All Business Jets articles – Page 83
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AAD: Vliegmasjien moves closer to Wolf first flight
Four years after unveiling its single-engine amphibious Wolf "bush plane" concept at AAD, South African company Vlieg Masjien has returned with a prototype it hopes to fly next year, and looking for investors to help bring the design to production.
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AAD: Seeker surveillance aircraft debuts
CSI Aviation, which bought the Seeker light surveillance aircraft programme from its Australian developer two years ago, showed the fixed-wing, single-pusher design at AAD for the first time as it looks to start assembly in the USA.
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NewsSynergy seeks to treble fleet with large-cabin offering
UK operator Synergy Aviation is seeking to treble its business aircraft fleet over the next two years by opening up its management offering for the first time to owners of large-cabin jets.
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Zenith Aviation poised for arrival of Learjet 75 pair
UK business jet charter and management company Zenith Aviation is gearing up to take delivery of two new Learjet 75 business jets that will be used to soak up the growing demand in Europe for short-haul, ad hoc charter.
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NewsQuest Kodiak secures Chilean approval
Quest Aircraft has secured Chilean certification for its Kodiak single-engined turboprop, paving the way for the US airframer to begin deliveries of the high-wing, all-metal type to the Latin American country.
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NewsPiper secures US production certification for M600
Piper Aircraft has received US production certification for its M600 single-engined turboprop, paving the way for the US airframer to produce, test fly and issue airworthiness certification for each of the six-seat aircraft that rolls off its production line in Vero Beach, Florida.
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NewsComlux ACJ319 first for Airbus sharklet retrofit
Business aviation services provider, Comlux has become the first company to opt for a retrofit of sharklet wing-tips on an Airbus Corporate Jetliner (ACJ) with with the modification carried out in early September.
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SpaceShipTwo returns to flight after nearly two years
A Virgin Galactic spaceship returned to flight in a captive carry test for the first time in nearly two years since the fatal crash of the original prototype.
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Icon shifts A5 composite work to Mexico
As part of a plan to recover from early production problems, Icon Aircraft will build a new factory in Mexico to fabricate composite airframes for the A5, a two-seat amphibian sold in the light sport category.
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NewsAirlander developer HAV plans rapid return to flight
The developer of the Airlander 10 hopes to return it to flight later this year after the large hybrid airship was damaged by a hard landing on 24 August. UK-based Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) says the accident, during its second sortie and in which neither pilot was hurt, caused superficial ...
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NewsCessna secures exclusive contract with Pan Am International Flight Academy
Pan Am International Flight Academy has selected Cessna as its exclusive provider of new, non-complex single-engined trainers.
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Interview
INTERVIEW: Andrew Hellen chief systems engineer at Aerion
Andrew Hellen is chief systems engineer for supersonic business jet developer Aerion
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NewsFAI moves into aircraft storage market with new hangar construction
FAI Aviation Group, the parent company of Germany’s largest business aircraft operator, FAI rent-a-jet, has broken ground on a third hangar at its base in Nuremberg, which will be used to support the company’s first foray into the aircraft storage market.
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NewsTextron to move Cessna Caravan production to Independence
Textron Aviation is to transfer production of its Cessna Caravan single-engined turboprop family from Wichita, Kansas to Independence, another plant 115 miles (185km) away in the same state, in order to free up manufacturing capacity for a trio of new models.
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NewsTransport Canada registers first Global 7000
Bombardier’s first Global 7000 business jet has been added to the Canadian aircraft register, as preparations for the ultra-long-range twin's fourth quarter maiden sortie continues at the airframer’s factory complex near Toronto’s Downsview airport.
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FLIGHT TEST: Why top-of-the-range M600 is in tune with market demand
The 1970s represents the high-water mark for general aviation in the United States – in several respects. Discounting the few years immediately following the Second World War, general aviation aircraft deliveries, according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association trade group, peaked in the 1970s before beginning a precipitous decline. This ...
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Falcon 8X makes LABACE debut
Dassault is debuting its Falcon 8X business jet at the Latin American Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (LABACE) in São Paulo, Brazil between 30 August and 1 September, as it seeks to drum up sales for the long-range trijet ahead of its validation by Brazilian certification authority ANAC in the ...
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Hybrid airship operator forms alliance with Alaska logistics firm
A UK-based hybrid airship operator has teamed up with an Arctic logistics specialist to start operating the 85m (280ft)-long Lockheed Martin LMH-1 in 2019 to remote sites in Alaska and northern Canada.
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NewsGarmin G5000 approved for Beechjet 400A and Hawker 400XP
Garmin has secured approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration to install its G5000 avionics suite in the Beechjet 400A and its successor, the Hawker 400XP. The supplemental type certificate (STC), secured on 30 August, is hoped to give a new lease of life to the out-of-production light business jet ...
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NewsLuxaviation plots Asia expansion with Malaysian partnership
Business aviation services company Luxaviation is seeking to widen its share of the Asia-Pacific market through a strategic partnership with Malaysian logistics company DMG Adventures.