All articles by John Croft – Page 26
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NewsEngines arrive for conforming HondaJet first flight
Honda has received from General Electric the initial two GE Honda HF120 turbofan engines for its first conforming HondaJet entry-level business jet that...
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Pelton: Cessna to reveal transition turboprop in 'near future'
Cessna will introduce "not immediately, but in the near future" a new single-engined turboprop that fill a product gap between the company's 235kt (435km/h)...
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ATK developing lightweight CMC exhaust nozzles
ATK has received a contract from Boeing to develop prototype lightweight, lower noise ceramic matrix composite jet engine exhaust nozzles for the air transport...
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NBAA: Bombardier Globals get Nexcelle treatment
GE has selected Nexcelle to provide the nacelle and thrust reverser for Bombardier's newly announced Global 7000 and Global 8000 business jets.
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NBAA: Scimitars to differentiate Aviation Partners winglets
Aviation Partners by year end will begin offering Hawker 800 and Hawker 800XP winglets with a visual flair that the company says "further separate our winglets from the other ones out there."
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NBAA: NetJets to help FAA verify efficiency gains with WAAS
A series of pilot programs are beginning to generate data the US FAA hopes will confirm what it says are "dramatic savings in fuel, reductions in flight times and less variability in navigation."
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NBAA: GE TechX fan blisk is all the buzz
GE Aviation has revealed that its 16,500lb thrust (712kN) engine for the new Bombardier Global 7000 and Global 8000 business jets will have a single-piece 52in (132cm) diameter metal fan blisk, the first for an engine of this size.
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NBAA: Eclipse Aerospace: Coming out at NBAA
Eclipse Aerospace has been keeping a low profile, preferring to quietly get its parts, service and upgrade business on solid footing rather than hawking the virtues of the $2.15 million very light twin-jet
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NewsNBAA: Eclipsed no more? Sikorsky contemplates taking Eclipse Aerospace to new level
Eclipse Aerospace might have a new wind beneath its battle-hardened wings - Sikorsky Aircraft.
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NBAA: Pelton pelts Gulfstream with speed taunt, again
Cessna CEO Jack Pelton has always said that he will not let Gulfstream steal the speed crown from the Cessna Citation X, which today is the fastest certified business jet, with a maximum mach speed (MMO) of M0.92
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NBAA: Gulfstream high speed Atlantic crossing stuck in holding pattern
Gulfstream says it has completed the "fastest ultra-long-range flight ever flown by a business jet" with its fourth G650 test aircraft, s/n 6004.
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NewsNBAA: Piper reinvents its personal jet with Altaire
Piper has reinvented its first jet-powered offering with the Altaire, a larger, sleeker evolution of the single-engined PiperJet that is now scalable and directed at the business sector as well as the owner/operator market.
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Tecnam NA: taking the electronic flight bag to the next level
Apple's iPad promises to transform the way electronic flight bags are used and could revolutionise flight training
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NewsNBAA: Cessna reboots its flagship Citation
Cessna has initiated an extreme makeover of its largest and fastest jet, the $22 million Citation X.
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FedEx to upgrade avionics, ice protection on Caravans
FedEx Express has contracted with modifications provider Yingling Aviation to install glycol-based TKS ice protection systems built by CAV Aerospace and...
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FAA: No additional time on duty and rest time rule
The US FAA has denied a request by the Air Transport Association, four other airline advocacy groups and at least two airlines to extend the comment period...
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FAA investigates Allegiant engine fire
Allegiant Air reports that no passengers were injured after a Boeing MD-83 experienced an engine fire at the Orlando Sanford international airport this morning....
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NewsCrushable concrete makes seventh save
A crushable concrete arresting pad installed at Teterboro airport snagged a Gulfstream IV-SP that overran the runway at New York's business aviation hub...
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FAA cites five smoke events in one day for an unnamed carrier
One unnamed US air carrier experienced five in-flight emergencies and diversions to the nearest airport over the course of one day in April, reports the...
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NewsFinns get first of two Phenoms
The Finnish Aviation Academy has taken delivery of the first of two Phenom 100s from Embraer to be used in the school's ab initio pilot training programme