All articles by John Croft – Page 11
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NewsAltaire personal jet at stake after Piper shake-up
Piper Aircraft has ousted the senior management team at its Vero Beach headquarters in Florida and launched an internal review of its flagship Altaire single-engine jet, a project that was aiming at a 2014 certification.
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NewsPowering the Dream: Atypical paths to Boeing 787 EIS
An early Christmas occurred at Rolls-Royce on 28 September.
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NewsHawker Beechcraft looks to take back global market
With an installed fleet of 32,000 aircraft globally, there is a lucrative aftermarket business for Hawker Beechcraft products worth almost $2 billion a year. Unfortunately for Hawker Beechcraft itself, it is failing to see much of that.
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NewsSikorsky boost gives birth to Eclipse 550
One year after Sikorsky took a minority ownership in Eclipse Aerospace, the company has announced a "new" aircraft called the Eclipse 550.
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NBAA: PWC ponders progeny of PT6
Pratt & Whitney Canada says it is conducting paper analysis and hardware tests related to a next-generation PT6 turboshaft engine.
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NewsNBAA: Aerion goes with laminar flow
Nevada-based Aerion Technologies says natural laminar flow (NLF) advances it is exploring with at least one airframer could come to fruition within the next five years.
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NBAA: Rockwell Collins signs first dealer in China
Rockwell Collins has signed an agreement with Beijing-based Beijing Capital Airlines, the largest business aviation operator in the country, for sales, support and repair of the company's business and regional aviation systems.
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NBAA: Aviation Partners splits winglets for performance boost
Aviation Partners is preparing to fly the latest evolution of its blended winglet technology, this time in the form of blended split winglets with ventral fins and scimitar tips.
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NBAA: Gulfstream to lead prognostics push with G650
Aircraft on ground (AOG) delays could be a thing of the past for Gulfstream G650 operators participating in a new health management system offered by GE...
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NBAA: AgustaWestland testing latest Microturbo APU
Microturbo's new e-APU60 auxiliary power unit is in flight testing with AgustaWestland.
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NBAA: CAE: “Jump seat view” to enhance training
Piloting has been described as countless hours of boredom spiked with seconds of sheer terror.
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NewsNBAA: Fly by wire, Fusion for biggest Bombardier Globals
Bombardier's Global 7000 and Global 8000 aircraft will use the fly-by-wire technology in development for the company's CSeries regional airliners by Parker Aerospace, the airframer said today.
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NewsNBAA: Eclipse races to Pole position
The very light jet sector was jump started today as Eclipse Aerospace announced a "new" aircraft, the Eclipse 550.
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NewsNBAA: XOJet gives XOs to Hawker 800XPR
Hawker Beechcraft hit the jackpot today with a $50 million order for its Hawker 800XPR business jet by private jet membership and on-demand charter company XOJet.
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NewsNBAA: Piper: More class for M-Class
Piper Aircraft is sprucing up its M-Class single-engine trio with efficiency, comfort and money-saving upgrades.
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NewsNBAA: CAE approved for G550 virtual ground school
In what CAE says is the first approval of its kind, the company has received US Federal Aviation Administration approval for an on-line, virtual ground school for the Gulfstream G550 as an alternative to instructor-led ground school.
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NBAA: Rockwell Collins ties avionics knot with Hawker Beechcraft
Hawker Beechcraft's global customer support group now has an exclusive arrangement with Rockwell Collins for Pro Line 21 synthetic vision (SV) upgrades as well as for the avionics maker's new Pro Line Fusion retrofit capability for Hawker Beechcraft aircraft.
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NewsCessna gets attitude with Latitude
Airframer's new Citation business jet expected to offer more range, speed and cabin space
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NewsNBAA: Cessna rolls out M2 mock-up
Cessna is giving a public debut to its new Citation M2 via a cabin mock-up at NBAA. Announced on 26 September, the M2 fills the gap between the Mustang...
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NewsNBAA: Cessna launches Latitude
Cessna today launched its second new Citation business jet in as many weeks, closing the gap between the super light Citation XLS+ and midsize Citation Sovereign.