All Business Jets articles – Page 85

  • M600
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    Piper secures US production certification for M600

    12 Sep 2016

    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.

  • Comlux ACJ319 Sharklets 2
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    Comlux ACJ319 first for Airbus sharklet retrofit

    12 Sep 2016

    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.

  • News

    SpaceShipTwo returns to flight after nearly two years

    9 Sep 2016

    ​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.

  • News

    Icon shifts A5 composite work to Mexico

    9 Sep 2016

    ​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.

  • Airlander - REX/Shutterstock
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    Airlander developer HAV plans rapid return to flight

    7 Sep 2016

    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 ...

  • Skyhawk 172
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    Cessna secures exclusive contract with Pan Am International Flight Academy

    7 Sep 2016

    Pan Am International Flight Academy has selected Cessna as its exclusive provider of new, non-complex single-engined trainers.

  • Interview

    INTERVIEW: Andrew Hellen chief systems engineer at Aerion

    6 Sep 2016

    Andrew Hellen is chief systems engineer for supersonic business jet developer Aerion

  • FAI Lear 60
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    FAI moves into aircraft storage market with new hangar construction

    5 Sep 2016

    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.

  • Cessna Grand Caravan
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    Textron to move Cessna Caravan production to Independence

    5 Sep 2016

    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.

  • Global 7000
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    Transport Canada registers first Global 7000

    5 Sep 2016

    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.

  • News

    FLIGHT TEST: Why top-of-the-range M600 is in tune with market demand

    5 Sep 2016

    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 ...

  • News

    Falcon 8X makes LABACE debut

    31 Aug 2016

    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 ...

  • News

    Hybrid airship operator forms alliance with Alaska logistics firm

    30 Aug 2016

    ​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.

  • Beechjet400GarminG500
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    Garmin G5000 approved for Beechjet 400A and Hawker 400XP

    30 Aug 2016

    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 ...

  • Luxaviation
    News

    Luxaviation plots Asia expansion with Malaysian partnership

    30 Aug 2016

    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.

  • Avanti Evo
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    Carlo Logli to step down as Piaggio Aerospace chief executive

    24 Aug 2016

    ​Carlo Logli is stepping down as chief executive of Piaggio Aerospace and will be replaced in the interim by the company’s chief operating officer Renato Vaghi.

  • Longitude
    News

    Cessna Citation Longitude completes initial ground testing

    24 Aug 2016

    ​Cessna has completed initial ground test runs of its Honeywell HTF7700L-powered Citation Longitude, and is preparing the super-midsize type for its maiden sortie in the third quarter.

  • News

    Airlander sustains damage after landing from second test flight

    24 Aug 2016

    The Airlander 10 airship has been damaged on landing after its second test flight. Manufacturer Hybrid Air Vehicles confirmed in a tweet around 13:15 UK time that the aircraft had “sustained damage on landing during today’s flight”.

  • Piper M500
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    Piper M500 secures European approval after 20-month wait

    23 Aug 2016

    Piper Aircraft has secured long-awaited European Aviation Safety Agency certification for its M500 single-engined turboprop, and has delivered the first locally registered type to a Swiss owner.

  • Airlander
    News

    Airlander 10 makes first test flight

    17 Aug 2016

    A week and a half after emerging from its hangar, Airlander 10 - the world's biggest aircraft - has made its first short flight since the cancellation three years ago of the US programme it was designed for.