All articles by John Croft – Page 12
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NewsNBAA: Gulfstream G280 beats expectations
Though it now has the lucky number "8" in its name, chance has nothing to do with the carefully engineered formula for success in Gulfstream's new G280 super-midsize, and the latest performance figures for the business jet support the hypothesis.
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NBAA: CMC lands SmartDeck orders for mystery aircraft
Esterline CMC Electronics is in "final discussions" with two airframers who have chosen the company's SmartDeck integrated avionics suite for two unannounced programs.
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NewsNBAA: Nextant 400XT ready for prime time
Nextant Aerospace is set to begin deliveries of its Nextant 400XT twinjet to fractional provider Flight Options, following US Federal Aviation Administration certification of the remanufactured Beechjet 400A and Hawker 400XP aircraft
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NewsNextant ready to deliver 400XT twinjets to Flight Options
Nextant Aerospace is preparing to begin deliveries this month of its Nextant 400XT twinjet to fractional provider Flight Options
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BAe 146 takes on firefighting role in Texas
Prince Edward Island, Canada-based Tronos has converted a BAe 146 into an aerial firefighting tanker, that is now being used on wildfires in Texas.
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NewsNTSB investigates fatal Robinson R66 crash
The lone pilot of a Robinson R66 helicopter was killed on 1 October following what appears to have been an in-flight breakup of the five-passenger type,...
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NewsRockwell Collins takes tech lead in light jet, turboprop market
Rockwell Collins has leapfrogged the competitors in the Part 23 light jet and turboprop arena - a sector that has increasingly turned to Olathe, Kansas-based Garmin for leading edge user interface technologies, such as synthetic vision and touch screen controllers.
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NewsHead Games: Honeywell, Rockwell Collins defend turf
Two US avionics manufacturers are locked in competition to gain the upper hand in development of the latest visual landing aids, via rival philosophies: Honeywell sees head-down displays as the future, while Rockwell Collins makes the case for head-up options
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NewsNBAA - Cessna retools, fills Citation product gap
Plunging demand led Cessna to halve its workforce and rethink its product strategy. Its latest ploy is to fill a gap at the bottom of its Citation range
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NewsTransformers: New regime reinvents Hawker Beechcraft
Nowhere is the transformation of the embattled Hawker Beechcraft of old into the lean, mean Hawker of today more evident than on the tidy grey floor of Plant 4, final assembly building for the Wichita-based company's civil products.
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NewsCessna closes Citation gap with M2
Cessna has revealed a "new" Citation family light business jet that spans the gap between the $3.1 million Mustang and $7 million CJ2+.
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Part 33 revised: Ensuring the co-existence of ice and turbofans
Upcoming FAA regulation changes could create a tougher climate for engine manufacturers by imposing more rigorous requirements on icing trials
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LoPresti: November flight for upgraded SR20
LoPresti Aviation Engineering said it has received the first production 200hp (147kW), four-cylinder DeltaHawk DH-180A4 two-stroke diesel engine.
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C-130J simulators among CAE contract win
The US Air Force has contracted CAE to provide four additional full-flight simulators for its Lockheed Martin C-130Js ...
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NewsFlexjet offer is litmus test for Learjet 85 as fractional
Bombardier's in-house fractional ownership provider, Flexjet, is in a race to sell out the shares in four Learjet 85 twinjets, before it puts the new type into service.
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NewsReno: Found component could be P-51D elevator trim tab
The modified P-51D that crashed during qualifying runs at the Reno air races the afternoon of Friday, September 16, may have a lost an elevator component...
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CMC tests cockpit retrofit for Canada's A310 Polaris
CMC has started testing a new flight management system in an Airbus A310 Polaris for Canada's Department of National Defence ...
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Baldwin launches SMS for lighter side of business aviation
South Carolina, US-based Baldwin Aviation has developed a safety management system (SMS) tailored to the owners and operators of light business aircraft.
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FCC halts LightSquared rollout pending “targeted” GPS interference tests
Nascent broadband provider LightSquared's plans to roll out a satellite-terrestrial network adjacent to the GPS band next year have been halted by the US...
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Conforming PiperJet under way in hangar 20
Piper has started building components for its first conforming PiperJet Altaire in the company's 75,000ft2 (6,968m2) Altaire production facility in Vero Beach, Florida.