All Business Jets articles – Page 691
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Boeing adds to sales of corporate 737-700
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA Boeing Business Jets has sold a corporate 737-700 to an unidentified customer. The order marks the first outside sale for the joint venture formed by Boeing and General Electric in July to market the new-generation 737 as a long-range business jet. GE launched the ...
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Gulfstream Aerospace
GULFSTREAM IV/SRA-4 Sweden took delivery of the first of two GIV-based signals-intelligence aircraft, designated TP102Bs, in August. Japan plans to acquire up to nine GIVs, designated U-4s, configured as quick-change passenger/cargo aircraft. The special-mission version of the GIV is designated the SRA-4 by Gulfstream, which plans ...
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Global Express takes to the air
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA BOMBARDIER's Global Express long-range business jet was flown for the first time on 13 October, reaching an altitude of 11,000ft (3,350m) and a speed of 210kt (390km/h) during the 2h 46min maiden flight from the Canadian company's de Havilland factory at Downsview, near Toronto. ...
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FAA uses Cessna in 'free-flight'
DEMONSTRATIONS of "free flight" for general-aviation aircraft are now under way as part of a larger evaluation of the USA's future air-traffic-management concept. The trials involve a Cessna 401, equipped with avionics supplied by Magellan Systems and Arinc, and a ground-based free-flight evaluation system which was developed ...
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K-C completion
K-C Aviation has completed the interior installation of its first Canadair Challenger 604. The aircraft, which is owned and operated by FMC, was completed within 18 weeks. K-C Aviation has six more Challenger 604s in completion, which are scheduled for delivery in 1997. Source: ...
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Dusseldorf expansion
Jet Aviation has expanded its Dusseldorf Airport, Germany, business-aircraft maintenance centre into a fixed- base operation, providing ramp services for corporate and general aviation. The company's Hanover, Germany, centre has been approved to overhaul Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Astra and Westwind business jets, and Jet Aviation has joined the maintenance ...
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Maersk ponders Fokker options
MAERSK AIR is examining various options for the renewal of its 50-seat Fokker 50 turboprops, which include the acquisition of a regional-jet type. The Copenhagen, Denmark-based airline, a division of one of world's largest shipping companies AP Moller, operates seven leased Fokker 50s alongside its fleet of Boeing ...
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NASA winds up SLFC project
NASA CLAIMS to have demonstrated that aerodynamic drag in future high-speed civil transports (HSCTs) could be significantly reduced by the development of supersonic laminar-flow wings. The claims follow the conclusion of the agency's Lockheed F-16XL supersonic-laminar-flow-control (SLFC) experiment at Langley Research Center, Virginia (Flight International, 1-7 November, 1995, ...
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Vantage roll-out
The proof-of-concept prototype, of the VisionAire's all composite Vantage business jet, will be rolled out on 8 November. The six seat, single-engined design, is being completed by Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites, at its plant in Mojave, California. Production examples will be assembled at a new plant in Ames, Iowa. The ...
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IPTN plans N270 talks in December
SENIOR OFFICIALS from Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) and its US subsidiary, American Regional Aircraft Industry (AMRAI), plan to meet in mid-December to re-evaluate development of the proposed stretched N270 turboprop. The Indonesian meeting is expected to conduct a complete review of the yet-to-be launched, programme in ...
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Pemco will convert UPS 727 freighters for passenger charters
United Parcel Service (UPS) has awarded Pemco World Air Services a contract to convert five Boeing 727-100QF freighters to quick-change configuration for its planned weekend passenger-charter service. Pemco will design and certificate the conversion, and modify the aircraft at its Dothan, Alabama, maintenance centre. The work ...
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747 conversions
Boeing has received a contract from All Nippon Airways of Japan for the conversion of one 747-200 to full-freighter configuration - the second of the airline's 747s to be modified. The aircraft will be delivered to Wichita in April 1997 for the conversion work, and is scheduled to be handed ...
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Aeronavali converts
Aeronavali, a division of Alenia, has received a contract from United Airlines for the conversion of four McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CFs to full cargo configuration for the airline's new all-cargo services to Asia. The first two aircraft will be redelivered in March 1997, with the second batch following in September. The ...
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BAe succeeds with Airbus cargo conversions
BRITISH AEROSPACE Aviation Services' Airbus A300B4 passenger-to-freighter conversion programme has been boosted by a $25 million order from a US lease-management company, for three conversions. C-S Aviation Services of New York has contracted BAe for the conversion of three ex-Air France A300B4s, to be completed by mid-1997. The ...
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NASA looks at ways to save PCA during crises
NASA is studying a potential application of its recently completed Propulsion Controlled Aircraft (PCA) system, which would allow a twin-engined aircraft to survive a catastrophic engine and flight-control failure. The PCA was developed following the 1989 crash of a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 with disabled flight controls. The crew ...
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Dunlop de-ices
Dunlop Aviation Ice Protection & Structures has been selected by Rinaldo Piaggio to provide anti-icing heater mats for the fore-planes of the Italian manufacturer's P180 Avanti turboprop-powered business aircraft. The mats are bonded to the leading edges of the fore-planes, and can be retrofitted to existing aircraft, says Coventry, UK-based ...
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Executive Jet orders NetJets Gulfstreams
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA EXECUTIVE JET International (EJI) has ordered an additional nine Gulfstream IV-SP business jets and its first two long-range Gulfstream Vs for its NetJets fractional-ownership programme. The aircraft were included as options in a $500 million deal, signed in January 1995, under which EJI agreed to acquire ...
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TAM plans to offer Ultra service
BRAZIL'S TAM-Transportes Aereos Regionais has ordered five Cessna Citation Ultra light business jets for delivery between February and May 1997. Four of the aircraft will be used to fly passengers overbooked on flights with the regional airline's Fokker 50s and 100s. One will be used as a personal aircraft by ...
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Saab to take 340 finishing in-house
Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON SAAB AIRCRAFT is working on a programme to take all Saab 340 painting and interior finishing work in-house, from its UK subcontractor Hunting Aviation, by the end of this year. This marks the end of 13 years of subcontracting this activity in the UK ...
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AirNet wraps up more same-night freight
AIRNET SYSTEMS, a US air-freight carrier specialising in same-night delivery of cancelled cheques, documents and packages, has acquired Dallas, Texas-based regional air-courier Midway Aviation for $3 million. The deal adds 8,000km (4,300nm) and ten cities to AirNet's 137,000km network. The acquisition includes ten aircraft. Separately, Columbus, Ohio-based AirNet ...