Aircraft

News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.

PiperJet now Altaire, new and improved

Taking advantage of the big stage at the NBAA Convention last month, Piper Aircraft introduced its evolved and renamed PiperJet Altaire, showing a mockup o

October 27, 2010

Premier morphs into Hawker 200

Hawker Beechcraft (HBC) announced the rebranding of its Premier light jet as the Hawker 200 and introduced the King Air 250, a replacement for the King Air

October 27, 2010

UK To Cut F-35s, Drop Nimrod and Sentinel

The UK is to cut its planned acquisition of the F-35 Joint by up to two-thirds, switch versions and delay introduction of the aircraft.

October 26, 2010

SJ30 Maker Emivest Files for Ch. 11 Reorganization

A Delaware bankruptcy court could decide as early as today whether to allow Emivest Aerospace to continue operations after the company filed for creditor p

October 26, 2010

Bombardier’s new Globals will shrink the globe again

In the weeks before last month’s NBAA Convention, industry speculation about whether and how it would compete with the G650 forced Bombardier to partially

October 26, 2010

Sierra Nevada King Air shows odd mods at static

We spend all week walking around the NBAA Convention thinking about business aviation, and at times it feels like there’s more King Airs here than scantily

October 21, 2010

Bombardier Completes First Phase of Belfast Wing Facility

Bombardier has completed the first phase of construction of a 600,000-sq-ft wing manufacturing and assembly facility in Belfast for the C Series airliner,

October 21, 2010

Embraer Legacy 650 Certified

Embraer's newest addition to its business jet family, the long-range Legacy 650, has received certification from the Brazilian Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC)

October 20, 2010

Boeing Expects Orders to Exceed Deliveries this Year

Boeing expects its commercial aircraft book-to-bill ratio to exceed one by year-end, following what CEO Jim McNerney characterized as a “strong” third quar

October 20, 2010

Hawker 4000 sets new speed records

Hawker Beechcraft’s (HBC) flagship super-midsize Hawker 4000 received six world speed records at NBAA for flights made between October of 2009 and April 20

October 20, 2010

Crane gets STC for Learjet 60 tire checkers

Crane Aerospace (Booth No.

October 20, 2010

JoinJet Named Launch Customer for Hawker 800XPR Upgrade

Hawker Beechcraft Services Tuesday named JoinJet of Denmark as the launch customer for its Hawker 800XPR upgrade.

October 20, 2010

Learjet 85 is halfway through its detailed design phase

Progress on design and parts fabrication are among the Learjet 85 development milestones Bombardier Aerospace highlighted at NBAA.

October 20, 2010

Canadians partner on quiet C850

Two Canadian companies, cabin-quieting specialist Silentium Air and completions house Flying Colours, have teamed to provide sound-proofing for green and r

October 20, 2010

Brazil and EU certify Embraer's Legacy 650

Embraer has been awarded certification of its large-cabin Legacy 650 by the Brazilian Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) and EASA, the company announced at the N

October 20, 2010

NetJets chairman advises patience

"Those of us in this room will feel pretty good five years from now," predicted David Sokol, chairman, president and CEO of NetJets.

October 20, 2010

Bombardier stressing global service

Bombardier Aerospace is in Atlanta this week highlighting its increased emphasis on worldwide customer service and product support for the entire Bombardie

October 20, 2010

Nextant Beechjet conversions aiming for STC in early 2011

At this year's NBAA convention, Nextant Aerospace is making its debut in the static display with not one, but two of its new 400XT Beechjet conversions.

October 19, 2010

Conforming HondaJet first flight 'very soon'

An intensive series of system ground tests and static structural stress testing of production conforming aircraft continues at the HondaJet research and de

October 19, 2010

Bizjet International Completes BBJ for Boeing

BizJet International (Booth No.

October 19, 2010