All General aviation articles – Page 18
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Eviation picks Siemens motors for all-electric Alice
Israeli start-up Eviation Aircraft has selected Siemens as the first of at least two suppliers of motors for its Alice all-electric business and commuter aircraft, which is scheduled to make its debut sortie in early June. A second provider could be announced later this year.
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Luxaviation launches 'industry first' helicopter alliance
Luxaviation, one the world’s largest fixed-wing charter and management companies, is seeking to become a dominant player in the international VIP helicopter charter market through a newly formed alliance with other rotorcraft operators.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Supersonic projects speed towards Concorde's successor
Almost exactly 20 years after the Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde's final revenue flight from New York touched down in London in October 2003, a commercial jet will once again cross the Atlantic at speeds faster than sound. At least that is the ambition of Tom Vice, chief executive of Aerion, one of ...
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AVALON: Canberra leases eight DA40 NGs for cadets
Canberra has announced a deal to lease eight Diamond DA40 NG light aircraft, for use by Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) cadets.
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ANALYSIS: Business jet shipments rise, but performance mixed
The business jet market experienced a modest hike in shipments in 2018. While performance across each segment was mixed, there is a widespread consensus that the industry has finally turned a corner, aided by a strong US economy, and the introduction of a plethora of new, innovative and reinvigorated aircraft ...
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Doomed Piper Malibu was not authorised to fly commercially
The Piper Malibu PA-46-310P (registration N264DB) that crashed on 21 January in the sea off the coast of Guernsey carrying Argentinian footballer Emiliano Sala was not permitted to operate commercially, but the pilot David Ibbotson had previously conducted flights on a ride-sharing basis, according to the UK accident investigator.
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AVALON: G600 makes downunder debut
The Gulfstream G600 business jet has made its first Australian appearance in the Avalon air show static park.
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Bombardier to expand Singapore bizjet support centre
Bombardier will quadruple the size of its Singapore Service Centre to handle growing aftermarket demand from business jet operators in Asia.
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INTERVIEW: Getting pilot careers off the ground
Alistair Checketts is chief flying instructor, with Gloucester, UK-based training school Skyborne, where he develops and manages airline training programmes.
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Spirit AeroSystems to do preliminary design of Aerion AS2’s fuselage
Spirit AeroSystems agreed to do the preliminary design work for the forward, pressurized fuselage of Aerion’s supersonic business jet, the AS2.
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GAMA reports surge in fixed-wing deliveries
Shipments of fixed-wing business and general aviation aircraft rose across all three sectors in 2018, as the long-awaited industry rebound finally began to appear.
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NewsPICTURE: First BBJ Max 8 arrives for cabin outfitting
The first Boeing BBJ Max 8 has arrived at Comlux Completions' Indianapolis facility for cabin outfitting, with the finished aircraft scheduled for delivery to its unnamed US owner before the end of the year.
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PICTURE: Pilatus delivers PC-24 to Swiss government
Pilatus has delivered a PC-24 to the Swiss government. The superlight business jet – serial number 121 and carrying the registration T-786 – was handed over during a dedicated ceremony in Berne on 18 February, and will replace a similarly sized Cessna Citation XLS in service.
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NewsPICTURE: PlaneSense receives second PC-24
A year after becoming the launch operator of the Pilatus PC-24, US fractional ownership company PlaneSense has taken delivery of a second example from an order for six of the light business jets.
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EASA warns over exploding passenger doors
Europe's regulator has warned over the hazard of passenger doors on parked business jets exploding open following a string of serious incidents, including one in which the aircraft's captain was killed.
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Bombardier swings to $318m profit in 2018
Bombardier earned a $318 million profit in 2018, reversing a loss in 2017 thanks largely to strong performance of company's business aircraft and aero-structures divisions, which offset commercial aircraft losses.
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Honeywell awards JetWave distributorship to Satair
Honeywell Aerospace has appointed Danish aftermarket services company Satair to distribute its JetWave high-speed, in-flight connectivity system to maintenance, repair and overhaul providers in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India, as well as its dealer network across the region.
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NewsGarmin G1000 NXi approved for Citation Mustang
Garmin has secured US certification for the next-generation G1000NXi integrated flightdeck on the Cessna Citation Mustang and expects European validation before the end of June.
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Kopter to spread SH09 light-single assembly across globe
Swiss helicopter developer Kopter plans to set up final assembly bases for its SH09 in the USA and Asia-Pacific over the next four years to cater for anticipated strong demand from those regions for the eight-seat, light-single.
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Lockheed remains bullish on supersonic air travel
Despite pulling out of its involvement with Aerion, a startup developing a supersonic airliner, Lockheed Martin remains bullish on the prospect of high-speed air travel, pointing to its involvement developing NASA’s X-59.