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Cessna Reports Increased Citation Sales and Deliveries

Reporting on its third-quarter results, Textron said its Cessna Aircraft unit received orders for 71 Citations, including 22 for the new CJ2+, and 13 more

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December 14, 2007

Eclipse accelerates VLJ production schedule

Eclipse Aviation has accelerated its production schedule for the Eclipse 500 very light jet by seven months and announced plans for its customer-support ne

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December 14, 2007

Gulfstream G450 Exceeding Range Expectations

After more than 1,850 hours of flight testing, Gulfstream said it has determined that the new G450 will fly 3,500 nm at Mach 0.85, 500 nm farther than its

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December 14, 2007

Supersonic Business Jet Sales Climbing at Aerion

Aerion announced in London today that it has received commitments covering at least 20 of its proposed $80 million supersonic business jets (SSBJ) since it

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December 11, 2007

Adam A700 Begins FAA Flight-test Trials

Adam Aircraft’s $2.25 million A700 very light jet took a step closer to FAA certification on Friday when the agency issued Type Inspection Authorization (T

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December 11, 2007

In The Works: Grob-Werke G160 Ranger

Flight testing of the 1,800-nm G160 Ranger, which first flew last March, continues at Grob-Werke’s aviation facility in Tussenhausen, Germany.

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December 10, 2007

In The Works: Adam A700

Adam Aircraft of Englewood, Colo., told AIN that certification of the $2.1 million A700 business jet has moved to the right, from December

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December 10, 2007

In The Works: Quest Kodiak

Quest Aircraft’s new Kodiak high-wing, fixed-gear turboprop single successfully completed its 50th flight on January 11, just three months after the aircra

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December 10, 2007

Pilatus delivers the 500th PC-12

Pilatus Aircraft marked a major milestone on January 14 by delivering the 500th PC-12 after some 10 years of production of the big turboprop single in Stan

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December 10, 2007

Embraer’s ‘E-Jets’ halfway home

No one said it would be easy, but Embraer seems to have hit its stride after struggling early on to meet development and certification targets for its new

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December 10, 2007

More avionics woes prompt 170 Ads

Cases of complete failure of the Honeywell Primus Epic avionics display triggered an emergency AD from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for all E

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December 10, 2007

Governments set to show C Series the money

Perhaps the most vital component in Bombardier’s C Series of single-aisle commercial jets will consist not of metal, pneumatics or electrical circuits, but

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December 10, 2007

ATR Scores Big in India

ATR landed its biggest sale in recent memory last month when Indian budget airline Air Deccan agreed to take delivery of 30 new 72-seat ATR 72-500s over th

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December 10, 2007

Challenger 605 cockpit replete with technology

While Gulfstream’s and Dassault’s top models are breaking the traditional mold with their advanced integrated cockpits, the Challenger 605 Bombardier intro

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December 6, 2007

PiperJet To Have Rivetless Wing

Piper Aircraft is patenting a new metal bonding technique that will be key to the manufacture of the PiperJet’s all-aluminum wing.

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December 6, 2007

Special Report: Pre-owned Market 2007

Business Jets: In 2007 demand for business jets surges This year the business jet market started off busy and never took a breather.

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December 3, 2007