All articles by John Croft – Page 23
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CFM targets leap in LRU reliability
CFM is planning an especially gruelling slate of tests to ensure promised line replaceable unit reliability for its next generation turbofan, the Leap-X1C.
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Fujino: HondaJet climbs 'like a rocket'
Test pilots on board the first conforming HondaJet entry-level business jet reported "brisk acceleration" and a climb rate "like a rocket" for the twinjet, says Honda Aircraft president and chief executive Michimasa Fujino.
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Polar props
What is it like to supply a remote science camp when your airport is a patch of frozen sea?
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Scaled ambition Sea Harrier
A California man has spent the majority of his life trying to buildthe world's first fully working scale model of a Harrier jump jet
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Watchdog: Improper payments mar FAA airport improvement program
A US government audit of the FAA-managed airport improvement program (AIP) in 2008 reveals that an estimated 4% of the $4 billion in grants were made improperly,...
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PICTURES: Eurocopter completes four first flights in one day
Eurocopter successfully completed four first flights on 17 December, including its second prototype EC175 heavy twin ...
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PICTURE: Air Tractor prangs precision strike demonstrator
A too-short landing at an Army reserve base in California caused substantial damage Air Tractor's AT-802U surveillance, precision strike and utility demonstrator...
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Cessna solves Corvalis disbonding issue
Cessna says it understands the "root cause" of a problem that has caused a small number of Corvalis 400 piston singles to be grounded after a fuel leak was discovered in the wing tank of a new aircraft during a post-production flight.
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NTSB faults Carson in firefighting S-61N crash
The intentional alteration of weight documents and performance charts by Carson Helicopters is among the probable causes of a fatal August 2008 crash of a Sikorsky S-61N helicopter that was being used by the US Forest Service for firefighter shuttling.
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Ramp errors take down three SkyWest CRJs in November
In the month of November, SkyWest Airlines sustained substantial damage to three of its Bombardier CRJ aircraft, all of which were caused by ground handling...
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NewsMEBA: Cessna: Middle East positive for early Citation Ten
Cessna Aircraft senior vice-president of sales and marketing Mark Paolucci says the company has "several" pending orders for its new Citation Ten business jet, a modernised version of the 1990s-vintage Citation X with elliptical winglets, upgraded engines and Garmin G5000 integrated cockpit.
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MEBA: Embraer hands Lineage 1000 to Falcon Aviation
Embraer yesterday delivered the first of two ultra-large Lineage 1000 executive jets to Abu Dhabi-based VIP charter company Falcon Aviation Services, from an order placed at the Dubai air show in November 2007
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MEBA: MAZ, Alsalam tie-up: completion at first sight
It took only one look for Riyadh-based completions engineering and management company Maz to fall for the outfitter Al Salam, also of Riyadh.
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MEBA: Middle East to Ascend with Rockwell Collins
Rockwell Collins says Middle East customers are telling the company its Ascend flight information offering is the "right solution" for the region.
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MEBA: Eclipse on the rebound at MEBA
Ekim Alptekin is hoping the second time is a charm at MEBA. Two years ago, Alptekin came to the show as chief executive of Myjet Aviation, an air...
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MEBA: Hawker coy on single-engined King Air
Hawker Beechcraft (chalet A10) is not commenting on the informed speculation that it is developing or flying a single-engined version of the venerable King...
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NewsMEBA: Embraer prepares to add spoilers to Phenom 100
Embraer has completed a flight-test programme to add spoilers to the Phenom 100 entry-level business jet to help pilots in getting the aircraft stopped on...
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Embraer holding its own despite WikiLeaks gaffe
Embraer remains relatively stable in its business jet production and backlog despite a newly revealed 2009 assessment by chief executive Frederico Curado that backlog was to be depleted by 2011 or 2012, "leaving Embraer with no planes to produce".
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NewsMEBA: WikiLeaks and the case of the CRJs in limbo
The now infamous WikiLeaks releases have a close connection to this week's Middle East Business Aviation show here: a January 2010 confidential cable between...
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MEBA: VIP treatment for the Hercules
Riyadh-based Maz Aviation has apparently created a VIP version of the venerable Lockheed Hercules.