All Business Jets articles – Page 689
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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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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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Airbus lines up Douglas
McDonnell Douglas' decision to shelve plans to develop its MD-XX long-haul jet leaves the way open for the company's Douglas Aircraft division to forge a partnership with Airbus or Boeing. Since talks about a merger with Boeing stalled earlier this year, Airbus appears to be front-runner. Airbus Industrie's ...
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Mexican standoff
Aéromexico and Mexicana have emerged from their restructuring programmes with a common owner, but the regulator appears intent on keeping them apart to ensure that domestic competition remains strong. But David Knibb discovers that internationally things may work out differently. The events of 1996 form the latest in a series ...
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PC-12 Ssimulator
Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland and Simcom International have agreed to develop a simulator for the PC-12 single-engined turboprop. The Level 6 flight-training device will be produced from actual aircraft parts and will feature a full 180¼ wrap-around visual system. It will be operated by Simcom, at its Orlando, Florida training ...
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Global Express and Learjet 45 to join Business JetSolutions
25 Learjet 45s are destined to join Business Jet Solutions fleet With a customer base for the 18-month-old Bombardier/AMR COMBS shared-ownership joint venture "fast approaching 100 customers", two Bombardier Global Express long-range business jets and 25 Learjet 45 will be added to the FlexJet fractional-ownership fleet. ...
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Dornier ambulance
A Fairchild Dornier 328 has been delivered to Austria's Tyrolean Air Ambulance, configured with seats and stretchers, a 19-seat corporate/VIP interior, or a 31-passenger layout. The company sees a corporate market for its planned 328 turbofan-powered derivative. Source: Flight International
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Barents takes helm at IAI and Pritzker's Galaxy joint venture
Former Learjet president Brian Barents took centre stage at NBAA, announcing the long-awaited formation of Galaxy Aerospace, the company which will take over manufacturing, marketing and support of Israel Aircraft Industries' (IAI) Astra and Galaxy business jets. Barents is the president of Galaxy, which he describes as a ...
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Calcor/Westland team on nacelles
Calcor Aero Systems and GKN Westland Aerospace are to market engine-nacelle systems jointly for corporate and regional aircraft. The agreement combines Westland's nacelle expertise with Calcor's thrust-reverser and variable-area nozzle designs. The team has submitted a bid to supply the nacelle for Aero International (Regional)'s AI(R) 70 regional jet. ...
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Cessna gives Citation Excel its first public outing
Cessna says that it will deliver the first Citation Excel widebody light business-jet in November 1997. Two are now being flown, and the aircraft had its public debut at the NBAA show. A third aircraft, the first production Excel, will be flown in July 1997. Cessna says that ...
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Horizon comes into view at NBAA
Raytheon Aircraft took its first three orders for the $14.5 million Hawker Horizon "super mid-size" business jet within hours of unveiling at NBAA in Orlando a one-third-scale model of the aircraft, which is scheduled to be flown in late 1999 and certificated by June 2001. Raytheon describes the Horizon as ...
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Dassault predicts record deliveries
Dassault Aviation says that it will deliver, a record 56 business jets in 1997, the first year it will deliver four aircraft types - the Falcon 50EX, 2000, 900B and 900EX. The first production Falcon 50EX, newly certificated, was displayed green at the NBAA show, before delivery to Dassault's Little ...
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FMS on the horizon
Horizon Air has ordered Universal Avionics Systems UNS-1C flight management systems for its recently ordered fleet of 25 Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8 series 200s. The aircraft will also be capable of accommodating dual Universal GLS-1250 global-positioning- system landing systems and UniLink UL600 air-to-ground datalinks. Source: Flight International
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Global-range stakes increase
Improved range for the Global Express will put pressure on Gulfstream Bombardier has increased the range of its Global Express business jet by 370km (200nm), to 12,400km at Mach 0.8, following initial flight-testing of the first aircraft. The move increases pressure on Gulfstream, which admits that its ...
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Pilatus heads west for sales
Swiss manufacturer Pilatus Aircraft has established a permanent base at Jeffco Airport in Broomfield, Colorado, for the US sales and support of its PC-12 single turboprop. In addition to marketing and maintenance work, the company plans to begin interior-completion work at Jeffco in January 1997, and avionics fitments ...
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New part-share scheme is set
A new business-jet fractional-ownership programme has been launched to meet demand for what the founders describe as "the future of corporate aviation". Prime Fleet is a joint venture between US bank-owned leasing company Fleet Capital Leasing and Prime Airborne, an aircraft management and charter firm. Initially, the New ...
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Dassault makes progress with Falcon 50EX
Dassault Aviation has flown the first production Falcon 50EX business jet. The aircraft is due to be displayed at the US National Business Aircraft Association show in Orlando, Florida, on 19-21 November, before being delivered to Dassault's Little Rock, Arkansas, completion centre for interior installation. French certification of ...
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BMW R-R tackles weight of BR710
BMW Rolls-Royce expects to qualify weight-reduction changes to the BR710 powerplant by mid-1997. The manufacturer expects the changes to be incorporated progressively in batches of engines delivered to Bombardier and Gulfstream to power, respectively, the Global Express and Gulfstream V long-range business jets. Both aircraft manufacturers have acknowledged ...
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Air Methods delivers modular medical interior for MD900
Air Methods has delivered its first modular, multi-function, medical interiors to operators of the McDonnell Douglas MD900 Explorer helicopter in Europe and the USA. Boise Life Flight in Idaho, and HSD in Germany, have taken delivery of Explorers equipped with the new multi-role interiors. Denver, Colorado-based Air Methods ...
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Global adventure
Corporate aviation has never seen anything quite like Bombardier's Global Express -the aircraft or the programme. Graham Warwick/MONTREALCutaway drawing by Tim Hall/LONDON When Bombardier conceived the Global Express, it "-wanted to put a stake in the ground beyond anything that existed". As flight-testing of the ultra-long-range business jet ...