All General aviation articles – Page 67
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Daher appoints 208 Aviation to support African TBMs
Daher is expanding its global support network for the burgeoning TBM fleet, with the appointment of 208 Aviation as its first service centre for the single-engined turboprop in South Africa.
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Piper wins limited FAA certification approval
Piper Aircraft has announced a long-awaited type certification of the turboprop-powered, $2.85 million M600 six-seater.
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NASA unveils second X-plane concept
NASA has unveiled the second of as many as five new X-plane demonstrators with the X-57 Maxwell focused on electrical propulsion for a general aviation-class aircraft.
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Signature takes on Rizon FBO and eyes further expansion
Signature Flight Support is bolstering its already extensive global fixed-based operator (FBO) network with a £26 million ($37 million) upgrade of its facility at London Luton airport, and the take-over of RizonJet’s upscale FBO at the UK capital’s dedicated business and general aviation hub, Biggin Hill.
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Embraer delivers first Phenom 100E to Etihad Flight College
Embraer has delivered the first Phenom 100E to Etihad Flight College from a May 2015 order for four of the entry-level business jets, plus three options.
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Cessna powers-on first Citation Longitude
Cessna on 13 June announced activating the electric power system on the first Citation Longitude, completing a key milestone only three weeks after mating the wing and fuselage of the super-midsize twin-jet.
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Embraer opens Legacy final assembly facility in Melbourne
Embraer formally opened its Legacy 500 and 450 final assembly line and completion centre in Melbourne, Florida on 2 June, doubling the size of the five-year-old facility – home to Phenom 100 and 300 assembly – to 21,925m² (236,000ft²)
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Nextant G90XT single-lever power system set for August approval
Nextant Aerospace is hoping to secure certification in the third quarter for the single-lever power control system in its G90XT twin-engined turboprop, a key requirement to allow deliveries of the remanufactured Beechcraft King Air C90 to begin.
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Viking Air appoints AeroGeo as first Russian service centre
Canada’s Viking Air has appointed business and commercial aviation services provider AeroGeo as its first authorised service centre in Russia.
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CubCrafters secures US certification for XCub
Light aircraft developer CubCrafters has secured US certification for its flagship piston-single, the XCub, following a six-year, clandestine development effort, and says it will deliver the first aircraft on 5 July.
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Diamond delivers DA62 to Flight Calibration Services
Austria’s Diamond Aircraft has delivered a DA62 piston-twin to UK flight inspection services provider Flight Calibration Services.
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INTERVIEW: Kyle Davis co-founder BDN Aerospace
Kyle Davis has been an aviation enthusiast since she was very young and soon realised her talents were best served in the communications side of the industry
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ILA: Northrop offers inertial upgrade for King Airs
Northrop Grumman is to offer its LCR-100 series of inertial instruments on Textron Aviation’s Beechcraft King Air turboprops.
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INTERVIEW: Stuart Mulholland - Chief executive Zenith Aviation
Following a short spell as an accountant, Stuart Mulholland decided a career as a pilot was "a lot more appealing". After 20 years flying commercially, he settled for the more grounded role of managing director for UK charter firm Zenith Aviation, based at Biggin Hill.
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INTERVIEW: Lt Michelle Leclerc US Coast Guard
Lt Junior Grade Michelle Leclerc is a Lockheed Martin C-130J pilot, flying on US Coast Guard missions such as search and rescue, drug interdiction, and ice operations
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Icon A5 production slowdown amid customer backlash
Icon Aircraft has slowed production for the A5 amphibian from 175 aircraft this year to 20 and revised a controversial purchase agreement after a backlash from customers.
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EBACE: Gulfstream's course for midsize segment undecided
Gulfstream’s future in the mid-size market is “yet to be determined”, says chief executive Mark Burns.
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EBACE: GDC Technics undeterred by excess completions capacity
GDC Technics acknowledges that a slowdown in the number of VIP aircraft completions has resulted in excess capacity in the market, but believes its ability to engineer and install increasingly complicated solutions puts it among a small handful of companies that are up to the job.
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EBACE: Panasonic takes on business aviation rivals
Panasonic Avionics knows it is late to the party on entering the business aviation market, but its decision to team up with Astronics AeroSat rather than build its own tail mount antenna will give it a faster route into the sector.
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EBACE: Single-minded: Dogged determination propels turboprop-singles
The commercial single-engined turboprop (SETP) sector is one of the most enduring yet understated niches of the business aviation market.