All articles by John Croft – Page 45
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Gulfstream, Embraer advance middle offerings
Despite a continued market slump in the segment, Embraer and Gulfstream are maintaining schedules for their new mid-range product offerings. Gulfstream...
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AUVSI: Very odd Ultra HALE unveiled
In a convention hall full of strange contraptions, Connecticut-based D-Star Engineering stands out from the crowd. The company's hybrid blended-wing-body...
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ATA slams FAA crew training rule change
The Air Transport Association of America (ATA) says the US FAA's proposal to update airline pilot, flight attendant, flight engineering and flight dispatcher...
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AUVSI: AAI to add TCDL to Shadow
The US Army has awarded AAI a $32 million contract to integrate tactical common data link (TCDL) into the company's Shadow tactical unmanned aircraft system...
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AUVSI: New radar on tap for BAMS sense and avoid
The US Navy and Northrop Grumman in November will hold a preliminary design review for a "due regard" system that is to be the core of the sense and avoid...
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AUVSI: New and improved T-Hawk enroute to Navy
Honeywell has delivered 12 production RQ-16 T-Hawk micro air vehicles (MAVs) to the US Navy, the first of 90 unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) ordered by the...
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AUVSI: GE to test trajectory-based FMS for UAVs
As part of a new research arrangement with the US Federal Aviation Administration, GE Aviation this fall will test a trajectory-based flight management system...
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LABACE 2009: Buoyant Brazil takes the Latin American spotlight
Confidence in Latin American business aviation is high, particularly in the host nation for this week's LABACE exhibition. With the 2014 World Cup also on the horizon, will growth outstrip forecasts?
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Boeing Business Jet stars in Clinton’s North Korea mission
A star-studded welcome reception for two US journalists held in North Korea since March capped a six-day marathon by Boeing Business Jet operator Avjet,...
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NewsPICTURES& VIDEO: Images show midair collision on the Hudson
Fox News network has published pictures of a Piper Saratoga and a Eurocopter AS350 tour helicopter moments after the two collided over the Hudson River around noon Saturday, killing all nine on both aircraft
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Trustee accepts Eclipse offer; bidding to start
A $40 million offer by Eclipse Aerospace, a company formed to purchase the assets of Eclipse Aviation, has been accepted by the court-appointed trustee in...
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FAA proposes new certification category for upset training aircraft
The US FAA is proposing to create a new certification category for aircraft that can be used...
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NetJets founder Santulli resigns
Richard Santulli, the man credited with starting the fractional aircraft industry, has abruptly resigned as chairman and chief executive of NetJets, the...
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NewsBusiness aviation shines on freedom flight
A welcome reception this morning for two US journalists held captive in North Korea since March capped what had been a six-day marathon by business aviation officials to pull off the flight
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Bombardier flies Global Vision
Bombardier successfully completed the first flight of a Global Express XRS equipped with the company's new Global Vision flightdeck on 3 August. After initial...
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Aero-Instruments to offer pitot tubes for Airbus aircraft
Ohio-based Aero-Instruments has received US FAA parts manufacturer approval (PMA) to market retrofit pitot probes for a large variety of Airbus aircraft,...
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NewsBombardier flies Global Vision
Bombardier successfully completed first flight of a Global Express XRS equipped with the company’s new Global Vision flight deck on 3 August.
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FAA toughens icing protection standards
The US Federal Aviation Administration has finalised amended certification standards requiring transport category aircraft manufacturers to either have icing...
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EASA alerts A320 operators to CFM56 anomaly
The European Aviation Safety Agency issued a safety information bulletin alerting operators of Airbus A320 family aircraft equipped with CFM International...
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AUVSI Special: Industry raises the UAV ante
US bodies aim to match Europe by accelerating integration of manned and unmanned vehicles into civil airspace