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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.

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Dassault admits to quiet work on Mach+ bizjet

Dassault is working quietly on the design for what could become a supersonic business jet (SSBJ).

Aircraft

August 4, 2008

G550 will require evac crewmember

Gulfstream, which has been engaged in a dispute with the FAA over whether its new Gulfstream 550 could be certified with the traditional four elliptical wi

Aircraft

August 4, 2008

Hybrids fill fractional-charter gap

At first glance, the fractional industry, like the alien menace in a sci-fi thriller, appears to be morphing into a menagerie of hybrids.

Charter & Fractional

August 4, 2008

Pilot Report: Embraer Legacy: Building upon a rich history

Embraer’s Legacy is an impressive corporate version of the company’s venerable ERJ-135/145

Aircraft

August 4, 2008

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Don't tangle with this E-6B

In aviation’s early days, long-distance HF communications used wire antennas trailing behind the aircraft.

Aircraft

August 4, 2008

In The Works: Archedyne NauticAir 450

Archedyne Aerospace of Merritt Island, Fla., is still pursuing Lake Aircraft and Armand Rivard for a $1.4 million judgment, which Rivard has appealed, and

Aircraft

August 4, 2008

In The Works: Extra EA-500

Extra Flugzeugbau of Hunxe, Germany, has operated under insolvency (similar to Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S.) since January and has reportedly been in

Aircraft

August 4, 2008

In The Works: Intracom GM-17 Viper

First deliveries of the Intracom General Machinery GM-17 Viper 8 executive aircraft have been made in Russia, where the much-reworked Piper Pressurized Nav

Aircraft

August 4, 2008

In The Works: Sukhoi S-21 SSBJ

At best, a total of 300 to 400 supersonic business jets (SSBJs) could be sold over the next 30 years, according to Andrei Ilyin, general director at Sukhoi

Aircraft

August 4, 2008

In The Works: Ibis Aerospace Ae270 Spirit

With Czech certification of the Ae270 turboprop single now expected in the fourth quarter of this year (earlier anticipated in September) and FAA approval

Aircraft

August 4, 2008

Improving air safety by thinking inside the box

It is impossible to ignore the role technology has played in making the art of powered, heavier-than-air flight incrementally safer for the successive gene

Aircraft

August 4, 2008

Regionals Update: ALPA foils US Airways' plans for CRJ705

Unable to convince the Air Line Pilots Association to accept further regional-airline scope-clause concessions, US Airways has converted its firm order for

Aircraft

August 4, 2008

French, Russian avionics trio leap to front of RRJ 'short list'

AVPK Sukhoi’s ambition to use U.S.-built avionics on the Russian Regional Jet appear dashed due to an apparent lack of interest on the part of both Honeywe

Aircraft

August 4, 2008

An-140 sales bode well for Antonov RJ

A growing order book for the 52-seat Antonov An-140 turboprop has stimulated engineers at Ukraine’s Antonov design house and the Kharkov manufacturing plan

Aircraft

August 4, 2008

M7 won't wait for 328 deal to pursue RJ work in San Antonio

M7 Aerospace, the company that took control of the U.S.

Aircraft

August 4, 2008

D'Long looks to place 728 back in fray

Shanghai-based investment group D’Long in late June confirmed it has signed a contract for the rights to the suspended Fairchild Dornier 728 program, but a

Aircraft

August 4, 2008

'Easy' flight-test program yields Learjet 40 approval

The Learjet 40 received its FAA type certificate on July 11 as an amendment to the certification of the Learjet 45 from which it is derived.

Aircraft

July 31, 2008

Embraer cancels Indigo order

A spokesman for Embraer confirmed that the Brazilian airplane manufacturer repossessed the two leased aircraft it delivered earlier this year to Chicago-ba

Aircraft

July 31, 2008

Cirrus Vision SJ50 Jet Single Makes Public Debut

Yesterday afternoon, Cirrus test pilot Kent Vandergrift flew Cirrus Design’s prototype Vision SJ50 single-engine jet to EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., co

Aircraft

July 31, 2008

Millennium Aero Scores Fleet Order for 250 Foxjets

Eckhaus Leasing Group, a sister company of vehicle fleet company Eckhaus Fleet, yesterday placed an order for 250 Millennium Aerospace Foxjet II very light

Aircraft

July 31, 2008

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.

