All Business Jets articles – Page 718
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Bombardier fills gap left by Moss defection to rival Gulfstream
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA BOMBARDIER HAS moved quickly to limit damage caused by the departure of business-aircraft division president Bryan Moss for rival Gulfstream, where he will become vice-chairman. John Lawson, formerly vice-president, marketing and sales, has been promoted to replace Moss, a key figure in development of the ...
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Bombardier
John Lawson has been named president of the Bombardier Business Aircraft division, of Montreal, Canada. He succeeds Bryan Moss, who has become vice-chairman and a director of Gulfstream Aerospace, of Savannah, Georgia. He also becomes chief executive of new subsidiary Gulfstream Aircraft. Lawson was previously vice-president for marketing and international ...
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PW530 passes birdstrike test on second attempt
PRATT & WHITNEY Canada's PW530 turbofan has passed a new birdstrike test after failing the first in mid-1994, necessitating a redesign of the engine's integrally bladed rotor (IBR) fan. The 12kN (2,600lb)-thrust PW530 will power the Cessna Citation Bravo light business-jet, with a first flight scheduled for next ...
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One-Stop Maintenance
Duncan Aviation and Jet Aviation have joined forces to perform "one-stop" business-aircraft heavy maintenance at Teterboro, New Jersey. Duncan will perform avionics installations and service, while Jet provides engine and airframe support. Source: Flight International
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Gulfstream Expansion
Gulfstream Aerospace has opened a parts centre in Bahrain, serving the Middle East and Africa, under a warehouse and distribution agreement with DHL Worldwide Express. Source: Flight International
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Starkraft ditches kitplane plans
STARKRAFT HAS dropped plans to market its Model 700 piston-twin as a kitplane and is arranging financing to certificate the eight-place, all-composite aircraft. A prototype was flown for the first time in December 1994, powered by two 260kW (350hp), liquid-cooled Teledyne Continental TSIOL-550s mounted in the nose and ...
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Diamond
Karl Pfister has joined light-aircraft manufacturer Diamond Aircraft, of Ontario, Canada, as vice-president of manufacturing. He was previously head of production management and small-aircraft projects for Burkhart Grob. Earl Boyter is named head of worldwide marketing and sales. He was formerly, eastern sales manager for Diamond USA, the North American ...
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Falcon Service Centres
Dassault Falcon Jet has added three Garrett Aviation Services sites in California, Illinois and Texas to its US service-centre network and reauthorised Illinois based Midcoast Aviation, under new owner Sabreliner, to support Falcon business jets. Source: Flight International
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Swissair supports Fokker 100
SWISSAIR HAS written to Fokker to make clear that it has no criticism of the Fokker 100, despite its probable dropping of the type from its fleet. The airline says, that its public comments on the Fokker 100's economics, when it said that the aircraft had "accounted ...
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Wichita watch
Wichita, the centre of the world's corporate aircraft manufacturing, is watching the recovery anxiously. Graham Warwick/WICHITA Any signs of a recovery in the general-aviation market are particularly welcome in Wichita, Kansas, where more than two-thirds of all the world's business aircraft are built. Shipments ...
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Falcon feat
Dassault's extended-range Falcon 900 may have arrived at just the right moment. Julian Moxon/PARIS With long-range business travel apparently on the increase as the world recession eases, Dassault chose a good moment to introduce the extended-range Falcon 900EX at the October 1994 US National ...
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Fokker slashes costs in new restructuring plan
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON Fokker has embarked upon a radical programme of restructuring, job cuts and site closures in a bid to pull itself back into profit by mid-1996. Losses have been mounting at the Dutch manufacturer as output has dwindled to only 50 aircraft a year - ...
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Better business
Business improved for corporate-aircraft makers in 1994 and the upswing is expected to continue. Howard Gethin and Jennifer Pite/LONDON Last year saw the highest number of business-jet shipments by US manufacturers for 12 years and the best turbine-aircraft orders backlogs since the early 1980s. Those key ...
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Providing the answers
The causes of accidents are often not found because of inadequate flight-data recorders. Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES The United Airlines Boeing 737-200 which rolled on its back and crashed for no apparent reason on the approach to Colorado Springs in March 1991 carried a six-parameter ...
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GE90-powered 777 reaches Mach 0.96 in dive
THE GENERAL ELECTRIC GE90-powered Boeing 777 reached Mach 0.96 during a high-speed dive in February, as part of a faster-than-expected expansion of the aircraft/engine flight envelope. "We are well into the test schedule. In fact we're already at the point that we'd normally be at six weeks into ...
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SIA Learjet Order
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has ordered two more Learjet 31s and four Learjet 45 aircraft, worth $65 million, for pilot training. They replace four Learjet 31s in service since 1991. The two new 31s are due for delivery in December and the four 45s in 1997. Source: Flight International
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Marshall wins second order for TriStar freighter work
MARSHALL AEROSPACE of the UK is to convert three Lockheed L-1011-200 TriStars to freighters for International Air Leases (IAL), and the company has also negotiated additional options. The deal is the second major TriStar freight-conversion contract for Marshall, which again beat rival Lockheed Aeronautical Services (LAS) for the ...
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Samsung considers joining four-seat Skycar project
SOUTH KOREA'S Samsung Aerospace, has agreed to study the feasibility, of jointly developing a four-seat vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft with US designer, Moller International. Davis, California-based Moller, has been developing the ducted-fan Skycar since 1983 and has invested $35 million in the programme to date. ...
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Cessna spells out plans for single-engine revival
CESSNA AIRCRAFT has revealed new details of its plan to re-enter the single-engine piston aircraft market. Cessna chairman Russ Meyer says that his firm will build 2,000 model 172s, 182s and 206s in 1998 - the first full year of production. The initial 25-30 aircraft, to be ...
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Piaggio anxiety increases
CONCERN OVER the future of Piaggio is growing as attempts to find a new owner fail to progress. The troubled, Italian Aerospace Company has been run for the past three months by administrators, appointed by, the Italian Bankruptcy Courts. Switzerland's Pilatus group has withdrawn from the bidding, leaving ...