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Piper Aircraft To Stay in Vero Beach?

An April 28 Indian River County budget resolution approved $12 million to keep Piper Aircraft at its headquarters in Vero Beach, Fla., and the state of Flo

OEMs move forward on jet singles

Piper Aircraft and Cirrus Design are in a dead heat on the progress of their respective single-engine jet prototypes, and the two airplanes could fly withi

In The Works: Embraer Phenom 100

Embraer’s Phenom 100 very light jet is speeding toward its scheduled mid-year certification.

In The Works: Phenom 300

The first Phenom 300 was rolled out on April 12 and should fly this month or next, at the latest.

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In The Works: MSJ and MLJ

The not-yet-named midsize jet and mid-light jet got the green light from Embraer’s board of directors on March 28, and Embraer plans to spend about $750 mi

In The Works: Diamond D-Jet

Diamond Aircraft is delaying the D-Jet program to install an engine with greater power output.

In The Works: Pilatus PC-12 NG

The next-generation version of the Pilatus PC-12 is certified and deliveries have begun, so the single-engine turboprop is dropping off the In The Works ch

In The Works: Aerion Supersonic Business Jet

Although it has yet to find an aircraft manufacturer willing to help design and build the world’s first supersonic business jet, Aerion has built an order

In The Works: Gulfstream G650

Gulfstream’s new G650 ultra-long-range jet will feature a wing built by Spirit AeroSystems.

Garmin G1000 software upgrade offers low-cost SVT

There’s a lot to like about Garmin’s synthetic-vision technology (SVT) upgrade for the G1000 avionics system, starting with a price that should attract ple

Ahead of Schedule, First Phenom 300 Flies

Embraer’s Phenom 300 light jet flew for the first time yesterday, months ahead of its planned mid-year first flight schedule, lifting off from the 16,295-f

Honda extends jet sales beyond U.S.

Honda Aircraft’s announcement that it will offer the $3.65 million HondaJet for sale in the European market beginning this month “is a big milestone,” acco

AD for Challenger Cold-Weather Ops

The FAA on April 14 issued an Airworthiness Directive for all Bombardier Challengers, as well as the derivative CRJ100 and 440 regional jets, that requires

Aero Toy Store To Sell Supersonic Jet

Aero Toy Store has been appointed the factory authorized representative of Aerion for the sale of the company’s supersonic business jet.

Deliveries begin for Pilatus PC-12 NG

The latest version of the Pilatus PC-12, featuring new avionics and a new engine, received FAA and EASA certification on March 28.

Criteria set for first G650 buyers

In a March 13 letter to a prospective buyer, Gulfstream outlined details of the purchase process for the new G650 ultra-long-range jet.

Third D-Jet Joins Flight-Test Fleet

The third flight-test D-Jet completed a one-hour 25-minute maiden flight April 15 from Diamond Aircraft’s London, Ontario facility.

Hawker 4000 Deliveries Still Stalled

Deliveries of the Hawker 4000 have not yet begun, despite Hawker Beechcraft saying for more than a month that it would “soon” start shipments of the super-

With MSJ and MLJ launch, Embraer expands bizjet line

Embraer is fulfilling its April 2005 promise “to invest heavily in business aviation,” with the formal launch of two new midsize jets that fit between the

Embraer Rolls out First Phenom 300

Ten months after Embraer rolled out its Phenom 100 VLJ, its larger stablemate made its debut at the company’s Gavião Peixoto plant in Brazil.

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