All Business Jets articles – Page 96
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NewsFalcon 7X pilot's military training credited for rapid aircraft recovery
French investigators have revealed the first officer of a Dassault Falcon 7X used an escape technique picked up from bombing exercises to regain control of the jet during a trim runaway event on 24 May 2011, which later resulted in the temporary, worldwide grounding of the long-range trijet fleet.
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NewsLoch Lomond Seaplanes poised to make a splash in England
Scottish firm Loch Lomond Seaplanes, the UK's only amphibious air taxi provider, is expanding into the English market through a partnership with private resort, Osea Island.
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PICTURES: Iron Maiden 747-400 badly damaged in tug collision
Rock band Iron Maiden’s newly-customised Boeing 747-400 has been extensively damaged in a ground-towing accident in Santiago that injured two tractor operators.
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NewsGI prepares Gulf's first single-engined turboprop charter service
Abu Dhabi start-up GI Aviation is hoping to launch the Gulf’s first single-engined turboprop-based air taxi operation this year, to fulfil what it calls "a growing need for affordable regional charter services of four hours or less”.
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Perlan 2 glider starts cabin pressurisation tests
Flight testing has started on the unique cabin pressurization system for the Airbus-sponsored Perlan II, an experimental glider aiming to set the winged-aircraft altitude record with a flight to 90,000ft later this year.
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NewsBombardier Challenger 650 clinches European validation
Bombardier has secured European certification for the Challenger 650 business jet, paving the way for deliveries of the large-cabin twin to begin on the continent.
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NewsPiper ponders new products
Piper Aircraft is exploring a range of new products to complement its existing family of propeller-driven aircraft.
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NewsUAE announced as first export customer for Hammerhead UAV
Piaggio Aero has secured the first export order for its P.1HH Hammerhead unmanned air vehicle, following the United Arab Emirates’ decision to acquire eight of the type.
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NewsDiamond delivers eight piston-singles to Australian International Aviation College
Diamond Aircraft has delivered eight piston-engined aircraft to the Australian International Aviation College (AIAC). The shipment of two DA42-VI twins and six examples of the DA40 NG single – making its Australian debut – joins the New South Wales-based training academy's fleet of older generation DA20-C1s and DA40 CS'.
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NewsSeeker observation aircraft to be built in the US by Erickson
Observation platform developer Seeker Aircraft will establish a production line in the USA for its SB7L piston-single to accommodate growing international demand for the two-seat, metal type.
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NewsInternational bidders vie for Edgley Optica
John Edgley, owner and designer of the Optica observation aircraft, is holding discussions with potential buyers for the programme from China, the USA and the UK. Each is bidding to purchase the 40-year-old piston-single and relaunch manufacturing, more than two decades after its production was halted.
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INTERVIEW Sarah Yates - Pilot and biologist for the US Fish and Wildlife Service
Sarah Yates is a wildlife biologist and pilot of a Cessna 206 on amphibious floats for the US Fish and Wildlife Service division of migratory bird management in Maine, where she was born and raised.
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NewsPiper prepares M600 for third quarter service entry
Service entry of Piper Aircraft’s M600 single-engined turboprop has been pushed back to the third quarter of this year, due to “challenges” with the certification process.
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NewsXTi extends TriFan 600 funding window
US start-up XTi Aircraft has extended by a month the window for crowdfunding stakeholders to invest in its TriFan 600 vertical take-off and landing business aircraft, and says it will establish an over-the-counter secondary market to allow current and future shareholders to buy and sell XTi shares on the open ...
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NewsSilvercrest delay hits Safran's 2015 operating profit
Delays in developing the Snecma Silvercrest engine set to power Dassault’s Falcon 5X business jet cost Safran a one-off €654 million ($720 million) charge last year, resulting in a 12% drop in operating profit for the French company, to €1.7 billion.
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NewsSpectrum to build S-40 business jet in Mexico
US aircraft developer Spectrum Aeronautical is hoping to secure funding by the end of June to launch production of its Freedom S-40 business jet, and has selected Mexicali in Baja, California – 2km south of the US/Mexican border – as the manufacturing and flight test centre for the midsize type.
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NewsEuropean approval for single-engined IMC operations draws closer
Opposition to pan-European commercial single-engined turbine operations under instrument meteorological conditions (SET-IMC) seems to be abating as rulemaking proposals increasingly satisfy states that have resisted it. Italy is now the only state that appears to still have reservations, while previous sceptics France, Germany and the UK seem happy with draft ...
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INTERVIEW: David Bickerton -Director with McLarens Aviation in Abu Dhabi
David Bickerton is regional director, Middle East and Africa, for McLarens Aviation. He’s based in Abu Dhabi, providing consultancy services in incident investigation mainly on behalf of insurers
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NewsNASA selects Lockheed Martin to design supersonic X-plane
NASA has selected Lockheed Martin to design a half-scale supersonic X-plane with boom-suppression technology in an effort to lift the international ban on flying faster than Mach 1.0 overland.
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NewsBombardier predicts 25% fall in 2016 business jet shipments
Bombardier expects its business jet shipments to fall by a quarter in 2016, to 150 aircraft, as the squeeze on large-cabin, long-range aircraft sales shows no signs of abating.