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Biggest Embraer takes flight

The largest member of Embraer’s 170/190 family of single-aisle commercial jets–the 108-seat Embraer 195–took to the air for the first time on December 7 fr

Aircraft

January 29, 2007

Last Avro RJ to the Finnish line

BAE Systems Regional Aircraft has delivered the final Avro RJ to Finnish carrier Blue 1, bringing to an end 22 years of BAe 146/Avro RJ production.

Aircraft

January 29, 2007

Crisis in Kiev can’t ground An-148

Although the political crisis in Ukraine kept Antonov engineers guessing about the timing of the first flight of the 52-seat An-148, the airplane took to t

Aircraft

January 29, 2007

ARJ21 structural design nearly done

China’s AVIC I Commercial Aircraft (ACAC) continues its march toward a 2008 introduction of the 85-seat ARJ21-700, finishing more or less on schedule some

Aircraft

January 29, 2007

Stage III gets GIISP hush kit approval

Stage III Technologies, which has been developing a Stage 3 hush kit for Gulfstream IIs and IIIs for more than five years, has received an STC for the Gulf

Aircraft

January 29, 2007

US Airways wins RJ reprieve

US Airways may resume taking deliveries of Embraer and Bombardier regional jets if the airline’s employee unions accept more cost-cutting measures, thanks

Aircraft

January 29, 2007

Hong Kong start-up to take 170s

A newly formed regional airline division of Hong Kong commuter helicopter operator Helicopters Hong Kong has signed a deal with GE Capital Aviation Service

Aircraft

January 29, 2007

Gulfstream 500 receives FAA type certification

The Gulfstream 500 received FAA type certification last month, and customer deliveries of the business jet are scheduled to start early this year.

Aircraft

January 29, 2007

Airworthiness Alerts Issued for TBM 700

The FAA last month issued three separate airworthiness alerts on the TBM 700 turboprop single.

Aircraft

January 29, 2007

Flight Options Puts First Legacy Into Operation

Four Embraer Legacy Executive twinjets have joined Cleveland-based fractional operator Flight Options to provide owners with a large-cabin aircraft to supp

Charter & Fractional

January 29, 2007

GIISP Sets Speed Record from L.A. to Kitty Hawk

A Gulfstream IISP (for Special Performance–GIIs equipped with Aviation Partners’ winglets) set a world speed record December 15 on its way from Los Angeles

Aircraft

January 29, 2007

First global XRS takes to the air in four-hour flight

Bombardier began shakedown flights January 16 of the first Global Express XRS, a longer-range successor to the Global Express.

Aircraft

January 29, 2007

TBM crash kills French billionaire

French supermarket tycoon Paul-Louis Halley, who had amassed a personal fortune estimated at $3.75 billion and was listed by Forbes as the 104th richest ma

Aircraft

January 29, 2007

Honda’s ‘compact jet’ takes its first test drive

Honda’s “research project” light jet now has its first logbook entry.

Aircraft

January 26, 2007

Spirit Wing modification enhances Learjet design

Calvin Burgess is a man who likes Learjets…always has and always will, to hear him tell the story. Burgess began flying in 1986 for a very pragmatic

Aircraft

January 26, 2007

Looking Back: Bill Lear’s Legacy

Bill Lear possessed the soul of a true inventor.

Aircraft

January 26, 2007