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Bombardier Announces More Global Suppliers

Bombardier announced more suppliers and a few additional design and production details for the new Global 7000 and 8000 long-range business jets.

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October 11, 2011

Minsheng Places Firm Order for 13 Embraer Legacy 650s

Embraer celebrates a sale of 13 Legacy 650 jets to China’s Minsheng Financial Leasing.

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October 11, 2011

New Pricing, Delivery Date Set for Eclipse

A new revitalized Eclipse VLJ is rising from the ashes of bankruptcy with a boost from Sikorsky’s substantial minority investment.

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October 11, 2011

Engine Redesign Adds Delay to HondaJet Program

Deliveries of the HondaJet will be delayed until at least mid-2013 because of a late-stage redesign of the GE Honda Aero HF120 engine that powers it.

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October 11, 2011

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OVIV Introduces 280 L Security System

OVIV Security Technologies of France introduced its newest on-ground aircraft security system at NBAA 2011.

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October 11, 2011

Falcon SMS ‘100 Percent Go’ at Dassault

Dassault’s still-under-wraps Falcon super-midsize (SMS) will be in a category above today’s Falcon 2000 series.

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October 11, 2011

Gulfstream G650-inspired Interiors for G450, G550

Gulfstream unveils Elite cabin for G450 and G550.

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October 11, 2011

Kestrel Refining Design of Its SE Turboprop

Kestrel Aircraft brought a mockup of its new, wider cabin for its in-development single-engine turboprop to the NBAA Convention.

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October 11, 2011

Hawker 4000 Gets Brazilian Approval

Hawker 4000 Gets Brazilian Approval

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October 11, 2011

Lufthansa Tech Makes ‘nice’ Nicer

Lufthansa Technik presented its new “Innovation Corner” at NBAA 2011 in Las Vegas.

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October 11, 2011

Blackhawk Signs New Dealers

Blackhawk Modifications signed another new dealer to its worldwide network of authorized installation and service centers.

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October 11, 2011

Embraer Sees Brighter Skies Ahead

While it has certainly felt the same pressures as its competition, Embraer expects a change in the bizjet market to come soon.

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October 10, 2011

ABS Jets Plans New Prague FBO by 2013

ABS Jets is accelerating its development as a comprehensive business aviation services group and is here at the NBAA show (Booth No.

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October 10, 2011

Nextant Gets 400XT STC, Looks To Next Project

Nextant Aerospace received FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) approval last month for its 400XT conversion for the Beechjet 400A and Hawker 400XP.

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October 10, 2011

Airbus Brings ACJ319 To  Vegas In First U.S. Public Showing

Tens of thousands of NBAA members have arrived in Las Vegas expecting to see airplanes on display–plenty of them.

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October 10, 2011

Ikhana DHC-6 Twin Otter Fuselage Life Extension Is STC’d

Engineering modification house Ikhana Aircraft Services (Booth No. C7116) expected to receive FAA supplemental type certification (STC) of its DH-6 Twin Ot

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October 10, 2011

 MU-2s Keep On Flying

Barrington Irving, the youngest pilot and the first African American to fly solo around the world, will welcome 50 students from Las Vegas’s Rancho High Sc

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October 10, 2011

Total Eclipse Performs And Delivers

Eclipse Aerospace CEO Mason Holland said the company is currently building two refurbished Total Eclipse jets a month and still hopes to eventually start u

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October 10, 2011

Cobham Highlights Recent Platform Wins

Demonstrating its technological range and capabilities, UK-based Cobham (Booth No.

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October 10, 2011

BAe And Falko Continue To Support 146 Jetliner

Corporate versions of the British Aerospace (BAe) 146 and other variants of the regional jetliner will continue to be supported by the OEM following the $1

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October 10, 2011