All General aviation articles – Page 88
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PARIS: Daher debuts TBM 900 turboprop single
French airframer Daher’s latest iteration of its high-speed turboprop, the TBM 900 is making Paris air show debut, 15 months after entering service.
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Modernised An-2 demonstrator completes first flight
A Siberian aerospace research center has achieved first flight of a highly modified Antonov An-2 biplane with redesigned, winglet-like braces and carbonfibre wing structures, Sukhoi announced on 10 June.
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Viking breaks ground of Twin Otter training facility and prepares for anniversary tour
Viking Air has broken ground on a Series 400 Twin Otter training centre adjacent to its headquarters in Vancouver Island, Canada. The 10,000ft2 (920m2) facility, being built in partnership with Canadian training provider Pacific Sky Aviation, will house a single Series 400 Level D full flight simulator/seaplane trainer when ...
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Blink sees maintenance joint ventures as stepping-stone to consolidation
UK charter company, Blink is hoping to bolster its maintenance offering in Europe through joint ventures with fellow commercial European operators of the Cessna Citation Mustang.
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Nextant launches Resale division for pre-owned 400XT/XTis
Nextant Aerospace has launched a new resale division dedicated to selling pre-owned versions of its remanufactured aircraft.
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Poland's Metal Master selects Williams FJ33 to power Flaris LAR-1 personal jet
Polish engineering company, Metal Master has selected the Williams International FJ33-5A turbofan to power its Flaris LAR-1 personal jet, and hopes to fly the five-seat aircraft in the second half of the year.
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FAA approval clears Citation Latitude for deliveries
The US Federal Aviation Administration has awarded a type certificate for the nine-passenger Citation Latitude to complete a 3.5-year-long development programme, Cessna announced on 5 June.
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Kaman restarts K-Max production on new commercial orders
At least 10 more K-Max helicopters will be produced on a revived assembly line after a 12-year hiatus, Kaman Aerospace announced on 5 June.
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NASA awards studies for low-boom supersonic transports
Eight newly-launched studies announced by NASA on 3 June will continue the agency’s long-running effort to validate the technology for a new generation of passenger-carrying supersonic aircraft.
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Sonex CEO, mechanic killed in Oshkosh crash
Two employees of aircraft kit maker Sonex – including chief executive Jeremy Monnett – died in a 2 June accident while flying a company-owned Sport Acro in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
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Jordan Hansell exits NetJets
Jordan Hansell has stepped down as chairman and chief executive officer at NetJets with immediate effect. He has been replaced by Adam Johnson, a long-time employee of the US-headquartered fractional ownership provider.
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Quest sells first European Kodiak through dealership as certification looms
Quest Aircraft has sold its first Kodiak single-engined turboprop through a European dealership and is now working towards EASA certification of the 10-seat utility aircraft, which it hopes to secure by early next year.
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ANALYSIS: Falcon 5X launches Dassault wide-cabin business jet strategy
Dassault rolled out its Falcon 5X on 2 June at a dedicated ceremony at its 64-year-old final assembly facility at Bordeaux-Mérignac airport in southwest France.
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Dassault rolls-out first Falcon 5X
Dassault has rolled-out its Falcon 5X at a ceremony at its 60-year-old final assembly facility in Bordeaux-Mérignac, southwest France.
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Pacific weather forces Solar Impulse divert to Nagoya
Weather has forced a major change to the Solar Impulse round-the-world flight plan, with a five-day leg from Nanjing to Hawaii ending with an unscheduled stop in Nagoya, Japan.
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Gulfstream says G150 future must "play out"
Gulfstream executives stopped short of fully committing to the midsize market sector for the long-term, as the 10-year-old G150 now faces two new rivals with no replacement yet identified.
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DAE sells StandardAero
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise’s ambition to become a global giant with businesses in several expanding industry sectors has effectively ended with the sale of its only overseas subsidiary, StandardAero, one of the biggest and oldest names in the maintenance, repair and overhaul of business jets and their engines.
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ANALYSIS: Business jet values - a time for review
Daniel Hall, Business and Commercial Aviation Senior Analyst and Chris Seymour, Head of Market Analysis, discuss a business jet recovery and important changes in Market, Base and Future Values.
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EBACE: Rizon plots expansion following sale to Lionhouse
Biggin Hill’ s biggest fixed-base operation Rizon Jet has been snapped up by aircraft finance and leasing company Lionhouse for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition clears the way for the upscale FBO – originally part of a Qatar-based business – to fulfill its ambition to expand its portfolio of services ...
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EBACE: Nextant G90XT poised for certification in June
Nextant Aerospace says its G90XT certification programme is racing towards the finishing line, with final approval of the remanufactured Beechcraft King Air C90 on course for June.