All Business Jets articles – Page 719
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Jetstream aims for J41 backlog
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON JETSTREAM AIRCRAFT aims to build a three-year backlog for its J41 30-seat turboprop to take into the alliance with ATR when the merger is completed by the end of this year. Marketing director Nick Godwin estimates that orders for the J41 earned it ...
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Executive Jet sells all 1995 Ultra shares
EXECUTIVE JET Aviation (EJA) says that it has sold full shareholdings in 16 Citation Ultra business-jets due for delivery in 1995 for its NetJets fractional-ownership programme. The aircraft are part of a $150 million order for 25 Citation Ultras announced in July 1994. First delivery is due in ...
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Aer Lingus close to finalising deal to lease three BAe 146-300s
Kevin O'Toole/LONDON AER LINGUS IS close to completing a deal to lease three British Aerospace 146-300 regional-jets to allow it to compete on routes between Ireland and UK regional airports. The aircraft are being made ready for leasing by BAe's Assett Management Organisation, although Aer Lingus ...
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Gulfstream Expands
Gulfstream Aerospace is planning to build an 18,580m2 (200,000ft2) expansion to its aircraft-service site at its Savannah, Georgia, headquarters to serve Gulfstream V customers. The centre will be able to accommodate 12 Gulfstream Vs and be used for other models. Source: Flight International
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Chinese Learjet
China's first privately owned Learjet corporate aircraft will be delivered to Hainan Airlines in April. The Learjet 55 was purchased from a US operator and is being refurbished by Learjet. The aircraft will be used for charter flights. Source: Flight International
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GAMA encouraged by law change and output figures
The easing of general-aviation product-liability legislation in 1994 has left the US light-aircraft industry "...at the threshold of a new era and stands poised for recovery", according to David Burner, chairman of the US General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA). Burner, president of BFGoodrich Aerospace, notes that piston-powered production ...
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MDC returns assembly to Long Beach
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) is to build MD-11 fuselage barrels at its Long Beach final-assembly site after a coalition of California state, local city, union and local utility officials agreed a cost-saving package worth up to $138 million over the next five years. ...
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FedEx orders more Airbus freighters
EXPRESS FREIGHT company FedEx has placed a follow-on order for seven Airbus A310-200 freighter conversions from Daimler-Benz Aerospace Airbus (DAA). Conversion of an eighth aircraft is still under discussion. The aircraft are being bought by Memphis-based FedEx from Delta Airlines' fleet, and will be converted to A310-200F freighter ...
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Significant achievement
The first NH Industries NH90 takes shape. Julian Moxon/PARIS At first sight, it might be difficult to appreciate the significance of the all-composite fuselage shell sitting on makeshift landing gear at Eurocopter France's Marseilles factory. It is, however, the visible evidence of progress on what is potentially ...
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Reims may return to light singles
REIMS AVIATION president Jean-Paul Pellessier says that he will decide on whether to resume licence production of Cessna piston-singles "within a few weeks", following the US manufacturer's decision to re-start production of such types at the beginning of 1997. "I am very enthusiastic about it, but there are ...
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Certification delayed for Cessna Citation X
Graham Warwick/WICHITA CERTIFICATION OF the Cessna Citation X high-speed business jet has been pushed back from August to November, but the manufacturer still plans to deliver the first customer aircraft in April 1996. Flight-test hold-ups will delay delivery of the first two Citation X demonstrators to late November or ...
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Bombardier and Embraer confirm regional sales
BOMBARDIER REGIONAL Aircraft has won a firm order for five Canadair Regional Jets (CRJs) from Delta Connection carrier Comair and is holding out the prospect of the airline taking a total of 70 aircraft. Cincinnati-based Comair confirmed five options, worth about $87 million, to add to its 20 ...
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Tridair aims for Gemini in-flight engine-start certification
TRIDAIR HELICOPTERS, the California-based developer of the modified twin-engined Bell 206L-1/3/4 (known as the Gemini ST), plans to certificate it for in-flight starting of the second engine in 1996. The modification will allow pilots to take off using one of the helicopter's two engines and then start up ...
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R-R details Trent 890 flight-test schedule
Kieran Daly/DERBY ROLLS-ROYCE WILL begin flight testing of the Trent 890 for the Boeing 777 on the airframer's 747 testbed in late March. The company had hoped to avoid the 747 test phase, but Boeing insisted, following unexpected events with the rival Pratt & Whitney and ...
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Learjet may add aircraft to reach model 45 schedule
LEARJET IS considering adding a fifth aircraft to the Learjet 45 flight-test programme, to ensure that it meets the December 1996 deadline for certification of the new business jet. The manufacturer has promised to deliver eight aircraft to customers by the end of parent company Bombardier's 1996 financial ...
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Second production Citation X flies
A SECOND PRODUCTION aircraft has joined Cessna's flight-test programme for the Citation X high-speed business-jet. By the end of January, the Wichita, US, manufacturer had logged some 535h on 355 flights of the prototype and first two production aircraft. The second production Citation X was flown for the ...
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Second production Citation X flies
A SECOND PRODUCTION aircraft has joined Cessna's flight-test programme for the Citation X high-speed business-jet. By the end of January, the Wichita, US, manufacturer had logged some 535h on 355 flights of the prototype and first two production aircraft. The second production Citation X was flown for the ...
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Falcon sales boost Dassault
DASSAULT AVIATION has clocked up ten orders for its Falcon 900EX business jet since its launch in October 1994. The company hopes to fly the aircraft at the Paris air show in June. Delivery to first customer Sony is due in April 1996. "It's started well, and we ...
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Falcon sales boost Dassault
DASSAULT AVIATION, has clocked up ten orders for its Falcon 900EX business jet, since its launch in October 1994. The company hopes to fly the aircraft at the Paris air show in June. Delivery to first customer Sony is due in April 1996. "It's started well, and we ...
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FAA plans to publish standards for helicopter GPS approach
THE US FEDERAL Aviation Administration has completed a four-site test programme to develop standards for helicopter non-precision-approaches, using global positioning (GPS). A GPS-based approach was demonstrated at Heli-Expo using a Eurocopter BK.117 equipped with an AlliedSignal Bendix/King KLN-90B GPS and Arnav Systems datalink. Steve Hickok, helicopter ...