All Business Jets articles – Page 698
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Preaching conversion
Buoyant demand spawns new wave of widebody freighters. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA SO FAR, THE WIDEBODY freighter-conversion market has been dominated by the Boeing 747. Now, a new wave of widebody freighters is being rolled out of modification centres to meet the buoyant demand for cargo aircraft. ...
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CLK ponders runway two
Forecasters are about to release new traffic estimates that could dictate whether Hong Kong accelerates work on a second Chek Lap Kok runway, which would strengthen its claim as an international hub, as the geopolitical transition now underway in the region begins to undermine its role as the gateway to ...
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Cargo conundrum
Steady growth is predicted for world air-cargo market. Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURERS and conversion specialists are watching the burgeoning growth in world air-cargo traffic with eager anticipation. Every forecast points to steady and continuous growth, but not all agree on whether most of it will be ...
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Winglet benefits
Winglets could bring operational benefits to the Boeing 747-200F. Guy Norris/SEATTLE Aviation Partners, a Seattle-based modification company specialising in advanced winglet designs, is developing a lightweight winglet for the Boeing 747-200F. The company predicts that the revised wing could yield a 7% cruise-drag reduction, among ...
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Gulfstream in final stages of setting up service base
US corporate-aircraft manufacturer Gulfstream is in the final stages of discussions with South African industrial giant Anglo American to establish a maintenance and service centre, open to all Gulfstream operators in the region. The base would form part of, Anglo American's aviation division, at Johannesburg International Airport. ...
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Profitable Dassault keeps quiet on Aerospatiale link
FEW CLUES HAVE emerged as to the state of Dassault Aviation's enforced merger talks with Aerospatiale from chairman Serge Dassault's unveiling of an increasingly healthy financial results for 1995 . Dassault refers only briefly to the negotiations with Aerospatiale, which have been more or less forced on his ...
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Airborne chooses TIMCO for 767 conversion work
US AIRCRAFT-modification specialist TIMCO says that it has been selected by Airborne Express to develop a freighter conversion for the Boeing 767. Express-package carrier Airborne has acquired 12 ex-All Nippon Airways 767-200s for $290 million, including modification, and plans to acquire between ten and 15 additional aircraft for a total ...
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Bedek backs 707 as tanker platform
Douglas Barrie/TEL AVIV ISRAEL AIRCRAFT Industries' Bedek group is to stay with the Boeing 707 airframe as the basis for its tanker-conversion business, following internal studies into alternative airframes. Despite the age of the 707 design, senior Bedek officials believe that the airframe still provides ...
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Dassault flies Falcon 50EX for first time
THE FIRST DASSAULT Aviation Falcon 50EX was flown on 10 April at the Bordeaux-Merignac airfield, site of Dassault's final assembly factory. The extended-range version of the original aircraft includes up-rated AlliedSignal TFE 731-40 engines and new Rockwell Collins Pro-Line 4 avionics (as fitted to the new Falcon 2000). The avionics ...
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Learjet's second 45
Learjet flew the second Model 45 light business-aircraft on 6 April and says that the first flight of the third of five test aircraft is imminent. Flight-test delays have pushed certification back to January 1996, the end of parent company Bombardier's financial year. Source: Flight International
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BA shelves its $1 billion regional-jet purchase
Andrew Doyle/LONDON BRITISH AIRWAYS has postponed a proposed $1 billion order for up to 60 regional jets. The airline says that it has not finished restructuring its regional operations in time for the purchase to go ahead. BA had invited five manufacturers to tender for ...
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Gulfstream completes GV static testing
GULFSTREAM HAS completed static testing of the Gulfstream V long-range business jet. The test airframe, is now being refurbished for use as a demonstrator aircraft and is scheduled to be displayed at the US National Business Aircraft Association convention in Orlando, Florida, in November, equipped with a full interior. ...
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Flying Colours launched with Boeing order
FLYING COLOURS Leisure Group has placed a $200 million order for four new Boeing 757-200ERs for its new in-house carrier, Flying Colours Airlines. The four 757s, three leased from International Lease Finance and one from GATX, will be powered by Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4s. Three aircraft will be based at ...
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AlliedSignal examines wider engine upgrade plan
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES ALLIEDSIGNAL ENGINES is studying upgrades to a series of engines used in the corporate-aviation sector, following the success of its TFE731-3C effort for the Cessna Citation III and VI and the recent launch of the -3D upgrade for use on other types of business ...
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Flight Dynamics aims for Falcon 900EX
Flight Dynamics and Dassault Aviation are now close to reaching agreement on certificating the HGS-3000 head-up guidance system on the Falcon 900EX. The certification time-scale has yet to be decided for the new application, which follows the continuing Falcon 2000 HGS effort. The twin-engined Falcon 2000 is expected ...
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Hawker milestone
Raytheon Aircraft has delivered the 900th Hawker business jet with the hand-over of the 17th Hawker 1000 for Executive Jet Aviation's NetJets fractional-ownership programme. The Hawker series started as the de Havilland DH.125, becoming the Hawker Siddeley HS.125, then the British Aerospace 125, before its sale to Raytheon. ...
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FlightSafety expands Falcon training
FLIGHTSAFETY International (FSI) is expanding its Falcon Jet training centre at Teterboro, New Jersey, to house additional simulators for Dassault business jets. The expansion will provide room for three new simulators, plus flight-training devices and classrooms. FSI's Simulation Systems division is already building a Falcon 2000 full-flight simulator ...
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Dassault
Charles Nicol has been named vice-president of worldwide spares at Dassault Aviation in New Jersey. He has nearly 30 years' experience in the industry, most recently with Messier-Bugatti. Mark Verdesco becomes sales manager for pre-owned aircraft. He joined Dassault in 1989 as a technical marketing analyst and was promoted in ...
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Eagle makes changes to XT-S sports trainer
EAGLE AIRCRAFT International has made aerodynamic modifications to its all-composite XT-S two-seat sports trainer, and will now fly a full re-certification programme in Perth, Western Australia, to prove conformity with European joint airworthiness regulations for very-light aircraft (JAR/VLA). Having failed by 2kt, to limit stall speed to the ...
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Swissair expands as Crossair gets route boost
Gunter Endres/BASLE SWISSAIR IS expanding its fleet with orders for five Airbus narrow-bodies and two McDonnell Douglas MD-11s. The order comes as Crossair, the Swiss carrier's regional subsidiary, revealed a boost from taking over a part of its parent company's European and charter business. Swissair is ...