All Business Jets articles – Page 713
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Core avionics
The Collins Proline 4 flight tests are in final completion. This system has evolved, too, and is installed in various forms on business jets such as the Beech 400, Learjet 60 and Dassault 2000; it is specified too for the Israel Aircraft Industries Galaxy. The system is much ...
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Bombardier
Pete Reynolds has been named director of flight-test operations at Bombardier Aerospace, of Montreal, Canada. Reynolds, who became chief of engineering flight test for Learjet in 1989, will continue to oversee the Learjet 45 flight-test programme and be responsible for the Global Express flight-test programme, due to start in 1996. ...
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Gulfstream rolls out GV
GULFSTREAM HAS ROLLED out its GV long-range business jet at the company's Savannah, Georgia-based manufacturing plant, just days before the opening of the US National Business Aircraft Association's annual convention and exhibition in Las Vegas (26-28 September) and only weeks before its first flight, which is expected before the end ...
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Ranging wider
Canadair has gradually improved its Challenger corporate jet over the past decade. Harry Hopkins/WICHITA THE CANADAIR CHALLENGER series of corporate jets has evolved over 15 years in a series of small steps which have not detracted from the success of the original formula - to marry the ...
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Team tactics
International joint ventures pave the way for an expansion of the maintenance market in China. Paul Lewis/BEIJING/GUANGZHOU/XIAMEN A WORLDWIDE OVERCAPACITY in aircraft maintenance and overhaul has left many companies struggling under the weight of intense competition and uneconomical work rates. This gloomy global picture, however, has not ...
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Learjet 45 roll-out heralds renaissance
Guy Norris/WICHITA ANNUAL PRODUCTION of Learjet business-jet models could reach 100 by 1999 as the company plans an all-out attempt to regain its market-leadership position from Cessna. Speaking at the rollout ceremony, of the Model 45 light business jet on 14 September, Learjet president Brian ...
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World turbine helicopter accidents and incidents
Compiled by David Learmount/LONDON ACCIDENT DATA have been drawn from Flight International's own research, and extensively from the databases of Airclaims and Lloyds Aviation. Airclaims now researches and publishes the World Airline Accident Summary on behalf of the UK Civil Aviation Authority, and it has an exclusive ...
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Uprated Hawker nears completion
COMPLETION OF THE FIRST PRODUCTION Hawker 800XP business jets is under way at Raytheon Aircraft in Wichita, Kansas. The XP is a Hawker 800 upgrade, with increased design weights, aerodynamic improvements, system upgrades and up-rated AlliedSignal TFE731 engines. Source: Flight International
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Datalink deal
Universal Avionics Systems and Teledyne Controls have teamed to develop a low-cost datalink service, which will be able to communicate via VHF, satellite, Mode S and airphone systems. Universal's two-way datalink will provide the basis for the new unit. Source: Flight International
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NASA tests hypersonic design
Andrew Doyle/LONDON A HYPERSONIC-aircraft concept, known as the "wave-rider", which would be capable of speeds ranging from Mach 4 to M6, is undergoing wind-tunnel tests at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia. The wave-rider series, powered by air-breathing hypersonic engines, would be particularly suitable as ...
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Uneven distribution
A country-by-country breakdown of the world fleet of turbine business aircraft provides a few surprises for manufacturers looking for expanding markets. Forbes Mutch/LONDON NORTH AMERICA dominates the business aircraft market, both in terms of manufacturing and operation. Fact. South America continues to emerge as the market most ...
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Gamblingon growth
The US National Business Aircraft Association annual convention and exhibition comes to Las Vegas, Nevada, for the first time on 26-28 September. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA NEWS AT THIS year's National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA) convention will come from an unusual source. Raytheon Aircraft is not accustomed ...
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Learjet renaissance
Bill Lear created a market when he designed the first Learjet. Now Learjet is seeking to revitalise that market with the all-new Model 45. Graham Warwick/WICHITA ...
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AAR wins cargo-system work on 747s and DC-10s
Conversion specialist AAR Advanced Structures has received contracts for cargo-system modifications to convert both Boeing 747s and McDonnell Douglas DC-10s to full-freighter configuration. GATX/Airlog has contracted the Livonia, Michigan based company to supply kits to convert two Boeing 747-200s, from combi to full-freighter configuration. The aircraft will be ...
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Learjet 45 go-ahead delayed
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA Learjet says that certification of the Model 45 light business-jet is likely to be delayed until December 1996, but insists that initial deliveries will take place on schedule. Only four aircraft, instead of the planned eight, will be delivered before the end of parent company ...
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Challenger 604 approval expected before time
CANADIAN certification of the Canadair Challenger 604 business jet is expected on 15 September, more than a month earlier than scheduled, and the first aircraft will be delivered at the end of September, Bombardier says. US certification is expected by the end of October, four weeks ahead of schedule, and ...
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Singapore FBO acquired
Jet Aviation has acquired DHP Aviation, a fixed-based operator and maintenance centre at Singapore's Seletar Airport. The maintenance base is able to support Canadair Challenger, Cessna Citation, Dassault Falcon, Gulfstream and Raytheon Hawker business jets, and includes avionics, component-overhaul, upholstery and paint shops. Source: Flight International
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NBAA urges Euro action
EUROPEAN AIRCRAFT manufacturers and operators have been urged by US National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) president Jack Olcott to launch an advocacy campaign in support of corporate aviation. He has suggested that it be run along the same lines as the NBAA's own "No Plane, No Gain" programme in the ...
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Air France and BA aim to please passengers
TWO OF EUROPE'S largest airlines have committed huge sums of money to woo the high-yield passengers with new concepts in first-class cabins. Air France launched its new L'Espace service on long-haul routes to the Americas and Asia on 11 September, while British Airways is expected to reveal its ...