All Business Jets articles – Page 684
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The disadvantages of supersonic travel
Sir - A 350t, 250-seat supersonic transport (SST), more than twice the size of the Aerospatiale/ British Aerospace Concorde was mentioned in an advertisement (Flight International, 4-10 September). You reported a similar concept from NASA of the USA (Flight International, 17-23 April). Could I place these concepts in relation to ...
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Lufthansa/Bombardier prepare business-jet charter venture
Lufthansa's supervisory board has approved a new business-jet charter company, to be formed as a joint venture between Lufthansa City Line and Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier. The board gave its go-ahead to the plan at a meeting in early December, after the signing of a joint-venture agreement ...
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Boeing completions
Boeing Business Jets has selected Jet Aviation, of Basle, Switzerland, and K-C Aviation, of Dallas, Texas, as completion centres for its corporate 737. The Boeing/General Electric joint venture has so far sold three aircraft, two to GE and one to an outside buyer. Source: Flight International
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MD-95 begins to take shape
McDonnell Douglas has re-affirmed its commitment to the MD-95 regional twinjet as the nose section for the first aircraft was delivered to its Long Beach assembly site on 12 December. Despite having received no new business since it was launched more than a year ago with an order ...
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Boeing targets Delta for stretched 767
Paul Lewis and Guy Norris/SEATTLE Boeing is close to launching the stretched 767-400ERX on the back of an anticipated order from Delta Airlines for a complete fleet of passenger aircraft. Interest in the 767 derivative has been revived after years of inactivity, during which time ...
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Learjet offers 31A-for-60 option
IN AN EFFORT to stimulate sales of its Learjet 31A light business jet, Bombardier is offering purchasers access to the larger Learjet 60 when they have the occasional need for a longer-range aircraft. The programme, called LearjetOptions, is available to North American customers who purchase aircraft before 15 January, 1997. ...
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Airbus studies A3XX production
Julian Moxon/Toulouse Airbus Industrie's Large Aircraft division is considering up to six potential sites in Europe for production of the 500- to 800-seat A3XX transport. "We're looking at either inland or coastal locations," says the division's senior vice-president, Jurgen Thomas. A major study launched in ...
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'Tailless' aircraft: when is a tail not a tail?
Sir - How can the McDonnell Douglas F-15 shown in the story "MDC pushes tailless F-15" (Flight International, 20-26 November, P5) be "tailless", when it has a "butterfly", or "V" tail? If, as stated, the tail surfaces are removed completely, do we not then have a delta wing, ...
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TAAL stakes claim to corporate aircraft niche
Taneja Aerospace and Aviation (TAAL) has launched what is believed to be India's first fractional-ownership scheme aimed at the corporate-aviation market. The company, a subsidiary of engineering company Indian Seamless, has set up the Netair scheme based on three of its own P68s - built locally under licence ...
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MD-87 certificated with PATS tanks
MD-87 certificated with PATS tanks US Fuel-tank manufacturer PATS has gained a US Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certificate for its long-range auxiliary fuel system for the McDonnell Douglas MD-87 twinjet. The PATS system consists of ten auxiliary fuel tanks located in the aircraft's lower ...
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P&WC aims for PW500 goals
Pratt & Whitney Canada hopes to achieve two major milestones for its PW500 series this month, including European certification of the PW530A for the Cessna Citation Bravo and Transport Canada certification of the PW545A for the Cessna Citation Excel. Some 10,200h of development and certification testing have ...
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Fairchild Dornier may move 328 wing to HAL
Fairchild Dornier and Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) are in negotiation to move wing production for the 328 turboprop from Germany to India. The Indian company has also been earmarked to build the aircraft's fuselage shell, now fabricated by Daewoo in South Korea. In a separate move, ...
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American and FedEx finalise DC-10/727 hushkit exchange
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES American Airlines has concluded a long-awaited deal with FedEx, which will see the US package carrier take over at least 14 of American's McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10s in exchange for supplying hushkits for up to 81 Boeing 727-200s. Some 30 of American's 727s ...
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Duncan
Jeff Manion and Tim Klenke have joined Duncan Aviation's Airframe Service Sales groups as service sales representatives. Manion will support Hawker and Falcon operators. Klenke will work with Cessna Citation, Israel Aircraft Industries Astra/ Westwind and turboprop operators. Source: Flight International
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P&WC details tilt-rotor engine
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Pratt & Whitney Canada plans to certificate its PT6C-67A turboshaft in mid-2000 for the Bell Boeing 609 civil tilt-rotor, first deliveries of which are scheduled for 2001. "The main differences between this engine and other PT6 series will be in the oil system ...
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Canadair (bombardier)
CRJ-X CRJ-X is the designation given to Canadair's planned 70-seat growth derivative of its 50-seat Regional Jet (CRJ). The basic Regional Jet entered service in 1992. The 50-seat Regional Jet, which was given its go-ahead in March 1989, is essentially a stretched development of the Challenger ...
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BFG tests SMART de-icing boot
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA BF Goodrich (BFG) is to conduct certification flight-testing of its SMART boot pneumatic de-icer, with an integrated wide-area ice-detection sensor, on New Piper Aircraft's Malibu Mirage high-performance piston single. The company says that the system "-removes the guesswork from pneumatic de-icer operation". The ...
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Shanghai Aviation Industrial (SAIC)
SAIC is the prime Chinese contractor for the TrunkLiner co-production programme with McDonnell Douglas, under which it is assembling 20 MD-90-30s for the Chinese market at its plant in Shanghai. Chinese industrial participation in the SAIC MD-90 programme involves three Chinese companies producing sub-assemblies - Xian Aircraft: wing ...
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Atlantic sells Caravan conversions
Atlantic Aero has received certification for modifications developed to convert the Cessna Caravan single-turboprop utility aircraft from cargo to passenger configuration. The modifications are available in kit form, or can be installed by the Greensboro, North Carolina-based company. The basic passenger conversion kit allows the Caravan to be ...
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British Aerospace
One-Eleven The One-Eleven twinjet was flown for the first time in August 1963, and entered service in April 1965. There are still more than 100 One-Elevens in service, of which more than half are in operation in Europe. European Aviation, which owns the largest single fleet of the ...