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Stevens Aviation Delivers First Lear4Ever Aircraft

Business aircraft maintenance, modification and completions firm Stevens Aviation today delivered the first Lear4Ever–an upgraded Learjet 35–to Dr.

Aircraft

August 26, 2008

Dilemma for Boeing as Pentagon Issues Revised RFP for KC-X

Boeing faces a tough decision, now that the Pentagon has confirmed that bigger is better in the KC-X tanker competition.

Aircraft

August 22, 2008

GAO Confirms Naval Global Hawk as Winner of BAMS

The U.S.

Aircraft

August 22, 2008

Boeing Confident on C-17 Future; Pitching New Version

Continuing production of the C-17 Globemaster airlifter into the next decade now seems assured.

Aircraft

August 22, 2008

Boeing Pushes P-8 for U.S. Navy EP-X Requirement

The U.S.

Aircraft

August 22, 2008

Signs Point To Gulfstream G250 Launch Soon

Two weeks before Gulfstream Aerospace unveiled the G650 on March 13, a JP Morgan analyst report said the Savannah, Ga.-based aircraft manufacturer would la

Aircraft

August 21, 2008

Cessna Reaches Milestones for Mustang, CJ4

Cessna Aircraft yesterday delivered the 100th Citation Mustang at the Independence, Kan.

Aircraft

August 21, 2008

CRJ1000 first flight expected early next month

An integration fault in the Bombardier CRJ1000’s fly-by-wire rudder control system has forced the company to install a software revision in the flying prot

Aircraft

August 19, 2008

P&WC and Eclipse Probing PW610F Carbon Concern

Pratt & Whitney Canada, manufacturer of the PW610F engine that powers the Eclipse 500 very light jet, and Eclipse Aviation are jointly investigating th

Engines

August 19, 2008

Cessna’s Columbus Sails through Wind-tunnel Tests

Cessna yesterday said it completed a series of wind-tunnel tests for its large-cabin Citation Columbus.

Aircraft

August 14, 2008

FAA Issues Revised AD on Eclipse Thrust Levers

In response to a thrust-lever quadrant failure in an Eclipse 500 on June 5, the FAA issued an emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD 2008-13-51) on June 12,

Aircraft

August 13, 2008

EF-18G Growler Readying for Fleet Duty

Ahead of schedule and under budget, Boeing delivered the first of an expected 85 operational models of its EF-18G Growler to the U.S.

Aircraft

August 12, 2008

Epic Elite Jet Is Hostage to Georgia Conflict

The conflict between Russia and Georgia is reverberating at Bend, Ore.-based Epic Aircraft, which in late June temporarily moved its sole Epic Elite Jet pr

Aircraft

August 12, 2008

Riding the rocket

Is there a pilot alive whose pulse has not raced upon seeing Concorde’s lithe shape part the sky? Of the many airliner cockpit rides I have been fortunate

Aircraft

August 11, 2008

Why the ProJet? Why now?

The idea for what is now known as the ProJet started four years ago during a conversation between Carey Robinson Wolchok, then a principal at private equit

Aircraft

August 11, 2008

In The Works: ATG Javelin

In addition to announcing its selection of the Avidyne FlightMax Entegra for its two-seat Javelin “executive jet," Aviation Technology Group of Englew

Aircraft

August 11, 2008