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Embraer ‘flight testing’ FBW before Legacy flies

The technology in Embraer’s newest business jet series, the Legacy 450 and 500, enables detailed exploration and development to take place much further ahe

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December 23, 2010

Avcorp Work Moving Back to Cessna, Other Suppliers

Structural assembly work done by Canada-based Avcorp will be transitioned back to Cessna facilities and other suppliers, according to a Cessna spokesman.

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December 23, 2010

Conforming HondaJet Makes Maiden Flight

The first conforming Honda Aircraft HA-420 HondaJet took off from Runway 5 at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, N.C., at 3:31 p.m.

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December 21, 2010

Ceremony Marks UK Retirement of Harriers

Sixteen Harrier GR.7/9 V/STOL (vertical and/or short take-off and landing) jets flew over the UK Midlands Wednesday to mark the type’s retirement from Brit

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December 16, 2010

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F135 Engine Progresses as F136 Alternative for F-35

Pratt & Whitney has delivered the first F135 production-standard STOVL engine to Lockheed Martin for the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter program.

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December 16, 2010

X-37 Spaceplane Lands But Purpose Still Clouded

The U.S.

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December 16, 2010

Unmanned Helos Make Rapid Progress in the U.S.

Remotely controlled helicopters could be delivering cargo to U.S.

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December 16, 2010

Japan Replaces UH-60Js...with More UH-60Js

Japan’s Ministry of Defense has selected Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to supply 40 license-built Sikorsky UH-60J+ helicopters for the Japan Air Self Defence

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December 16, 2010

Southwest Lays Plans for Larger 737s

Southwest Airlines expects to take delivery of its first Boeing 737-800 in March 2012, the company’s chairman, president and CEO, Gary Kelly, revealed duri

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December 15, 2010

Gulfstream Plans G650 Cabin Completions

Gulfstream Aerospace is preparing an assembly plant for its new G650, and the U.S manufacturer is also readying an adjacent building for cabin completion w

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December 8, 2010

Forecast International report says business jet sales 'not yet in recovery'

A study released last week by Forecast International projects that the decline in business jet production, which began in 2008, will continue through 2011.

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December 8, 2010

OCRA Aerospace notches up 328 Jet sale

OCRA Aerospace (Stand E225) has announced the sale of a Dornier 328 Jet to an undisclosed customer in southeast Asia.

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December 8, 2010

Emirates-CAE adds Challenger 604 Sim

Emirates-CAE Flight Training (ECFT) has announced the addition of a full-flight simulator (FFS) for the Bombardier Challenger 604 to its training center, l

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December 8, 2010

MEBA: Dassault's SMS on target for certification in 2016

Dassault (Chalet A14) is working steadily toward a certification date of 2016 for its much-anticipated super-midsize (SMS) Falcon business jet, Olivier Vil

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December 8, 2010

MEBA: Supersonic Business Jet Still an Idea for the Future, Says Dassault

Not today, and not tomorrow, but maybe someday.

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December 8, 2010

Total Eclipse VLJ May Rise Again in Dubai

Eclipse is back.

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December 8, 2010

Cessna Sees Some Light in the Middle East

Despite recent industry forecasts that call for 2011 to look much like 2010, Mark Paolucci, Cessna Aircraft's new senior vice president of sales and market

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December 8, 2010

Bombardier lands $285 million in new sales

Bombardier yesterday achieved a breakthrough sale for its new Global 7000 aircraft when Comlux The Aviation Group signed a contract for two of the ultra-lo

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December 8, 2010

Jet Air Flug Buys Seven Bombardier Business Jets

Bombardier yesterday landed firm orders for five midsize Learjet 85 and two large-cabin Challenger 605 jets from Munich-based Jet Air Flug.

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December 8, 2010

L-100 delivery sparks new MAZ/Al Salam partnership

The Alsalam Aircraft Company delivered a Lockheed L-100 Hercules in VIP configuration to an undisclosed customer on Tuesday.

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December 8, 2010