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Boeing Takes Flak over 747-8 Freighter Delays

It didn’t take special insight to guess that Boeing wouldn’t meet its year-end target to certify and deliver the first 747-8 Freighter.
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FAA Proposes Mandatory HTaws for Helicopter EMS

This morning the FAA announced its long-awaited
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ADS-B Gets Green Light, GPS Backup Less Clear

Following successful ADS-B deployment at key sites in Alaska, the

Eurocopter Hopes To Launch X4 Medium Twin Helo Soon

Eurocopter CEO Lutz Bertling is hoping the Dauphin replacement program, codenamed X4, will be given the go-ahead within the next few months.

Hawker and Union To Reopen Contract Negotiations

Wichita-based Hawker Beechcraft and the machinists union that represents its production workers agreed to reopen contract negotiations tomorrow, with a mem

Standing Room Only at Bombardier Safety Standdown

Bombardier’s four-day Safety Standdown seminar, which concluded today in Wichita, was fully booked.

Embraer Claims It Hasn’t Given Up on China Talks

Brazil’s Embraer remains in negotiations with Chinese authorities over the prospect of building E-Jets at the Harbin-Embraer plant in Harbin, China, a comp
Engines

Boeing Delivery Totals Reflect Strong Single-aisle Market

More evidence of an increasingly robust single-aisle commercial airplane market surfaced today in Boeing’s third-quarter delivery report, which shows that

What got us into this fine mess, anyway?

Here’s a short story that relates, I think, to the plight of the business jet. Good friends of ours who run a small medical practice were lamentin
Maintenance and Modifications

Constant Offers Beechjet 400XP Pro Line 21 Upgrade

Cleveland Hopkins International Airport-based Constant Aviation has delivered its first retail Pro Line 21 upgraded Beechjet 400XP.
Maintenance and Modifications

StandardAero Reopens Springfield TFE731 MPI Shop

StandardAero is now offering TFE731 heavy maintenance, repair and overhaul out of its 265,000-sq-ft production and support facility in Springfield.
Maintenance and Modifications

Tailwind Buys Kelly Aerospace Energy Systems’ Assets

Hartzell Propeller’s parent company, Tailwind Technologies, has purchased the assets of Kelly Aerospace Energy Systems of Montgomery, Ala., for an undiscl
Maintenance and Modifications

Precision Aviation Expands Facility

Precision Aviation Group (PAG) has begun a project expanding its Atlanta headquarters.
Maintenance and Modifications

Mid-Continent STCs Lithium Emergency Power

Mid-Continent Instruments has received an approved model list (AML) supplemental type certificate (STC) from the FAA for its MD835 lithium emergency power
Maintenance and Modifications

Enterprise Jet Center Expands Maintenance Capacity

For the second time in five years Enterprise Jet Center is expanding its Houston Hobby Airport complex.

Air Mekong Launching Service in Vietnam with SkyWest CRJ 900s

Vietnam’s Air Mekong, 30-percent owned by U.S.
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Pratt & Whitney Canada Launches Global Flight Test Operations Facility

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) joined Canadian and Quebec government officials in inaugurating the company’s global flight test operations center yesterday

Sixth Boeing 787 Takes Flight, Company Reports ‘Good Progress’ with Test Program

The sixth and final Boeing 787 to join the flight test fleet flew for the first time yesterday from Paine Field in Everett, Wash.
Engines

Turboprop Version of GE38 Turboshaft Due Mid-decade

A new General Electric turboprop engine, derived from the 7,500-shp GE38-1B turboshaft engine, could become available by the middle of the decade.
Aircraft

Preowned Update: Inventory continues steady decline from last year’s record high

The eye-popping total of 2,750 pre-owned aircraft for sale today is a lot based on historical standards, but it is well below the peak reached a little mor
Cabin Interior and Electronics

N.Z. firm offers a multi-role BBJ cabin

The multi-role business jet cabin has come of age as several companies step in to serve a growing market for such ­in­teriors.
Aircraft

UK’s Future A330 Tanker Progresses Amid PFI Controversy

The first Airbus A330 future strategic tanker aircraft (FSTA) for the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) made its first flight after conversion on September 13.
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Aircraft

Denel Aviation Revamps the Rooivalk Attack Helicopter

Last week Denel Aviation delivered the first fully upgraded Rooivalk back to the South African Air Force (SAAF).
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Aircraft

South African Air Force Mulls Airlift Requirements, Contenders

Airlift manufacturers were prominent at last month’s African Aerospace and Defence show in Cape Town, highlighting the need of the South African Air Force
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Aircraft

EADS Flies Barracuda UCAV Demonstrator Again

The EADS Barracuda UCAV technology demonstrator
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FBOs

FBOs position themselves on the front lines against agroterrorism

During the past few years, FBOs and airports with international arrivals have been developing processes to handle what’s known as “regulated garbage.” U.S.
Aircraft

Alenia Aermacchi M346 Confirmed for Singapore Trainer

Singapore last week confirmed its choice of the Alenia Aerm
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Engines

Pratt’s PW1000G subject of Rolls lawsuit

Rolls-Royce in late August filed a complaint alleging
Aircraft

Curado stays patient as Embraer considers next move

No one would ever accuse Embraer CEO Frederico Curado of letting ego or impatience influence his decision-making.
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Swim–a look inside NextGen’s own future private Intranet

If NextGen were an upcoming movie, Swim–for system-wide information management (Swim)–would get top billing for its leading role, and would certainly pick