All Business Jets articles – Page 716
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Gulfstream mates wing to GV fuselage
GULFSTREAM MATED THE WING and fuselage of the first Gulfstream V long-range business jet on 24 July at its Savannah, Georgia, plant. The wing arrived by rail from supplier Northrop Grumman on 18 July and was mated to the Gulfstream-produced fuselage within a week. The Fokker-built tail will be added ...
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Williams-Rolls
An up-rated Williams-Rolls FJ44 turbofan will power Raytheon Aircraft's new light business-jet, designated the PD 374. The FJ44-2 selected is rated at 10kN (2,300lb) thrust and has a higher bypass-ratio, a larger-diameter fan and two additional intermediate-compressor stages, compared with the 8.5kN FJ44-1A used in Cessna's CitationJet. Certification ...
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Aircraft news
Saudia has confirmed its order for 23 Boeing 777-200s, five B747-400s, 29 MD-90s and four MD-11s. Announcing its intention to build a stretched version of the B777, Boeing received orders for 10 B777-300s from All Nippon Airways and six from Thai International. Cathay Pacific has converted ...
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Financial results
Air Canada cut its operating loss from C$12m to C$7m. Passengers and yields both rose 6%. There were C$40m of non-operating gains in 1994. Operating income trebled to US$162.2m, moving ANA into the black. Boosted by the Kobe earthquake and the strong yen, traffic rose 6.1%. ...
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Europe plans 12-month trial to advance ADS forward
Kieran Daly/LONDON THE WORLD'S BIGGEST trial of satellite-based automatic dependent surveillance (ADS) will begin in Europe by the end of the year. The European Commission-funded ADS Europe programme will gather data from at least 11 aircraft - ten of them airliners on revenue flights. ADS ...
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Pemco pushes heavier 727-200
PEMCO WORLD AIR Services Group has received US Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certification (STC) for weight increases for the Boeing 727-200. The STC raises the maximum zero fuel weight to almost 70,370kg from 63,320kg, and maximum landing weight is increased to almost 74,500kg from 72,575. The first ...
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Avcon fins tested on Learjet 36
AVCON INDUSTRIES IS flight-testing a Learjet 36 business jet fitted with rear-fuselage ventral fins to improve low-speed handling. The Avcon Fins are similar to the delta fins developed by Learjet for the Model 31A and will be offered for retrofit to existing Model 25s, 35s and 36s. Newton, ...
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Garuda rethinks Airbus/ Boeing airliner orders
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE GARUDA INDONESIA is renegotiating orders for 24 Airbus Industrie and Boeing aircraft in a move to reduce capital expenditure and prepare for eventual privatisation. The airline is understood to have reached a tentative agreement with Airbus to convert orders for six Airbus A330s ...
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Mexican Completion
GTE Airfone has completed construction of a ground-station network in Mexico for its Advanced Digital Airfone in-flight communications system. Airborne equipment has been installed in AeroMexico aircraft. GTE says that it is the first to provide communications coverage throughout North America. Source: Flight International
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Getting the facts straight
Sir - I refer to the feature "Countdown to success" (Flight International, 14-20 June, P61). Under the subheading "Europe's solid biggest boosters" you state that Regulus is a joint subsidiary of SEP and SNPE. Regulus is, in fact, a joint venture between BPD (Fiat Group), which holds 66%, ...
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Lockheed Martin turns TriStar into flying hospital
LOCKHEED MARTIN Aircraft Services is to convert a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar into a flying hospital under a $14.5 million contract from Operation Blessing International Relief and Development, a Virginia Beach-based relief organisation. Lockheed Martin says that the converted L-1011 will be the largest self-contained hospital aircraft ever built. ...
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Atlas adds 747
Colorado-based cargo airline Atlas Air has converted one of three Boeing 747 full-freighter modification options into a firm order and will take delivery of the former -200 Combi aircraft in November. The airline contracted for four 747 conversions with three options in 1994, and will receive its third converted aircraft ...
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Piper comes out from Chapter 11
PIPER AIRCRAFT emerged from bankruptcy on 10 July, when the court approved the company's sale to its creditors and an investment firm for $95 million. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based Dimeling, Schreiber and Park has taken a 50% stake in New Piper Aircraft, with creditors receiving 25%. Piper filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ...
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Learjet sets pre-NBAA date for first flight of Lear 45
THE FIRST FLIGHT OF the Learjet Lear 45 light business jet has been scheduled for 22 September, only days before the US National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA) convention in Las Vegas, where it is hoped the aircraft will have its public debut. Production aircraft number 45-001 (pictured here ...
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GE90 777 prepared for flying restart
THE FIRST General Electric GE90-powered Boeing 777 was expected to begin flying again around 17 July following the installation of new platform spacers in the engines. Both GE-powered aircraft were grounded for more than seven weeks by the discovery of a fan imbalance during ground-based birdstrike tests on ...
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Lufthansa extends Airbus cowling life
LUFTHANSA TECHNIK claims to have developed a low-cost method of repairing composite parts of Airbus A300 and A310 engine cowlings which have been damaged by moisture and hot air from anti-icing ducts. Engineers at the company's Hamburg maintenance site repair damage using a bonding system, cure it at ...
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FAA completes Cat III GPS flight-tests
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration has completed flight-tests to determine the feasibility of Category IIIb automatic landings using the global-positioning system (GPS). Results from flight-tests by E-Systems and Wilcox, in June and April, respectively, are being analysed. The results are expected to be released by September. The tests ...
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Continental in leasing rethink
CONTINENTAL Airlines has renegotiated the leases on most of the 35 aircraft (mainly Airbus A300s) grounded in January in a move to cut capacity. The aircraft have been returned to lessors, but Continental will save $152 million in 1995 and 1996, eliminate substantial operating-lease payments after 1996, and defer certain ...
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BWIA includes five EMB-145s in upgrade book
David Learmount/LONDON BWIA INTERNATIONAL Airways has ordered five Embraer EMB-145 regional jets and placed options on five more. The Trinidad-based carrier's president, Ed Wegel, also says that he is talking to Boeing about the 777 as an ultimate replacement for three 767-300ERs which it is leasing alongside ...
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Aviation Partners pushes for Gulfstream II winglet exports
AVIATION PARTNERS is pursuing overseas sales of its performance-enhancing winglet modification for the Gulfstream II business jet following the aircraft's international debut at the Paris air show in June. Negotiations are under way with several potential offshore modification-centres. Interest in the modification is highest in Saudi Arabia, which ...