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Metalcraft Buys SJ30 Assets for Only $3.5M

Late last week, the parent company of Cedar City, Utah-based Metalcraft Technologies purchased the assets of the SJ30 light jet program from Emivest Aerosp

NTSB Launches Investigation into JFK Ramp Collision

The NTSB has launched an investigation into the wingtip clipping that occurred between an Air France Airbus A380 (F-HPJD) and a Comair Bombardier CRJ700 (N

AIN Blog: Southwest Incident Raises Questions for Boeing

Now that the FAA issued an <link http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgAD.nsf/0/77979606b642117286257869006afb63/$FILE/2011-08-51_Emergency.

AIN Blog: Test Pilots Push the Envelope So the Rest of Us Don’t Have To

As a general rule, AIN does not discuss aircraft accidents with reporters from the general media for the simple reason that we can’t really add much

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Thales Launches Light Missile as UK Lynx Wildcat Makes Progress

Thales UK announced that its lightweight multirole missile (LMM) has been confirmed for maritime strikes by the <a href="news/single-news-page/article/lynx

Airbus Military Delivers First C295 ASW

Airbus Military delivered the first C295 equipped for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) to Chile. The twin-engine, medium transport aircraft is equipped with s

E-8C Joint STARS Gets Another Set of Eyes

A Northrop Grumman E-8C Joint STARS (surveillance target attack radar system) aircraft has been fitted with an advanced imaging sensor for the first time.

Libyan Air Campaign Expends Large Resources

The coalition of nations flying over Libya to protect civilians under UN Resolution 1973 is still flying some 150 sorties daily.

NTSB Issues Preliminary Report on G650 Crash

The flight-test Gulfstream G650 that crashed in Roswell,

Eclipse Completes Fatigue Testing of Eclipse 500

Eclipse Aerospace has completed fatigue testing of the Eclipse 500 and is in the process of getting this data together to submit to the FAA, company execut

Mitsubishi Starts Assembly of First MRJ

Assembly work on the Mitsubishi Regional Jet officially began today with a ceremonial rivet-driving celebration at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Tobishima p

Gulfstream Suspends G650 Flight Tests in Wake of Crash

The NTSB is leading the investigation into <a href="“http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-news-page/article/gulfstream-g650-test-airplane-crashes-in-new-me

Southwest Returns To Full Schedule, Finds Cracks in Two More 737-300s

Southwest Airlines returned to its regular schedule today after finishing <link news/single-news-page/article/hole-in-southwest-jet-to-prompt-boeing-servic

AIN Blog: Warning: Airliner Lavatories no Longer Have O2 Supply

The FAA is abdicating its safety responsibility.

Hole in Southwest Jet To Prompt Boeing Service Bulletin

Boeing plans to issue a Service Bulletin to describe inspection techniques for Boeing 737s similar to the Southwest Airlines 737-300 whose fuselage skin ru

FAA To Mandate Fuselage Fatigue Inspections for Certain 737s

The FAA plans to issue an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) tomorrow that will require operators of specific early Boeing 737 models to conduct initia

Southwest Grounds 79 Jets after Emergency Landing

Southwest Airlines has grounded 79 (not 81 as was previously reported) of its Boeing 737s as it began working with Boeing and the NTSB to determine the cau

AIN Blog: Weather Takes Sun ‘n’ Fun Fly-In by Storm, Quite Literally

If I were to experience a tornado, or a near-tornado, my guess would have been while visiting one of the aircraft manufacturers in Wichita.

EBACE Preview

With Europe’s economy facing another year of uncertainty, the 2011 European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (Ebace) will open to a business aviat

Rules, Safety and Access Dominate EBACE Agenda

As usual, the Ebace conference agenda will be packed with topical deliberations on key issues facing Europe’s business aviation community.

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