All General aviation articles – Page 242
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Piaggio, Ruag partner on P180 MRO
Genoa, Italy-based Piaggio Aero Industries has announced certificating Ruag Aerospace as the authorised P180 Avanti business aircraft service centre for...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Susi Air fleet grows with Piaggio and Cessna
Indonesia's largest private operator, Susi Air, is to introduce the Piaggio P180 Avanti II to Indonesia following a signing at the show yesterday. Susi...
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PARIS 2009: ACG to partner on new Egyptian lessor joint venture
US lessor teams with Egyptian shareholders US lessor Aviation Capital Group (ACG) is teaming with Egyptian private and public shareholders to establish...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: JetEx opens Le Bourget luxury terminal building
JetEx opens Le Bourget luxury terminal building A new luxury terminal building opened its doors at Le Bourget on Monday that will have Arabian royals...
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VIDEO: Indonesia's Expressair damages another Dornier
Indonesian carrier Expressair is continuing to add Dornier 328 turboprops despite the fact that it has damaged two aircraft of this type in recent months. Expressair...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Dubai air show continues to grow
Dubai Airshow 2009 (hall 2, E 8) will break all its previous exhibition space records with the addition of a fourth exhibition hall. The hall is sponsored...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Face the facts with Eric Dautriat, executive director of the Clean Sky JTI
Eric Dautriat has just become executive director to head the Clean Sky joint technology initiative, a huge public/private research effort that could give Europe the edge in developing vital green aviation technologies. His entire professional career has been spent within the aerospace industry, most notably heading the development of the ...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Virgin Galactic's mothership testing reaches new heights
Virgin Galactic's mothership WhiteKnight Two is ratcheting up the test flights...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Fraunhofer shows structural health monitoring wing
Europe's flagship €1.6 billion ($2.2 billion) Clean Sky research programme may be bogged down in red tape, but some hardware from the struggling green technology...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: UAE selects Piaggio Avanti for multi-utility role
The United Arab Emirates air force has selected the Piaggio P180 Avanti II as part of a fleet expansion programme, which includes two of the business aircraft...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: GO throws down champagne challenge
G&O Springs (stand F101, hall 2B) is confident it knows its business - so confident in fact that the UK-based company is throwing down a challenge to Paris...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Rolls-Royce signs up for Asian Aerospace
Roll up for the next big event Reed Exhibitions (hall 3, E11) is at Paris to sign up the final exhibitors for Asian Aerospace '09, the next major show...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Skycar piston twin prototype goes on display
Oma Sud will display for the first time at the Paris air show the flying prototype of its Skycar piston twin....
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Bell: certification imminent for Bell 429 rotor rocket
Flight International Americas Editor John Croft travelled to Bell Helicopter's Canadian arm in Mirabel to ride in the manufacturer's new medium light 429 helicopter. Is the twin rotorcraft, which is made mostly of composite materials, likely to be a game-changer?
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PARIS AIR SHOW: LH Aviation gears up to turn heads
LH Aviation [hall 4, B92] is gearing up for first deliveries this October of one of the quirkiest-looking light aircraft in the flying display at this year's...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Airbus integration unites transport family
Following its integration within Airbus in April, Airbus Military now also oversees the production of the light and medium transport products of the former...
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NewsPARIS AIR SHOW: Dassault reopens engine competition for Falcon SMS
Dassault has gone back to the drawing board with plans for its super mid-size Falcon business jet, codenamed the SMS. The French airframer has had...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: 'Difficult year' ahead for Eurocopter, admits Bertling
The downturn that followed the banking system meltdown of September 2008 has had a "brutal impact" on the civil helicopter market, and 2009 has seen the...
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PARIS AIR SHOW: Volvo Aero unveils 20% lighter fan frame
Volvo Aero (hall 2A, stand B114) has manufactured two 180kg (396lb) 2m (6.5ft) diameter commercial aircraft turbofan engine frame demonstrators that use...
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PARIS AIR SOW: Tiny trainer may make a big noise
The roar of jet engines or the sheer size of a super jumbo is enough to draw an eye to the sky, but the makers of the AT-3 trainer hope their tiny trainer...