All articles by Stephen Trimble – Page 18
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LABACE: HondaJet set to begin deliveries in Brazil
Brazilian authorities have cleared the HondaJet HA-420 to operate in controlled airspace as the entry-level jet continues to expand in markets beyond the USA.
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LABACE: Embraer unveils Legacy 650E with special livery
As Embraer prepares to observe the 48th anniversary of its founding on 19 August, the company unveiled a special paint scheme for its latest executive jet product – the Legacy 650E.
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LABACE: Thrush, Kodiak unite in Brazilian dealer's quest for sales
A Brazilian dealer has united Thrush Aircraft’s cropsprayer and Quest’s Kodiak utility turboprop in a new campaign to develop the country´s agricultural aviation market.
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LABACE: Bombardier delivers Learjet 75 to first Brazilian customer
Bombardier delivered a Learjet 75 to the super-light jet programme’s first customer based in Brazil, offering a small boost to a programme struggling with a slow rate of deliveries.
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LABACE: Pending mandates highlight ADS-B solutions for Latin America
Rockwell Collins is highlighting satellite-based navigation solutions in Brazil during LABACE as private aircraft owners in the Latin American region begin to reckon with a wave of pending mandates.
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LABACE: Next Aviation offers glimpse of Brazil's business aviation future
After launching four years ago to provide fractional ownership services for private aircraft, Next Aviation’s rapid growth stands in sharp contrast to the three-year slump for Brazilian business aviation and offers a roadmap for the market to recover.
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Avolon urges Boeing to continue tweaking 737 Max family
Boeing should continue tweaking the 737 Max product line-up to help recover parity with Airbus in the single-aisle market, Irish lessor and major single-aisle aircraft customer Avolon says in a newly-published report.
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A320neo offers spoiler for Spirit AeroSystems' tech roadmap
Airbus will deliver a member of the A320neo family to a customer sometime after mid-2019 equipped with the familiar row of five composite spoiler panels on each wing made by Spirit AeroSystems’ facility in Prestwick, UK, except this time something will be very different.
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ALC orders two 787-9s, finalises deal for 12 737 Max
Air Lease Corp has ordered two new 787-9s and finalised a previously announced order for 12 737 Max aircraft, Boeing says on 8 August.
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Three missing in MV-22 crash near Australia
Three of 26 US Marines on board a Bell Boeing MV-22 are still missing after the tiltrotor crashed off the east coast of Australia on 5 August, the III Marine Expeditionary Forces says in a news release.
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Future European MALE UAV will be twin turboprop
A future European rival to the US Air Force’s MQ-9 Reaper unmanned air system (UAS) will feature a twin-engined turboprop configuration, says a multi-national weapons development agency.
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S-97 damaged in hard landing
A Sikorsky S-97 Raider crashed at 07:30 on 2 August at the company’s flight test center in West Palm Beach, Florida, the Lockheed Martin company says.
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ANALYSIS: Small Iomax has big plans for light-attack champion Archangel
Light-attack aircraft come in many forms: purpose-built turboprops such as the Embraer A-29, converted turboprop trainers like the Beechcraft AT-6 and Korea Aerospace Industries KT-1, and even jet-powered trainers modified to carry weapons and surveillance equipment.
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ANALYSIS: Combat Dragon revival kicks off, but USAF light attack plans unclear
In 1968, the US Joint Chiefs of Staff needed an answer. The US Air Force then operated two vastly different types of aircraft to attack North Vietnamese trucks moving reinforcements and supplies down the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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Supersonic X-plane's unusual inlet performs well in wind tunnel
A series of wind tunnel tests revealed the unusual engine inlet positioning for NASA’s supersonic X-plane meets the performance goals for the Lockheed Martin-designed aircraft, a NASA Glenn Research Center aeronautics engineer says.
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NewsCape Air expected to finalise P2012 order by November
Tecnam expects Cape Air to sign a deal for 100 or more 11-seat P2012 Travellers in October or November, says chief executive Paolo Langer.
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P&W resolves GTF supplier problem, recommits to 2017 goal
Pratt & Whitney has resolved a supplier quality problem that limited deliveries of geared turbofan-powered Airbus A320neos to six aircraft in the second quarter, United Technologies executives say.
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Boeing cash flow jumps in Q2 despite drop in deliveries
An 8% decline in commercial aircraft deliveries lowered overall Boeing revenue by the same percentage in the second quarter, but the company still recorded nearly $5 billion in operating cash flow.
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OSHKOSH: Daher posts best first half deliveries since 2008
Europe’s economic rebound has helped French manufacturer Daher record the most aircraft deliveries in any first-half of a financial year since 2008, says senior vice-president Nicolas Chabbert on 25 July.
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OSHKOSH: Mooney commits to developing a revamped M10 piston
Mooney International remains committed to developing the M10 single-engined piston for the training market, but the Chinese-owned firm has tossed out the original design and closed the research and development centre that developed it, a top executive said on 25 July.