All General aviation articles – Page 200
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Terrafugia prepares for low-rate production
US start-up manufacturer Terrafugia says it is "setting up for low-volume production" of its Transition car/light sport aircraft (LSA) as early as late 2011 in a new 1,765m2 (19,000ft2) facility in Woburn, Massachusetts.
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ATR makes 900th delivery
Regional turboprop specialist ATR has delivered its 900th aircraft - and expects to break the 1,000 barrier within two years.
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Business Aviation - In Brief
ExecuJet Europe has opened a newly refurbished customer lounge at its Zurich fixed-base operation that provides direct access to the private ramp
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IFE industry gets real about offering 3D movies on board aircraft
Three-dimensional movies are destined to be shown on board aircraft in the future. But in-flight entertainment players do not see a significant market for 3D in the near term.
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PremiAir adds Learjet 45 to growing charter fleet
UK business aviation services provider PremiAir has added three Bombardier Learjet 45s to its aircraft operator's certificate.
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Daher-Socata's TBM turboprop gets multi-mission approval from EASA
Daher-Socata has won major change approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency for the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) version of its multi-mission TBM single-engined turboprop.
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IFE industry gets real about 3D
Content Mary Kirby Philadelphia IFE industry gets real about 3D THREE-DIMENSIONAL movies are destined to be shown on board aircraft in the future....
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Willis Lease Finance signs 10 Superjets MOU
Willis Lease Finance Corporation (Nasdaq:WLFC - News), a leading lessor of commercial jet engines, today announced it has signed an agreement with SuperJet...
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Searchers recover recorders from crashed Agni Air Dornier 228
Nepalese investigators have recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR) from the Agni Air Dornier 228 turboprop that crashed...
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Nextant 400XT powers up for first flight
Nextant Aerospace has begun full-power ground runs of its 400XT with Williams International FJ44-3AP engines...
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NewsGulfstream proclaims success in G650 dive test
Gulfstream says its first prototype G650 business jet has successfully passed high-speed flutter testing, a key hurdle in meeting the planned certification of the 7,000nm (13,000km) range, fly-by-wire, Rolls-Royce BR725-powered twinjet next year.
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NewsNASA funds suborbitial test flights
NASA is getting closer to near-space with a $475,000 award to two companies developing reusable vehicles for suborbital flight. Under the public-private...
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Interview
Working Week - Frank Noppel
Frank Noppel has put the experience garnered from participation in a family business in Germany to good use, setting up air taxi company Ambeo after studying aerospace engineering at Cranfield University
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AUVSI: Aurora readies Centaur for flight
Aurora Flight Sciences will begin manned tested flights of its Centaur optionally piloted vehicle (OPV) out of the company's Virginia base in September. The...
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Australia's competition watchdog steps into Sydney Airport charges hike dispute
A controversial move by Sydney Airport to increase charges for regional airlines has come under the spotlight, after carriers raised their concerns that...
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Nigeria upgraded to Category 1 rating by US FAA
Nigeria has achieved a Category 1 rating under the US Federal Aviation Administration's International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) programme,
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Nineteen fatalities reported after Congolese crash
Several fatalities are being reported from an apparent aircraft crash in western Democratic Republic of Congo, although initial details are sketchy.
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US Coast Guard adds to Ocean Sentry fleet
The US Coast Guard is adding to its fleet of Airbus Military CN-235 maritime patrol aircraft with an order for three.
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Opinion
Comment: Pilot licences should be invalid unless accompanied by full training performance records
The Colgan Air accident at Buffalo has certainly shaken up US thinking about what makes - and keeps - an airline pilot competent.
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Kazakhstan to build crop-duster replacements for An-2
Kazakhstan is to set up a production plant to produce the new Farmer 2 and Farmer 500 multirole utility aircraft, designed as replacements for the ageing...