All Business Jets articles – Page 712
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Gulfstream 'close to break-even' with GV orderbook
GULFSTREAM chairman Ted Forstmann says that orders for the Gulfstream V long-range business jet "...will reach break-even by the end of the year". Gulfstream's break-even point is believed to be around 60 aircraft, although the company will admit only to having a GV order backlog "in excess of $2 billion". ...
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Rutan builds single-jet Vantage
BURT RUTAN'S Scaled Composites (SCI) will fly a prototype of VisionAire's Vantage single-turbofan business jet in April 1996. SCI has a contract to build the prototype and complete the first 40 flights of the six-place, all-composite, aircraft. VisionAire, based in St Louis, Missouri, unveiled a full-scale cabin mock-up ...
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Corporate war flares up over business jets
Graham Warwick/LAS VEGAS RIVALRY BETWEEN Bombardier and Gulfstream for the long-range business-jet market erupted into open warfare at the US National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA) convention in Las Vegas on 26-28 September, with the companies trading claims in advertisements and briefings. Gulfstream, provoked by unfavourable ...
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Soloy delays Dual Pac gearbox certification
CERTIFICATION OF Soloy's Dual Pac combining gearbox, which drives a single propeller, though two Pratt & Whitney PT6D-114D engines, has been delayed to May 1996, while the Washington based company improves the durability of the unit. The Dual Pac was due to be certificated in June 1995, but ...
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Cessna upgrade produces Magnum Edition
CESSNA HAS unveiled a package of avionics, systems and amenities for the basic Citation VII. The upgraded version will be called the Magnum Edition. The concept follows the successful launch of the similar Citation Bravo and Citation Ultra aircraft, and is designed to help stimulate sales of the ...
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EJA expands NetJets with European move
EXECUTIVE JET Aviation (EJA) has launched the long-awaited expansion of its NetJets business-aircraft fractional-ownership programme into Europe. EJA will base four company-owned Cessna Citation S/IIs in Europe, beginning in the fourth quarter of 1995 and will begin selling aircraft shares, in the first quarter of 1996 says, ...
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Premier's engines meet performance targets
WILLIAMS ROLLS Royce's FJ44-2 engine for the Raytheon Premier I and Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 light business jets is meeting its thrust and specific-fuel-consumption targets in ground tests, says company founder Dr Sam Williams. The 10kN engine's third-generation, integrally bladed, "wide-sweep fan" is achieving unprecedented efficiency, he says, and cruise performance ...
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Global Express is taking shape
MAJOR SECTIONS of the first Bombardier Global Express long-range business jet will begin arriving at de Havilland in Toronto, Canada, in December. Final assembly will begin in March 1996 and the programme is on schedule for a first flight in September 1996, the Canadian company says. "The Global ...
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Premier I leads planned Raytheon light-jet family
RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT'S Premier I, launched at the NBAA, is the first in a family of light business-jets. Company president Roy Norris says that a Premier II "...is already on the drawing board" and will be followed by a Premier III. The $3.9 million, six-passenger, Premier I is ...
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Raytheon's first
Raytheon Aircraft is claiming a breakthrough in business-jet design with the launch of its Premier I. Graham Warwick/WICHITA RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT'S new Premier I light business-jet is not a Beech, nor a Hawker. It is the first all-new aircraft to carry the Raytheon name and, for the year-old ...
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IAI stars in Galaxy production reshuffle
ISRAEL AIRCRAFT Industries (IAI), is to build four prototype Astra Galaxy's in Israel, in a bid to maintain the momentum of the business jet project. The programme is around nine months behind schedule, with the first flight of the Galaxy now planned for the fourth quarter of ...
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Independents jockey for position in India
THE LOW PRICE OF FIVE 20-year old Boeing 737-200s being offered for sale by Government-owned Indian Airlines has elicited bids from two independent rivals - NEPC Airlines and Sahara India Airlines. The five aircraft are expected to fetch up to $40 million. NEPC and Sahara have ambitions to ...
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Star Kraft prepares team for launch
STAR KRAFT IS confident of launching full-development of its eight-seat twin-engine aircraft with a team of investors and aerospace companies which is now being formed. Company president Roger Kraft says: "We will know within 90 days whether we will have that team pulled together." The involvement of ...
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Uncommon sense
IT MAKES FOR GREAT copy, but does it really make sense for two great business-jet manufacturers to distract attendees with an old-fashioned slinging match at their industry's most important annual event? The Gulfstream V and the Bombardier Global Express, when they enter service, will be far more ...
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JAL smooths over FAA ban
Japan Airlines was understood to be close to an agreement in early September to end the US Federal Aviation Administration's suspension of its licence to repair US registered aircraft. The airline's FAA authorisation was cancelled in August after a routine annual inspection showed violations of US standards, according ...
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KLM builds with caution
KLM's recent agreements with Garuda Indonesia and Jet Airways in India reflect a wariness by the Dutch carrier over the future development of the industry in Asia-Pacific, but in Europe the carrier is still lacking a major partner. As parts of Asia like Thailand and Vietnam develop rapidly ...
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Thai plans A300 update renewal
Paul Lewis/BANGKOK THAI AIRWAYS International is negotiating to purchase five additional Airbus Industrie A300-600Rs and two Boeing 747-400s as part of a long-term plan to rationalise and modernise its fleet. The A300-600Rs are needed as replacements for Thai's elderly A300B4s, now used on domestic and ...
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Learjet 45 first flight delayed
HOPES OF FLYING THE FIRST prototype Learjet 45 light business-jet, before the opening of the NBAA convention in Las Vegas on 26 September, faded when the emergency-egress system on the first aircraft had to be removed, retested, and re-installed, delaying the start of high-speed-taxi tests to 22 September at the ...
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Two-man 727 flightdeck offer
AEROWORKS AND Gull Electronic Systems have teamed to offer a two-man Boeing 727 cockpit, eliminating the flight-engineer's position. The "DuoDeck" conversion is "largely based on the proven design reliability of the two-position Boeing 737-200 cockpit", says Incline Village, Nevada-based AeroWorks. Gull, a division of Parker Bertea Aerospace, based ...
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AlliedSignal develops GPWS for GA aircraft
Guy Norris/WICHITA A LOW-COST TERRAIN-warning system for single-engine general-aviation (GA) aircraft is being developed by AlliedSignal and will be available from around April 1996. The development of the terrain-warning system (TWS) was prompted by the re-emergence of Cessna's light-single product line. "Cessna's going back into ...