All articles by Stephen Trimble – Page 94
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NBAA: Boeing unveils BBJ version of 737 Max
Boeing today revealed the 737 Max will be converted into a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ), with deliveries starting to the VIP market almost as quickly as the...
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NewsNBAA: PICTURE - Embraer unveils fly-by-wire paint scheme on Legacy 500
Embraer has revealed for NBAA a pixilated paint scheme on the first Legacy 500, emphasizing the mid-size jet's unique three-axis fly-by-wire technology.
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NewsNBAA: VIDEO - Gulfstream boosts G650 range at high-speed cruise by 20%
Gulfstream has increased maximum range of the ultra-large-cabin G650 by 20% to 6,000nm (11,112km) at the Mach 0.9 high-speed cruise setting.
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NewsNBAA: Boeing unveils BBJ version of 737 Max
Boeing today revealed the 737 Max will be converted into a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ), with deliveries starting to the VIP market almost as quickly as the re-engined and updated narrowbody enters commercial service in 2017.
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NewsIN FOCUS: Boeing's departure fails to break cluster's Spirit
More than any other company, Boeing made Wichita the "Air Capital of the World". Beech, Cessna and Lear certainly played their part, but Boeing brought the...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Business aviation OEMs prepare for a delayed recovery
Bombardier's Learjet factory complex in Wichita's southwest quarter is growing - in size, if not yet in output. Production of Learjet's super-light category...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Training centre tackles skilled labour shortage
In a moment of feverish brainstorming in 2002, Cessna executives desperate for trained aviation mechanics considered taking over an abandoned Wichita hotel...
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NewsBoeing extends 777X timeline range to early 2020s
Boeing chief executive James McNerney on 24 October extended the length of the timing range for introducing a new version of the Boeing 777 by at least a...
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Boeing studies new “sweet spot” for 787 windows
A key Boeing supplier says the airframer is considering spreading the electrochromic dimmable windows technology introduced on the 787 to other airliner...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Bombardier reveals Queretaro plant for Learjet 85
Bombardier launched the Learjet 85 in 2008 with a bold plan for production. Ever since Bill Lear founded the company nearly half a century ago, Learjet manufacturing was concentrated almost exclusively in Wichita, Kansas, the self-described "air capital of the world".
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NewsNBAA: 429 GlobalRanger teaches Bell new lessons in design
Bell Helicopter has learned some lessons with the 429 GlobalRanger, starting from the very beginning, when production of its forerunner 427 was suspended...
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NewsHoneywell hints of aircraft programmes still under wraps
Aerospace engines and avionics supplier Honeywell says it has won new contracts for programmes that have yet to be publicly revealed with a combined lifetime...
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NewsSonaca Montreal wins wing panel contract for Global 7000/8000
Sonaca Montreal will supply wing panels for the ultra long-range Bombardier Global 7000 and 8000 business jets under a $20 million contract announced on 16 October.
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NewsHawker Beechcraft breaks off talks with Chinese buyer, dumps Hawker product line
Hawker Beechcraft announced on Thursday that it has broken off talks with a possible Chinese buyer and will seek to dispose of the Hawker jet line as it...
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Guatemala secures financing for Super Tucano deal
The Guatemalan Congress has approved loans from Argentina and Brazil to buy six Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucanos ...
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Sikorsky receives long-awaited S-76D certification
Sikorsky has finally received airworthiness certification for its S-76D, allowing the airframer to begin delivering the long-delayed medium twin. Gaining...
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NewsBombardier stands by CSeries first flight in 2012
Bombardier is still standing by its schedule to achieve first flight of the CSeries aircraft by the end of the year, even as it acknowledges a significant workload remains with less than 12 weeks before 1 January.
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Bombardier starts final assembly of first CSeries flight aircraft
Bombardier has started assembling the fuselage of the first CSeries flight test vehicle (FTV-1) and begun the process of mating the wings to the static test...
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NewsVIDEO: Skydiver Felix Baumgartner breaks sound barrier, altitude record
Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner today became the first human to break the sound barrier in free fall after jumping from a record altitude of nearly 128,000ft.
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Loose beverage can leads to substantial damage to Southwest 717-200
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 717-200 was rammed by a catering truck at the Milwaukee airport and damaged "substantially", according to a preliminary report...