Latest

Dassault admits to quiet work on Mach+ bizjet

Dassault is working quietly on the design for what could become a supersonic business jet (SSBJ).

G550 will require evac crewmember

Gulfstream, which has been engaged in a dispute with the FAA over whether its new Gulfstream 550 could be certified with the traditional four elliptical wi

Hybrids fill fractional-charter gap

At first glance, the fractional industry, like the alien menace in a sci-fi thriller, appears to be morphing into a menagerie of hybrids.

Pilot Report: Embraer Legacy: Building upon a rich history

Embraer’s Legacy is an impressive corporate version of the company’s venerable ERJ-135/145

Videos

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Don't tangle with this E-6B

In aviation’s early days, long-distance HF communications used wire antennas trailing behind the aircraft.

In The Works: Archedyne NauticAir 450

Archedyne Aerospace of Merritt Island, Fla., is still pursuing Lake Aircraft and Armand Rivard for a $1.4 million judgment, which Rivard has appealed, and

In The Works: Extra EA-500

Extra Flugzeugbau of Hunxe, Germany, has operated under insolvency (similar to Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S.) since January and has reportedly been in

In The Works: Intracom GM-17 Viper

First deliveries of the Intracom General Machinery GM-17 Viper 8 executive aircraft have been made in Russia, where the much-reworked Piper Pressurized Nav

In The Works: Sukhoi S-21 SSBJ

At best, a total of 300 to 400 supersonic business jets (SSBJs) could be sold over the next 30 years, according to Andrei Ilyin, general director at Sukhoi

In The Works: Ibis Aerospace Ae270 Spirit

With Czech certification of the Ae270 turboprop single now expected in the fourth quarter of this year (earlier anticipated in September) and FAA approval

Improving air safety by thinking inside the box

It is impossible to ignore the role technology has played in making the art of powered, heavier-than-air flight incrementally safer for the successive gene

Regionals Update: ALPA foils US Airways' plans for CRJ705

Unable to convince the Air Line Pilots Association to accept further regional-airline scope-clause concessions, US Airways has converted its firm order for

French, Russian avionics trio leap to front of RRJ 'short list'

AVPK Sukhoi’s ambition to use U.S.-built avionics on the Russian Regional Jet appear dashed due to an apparent lack of interest on the part of both Honeywe

An-140 sales bode well for Antonov RJ

A growing order book for the 52-seat Antonov An-140 turboprop has stimulated engineers at Ukraine’s Antonov design house and the Kharkov manufacturing plan

M7 won't wait for 328 deal to pursue RJ work in San Antonio

M7 Aerospace, the company that took control of the U.S.

D'Long looks to place 728 back in fray

Shanghai-based investment group D’Long in late June confirmed it has signed a contract for the rights to the suspended Fairchild Dornier 728 program, but a

'Easy' flight-test program yields Learjet 40 approval

The Learjet 40 received its FAA type certificate on July 11 as an amendment to the certification of the Learjet 45 from which it is derived.

Embraer cancels Indigo order

A spokesman for Embraer confirmed that the Brazilian airplane manufacturer repossessed the two leased aircraft it delivered earlier this year to Chicago-ba

Cirrus Vision SJ50 Jet Single Makes Public Debut

Yesterday afternoon, Cirrus test pilot Kent Vandergrift flew Cirrus Design’s prototype Vision SJ50 single-engine jet to EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., co

Millennium Aero Scores Fleet Order for 250 Foxjets

Eckhaus Leasing Group, a sister company of vehicle fleet company Eckhaus Fleet, yesterday placed an order for 250 Millennium Aerospace Foxjet II very light

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