both the US global-positioning system (GPS)and Russian Glonass navigation constellations. The company, best known for its UNS-1 range of flight-management systems, is using a combined GPS/Glonass receiver-processor board provided by US ...
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US drug agency seeks new piston singles
THE US DRUG Enforcement Agency (DEA) is seeking up to 25 new piston singles to replace its fleet of light aircraft used for airborne surveillance and personnel transport. The DEA is soliciting information on the availability of new six-seat high-wing aircraft. From the DEA's "sources-sought" announcement, it appears ...
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Trent 777 IGW remains 'on target'
Boeing and Rolls-Royce are confident that certification of the Trent 890-powered 777-200 Increased Gross Weight (IGW) version of the Boeing twinjet is "on target" to be completed by the end of March, despite a rescheduling of testing because of some late changes in engine configuration. The release of ...
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BAe flies its first converted A300B4 freighter
British Aerospace's Filton, UK-based division, BAe Aviation Services, flew its first converted Airbus A300B4 freighter on 23 January, and hopes to be able to secure approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration and UK Civil Aviation Authority approval by the end of March. The conversion of the first ...
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Eurocopter kicks off 'Hummingbird' with Danish orders
Franco-German manufacturer Eurocopter has launched its EC120 light helicopter in the USA with the announcement of its first order, the setting up of a "new-look" customer-support organisation and a new name for the single-engined five-seater. Danish operator Unifly of Svendborg has ordered an EC120 as an addition to ...
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Gulfstream proves GV range claims
GULFSTREAMHAS completed a non-stop, 12,860km (6,950nm) demonstration flight with the Gulfstream V long-range business jet. The company says that data from the 14h 48min flight, with an uncompleted aircraft carrying four crew and three passengers and cruising at Mach 0.8 at altitudes up to 51,000ft (15,500m), confirm the 12,000km design-range ...
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Galaxy takes on IAI business jets
Galaxy Aerospace has been formally incorporated in the USA to complete, market and support Israel Aircraft Industries Galaxy and Astra SPX business aircraft. The company expects to select a site for the new joint venture's permanent headquarters and aircraft-completion and service centre within the next 60 days, says Brian Barents, ...
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Croatia starts fleet renewal with Airbus order
Croatia Airlines has placed an order to buy six Airbus A319s in a move towards a complete renewal and expansion of its fleet. The airline has also placed options on six aircraft, which can be taken up as any type in the A320 family. No engine choice has yet been ...
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Hunting may leave interiors as Dash 8 contract is ended
Hunting is reviewing the future of its aviation interiors business following an agreement with Bombardier's de Havilland aircraft business to terminate a contract to supply interiors for the Dash 8-200 and -300 turboprop aircraft which caused the UK company to set a £30 million ($48 million) provision in 1996. ...
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AWACS 767 tests are completed early
Boeing has completed flight-testing of the first 767 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft three weeks ahead of schedule, logging 130 flights and 383 flight hours. The aircraft is now undergoing an instrument refurbishment in Seattle, before it is flown to Wichita, Kansas, where flight-test equipment will be removed. ...
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FAA warns on third-party 727 freighter conversions
The US Federal Aviation Administration has asked air-cargo carriers to suggest how best to limit operations of their Boeing 727 freighters, converted by third parties. The aviation agency says that restrictions will be issued because the 727 modifications "-contain design features which apparently do not comply with the Federal Aviation ...
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Bell Boeing freezes 609 tilt-rotor configuration
The final configuration of the Bell Boeing 609 civil tilt-rotor has been frozen following the selection of the last major system suppliers, some of them existing providers for the V-22 Osprey. Collins has been named as avionics supplier, and the company's General Aviation division will supply and integrate ...
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Bombardier's Challenger 604 is first to be given RVSM approval
BOMBARDIER ISTHE first business-jet manufacturer to gain regulatory approval for a service bulletin enabling operators to comply with reduced vertical-separation minima (RVSM) to be introduced on North Atlantic routes on 27 March. Initial approval from Transport Canada is for the latest Challenger 604. Bombardier expects Canadian certification of service bulletins ...
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MDC revises MD600N certification plan
McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems (MDHS) is revising the entire certification plan for the MD600N, following a series of mishaps during high-velocity testing which have already caused more than a two-month delay in receiving approval. Certification is not now expected until late March at the earliest. Another MD600N has ...
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Cameras provide more information
Sir - I would like to clarify some statements attributed to me in the article "Caught on camera" (Flight International, 1-7 January, P35). DM Aerospace is concentrating on the use of internal and external video cameras as airliner-safety enhancements. We have developed an aircraft video flight recorder in ...