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Nextant G90XT Ready For Market
The company that remanufactures the Beechjet has turned its sights on remaking Beechcraft C90-series King Airs. The Nextant Aerospace G90XT has completed flight testing, and certification is expected...
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NBAA Meritorious Service to Aviation Award goes to Joe Clark
It is something when you can look at a trophy on the mantelpiece and know that you share the honor with the likes of Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle and Bill Lear. This week that honor, the NBAA...
View ArticleConklin & de Decker Highlights Data Products
Three informational software products developed by Conklin & de Decker have made it easier for aircraft owners, operators and aviation business managers to answer a variety of aviation-related...
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Embraer Executive Jets Celebrates 10 Years
Embraer Executive Jets is celebrating its 10th anniversary this week at NBAA 2015. Though parent Embraer launched the Legacy–a business jet derivative of the ERJ-135 airliner since renamed the Legacy...
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France Is the Latest C-130J Customer
France will become the 17th customer for the Lockheed Martin (LM) Super Hercules with an order for two C-130Js and two KC-130Js tankers worth about $650 million. Nearly 20 years after its first flight,...
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NBAA Doswell Award goes to Bob Showalter
Bob Showalter, the retired chairman of Showalter Flying Service, is being honored this year as the recipient of the Doswell Award, recognizing his lifelong achievement on behalf of and in support of...
View ArticleEmbraer Executive Jets: Looking back at last year
OCTOBER 2014 Embraer Executive Jets breaks ground on October 9 for an expansion project at its Melbourne (Fla.) International Airport campus that will allow Legacy 450/500 assembly to begin there in...
View ArticleDassault Falcon Jet Looking back at last year
OCTOBER 2014 Dassault Falcon Jet launches a new aircraft on ground (AOG) response program at the NBAA show in Orlando, Fla. The customer support program will use two company-owned Falcon 900s as...
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Daher prepares to deliver 100th TBM 900
Since Daher took full control of Tarbes-based manufacturer TBM last year it has invested heavily in the modernization of its facilities. Not only has the TBM 900, the latest generation of its...
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Duncan touts Sexyjet paint project
Duncan Aviation is proving here in Las Vegas that watching paint dry is anything but dull. At its display area (Booth N4910) the aviation services provider is showcasing a time-lapse video of what it...
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Liebherr-Aerospace Shares Spotlight with Liebherr-Elektronik
At NBAA 2015, Liebherr-Aerospace is displaying systems and components from a range of its product lines. These include flight control and actuation, air management and landing gear for business jets...
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Sigari: Citation Market Rebounds in North America
Demand for light and midsize jets in North America is finally returning to levels seen prior tobefore the 2008 recession, JjetAviva CEO Cyrus Sigari told attendees of the Citation Jet Pilots...
View ArticleHoneywell Forecast Sees Slight Decline in Deliveries, Value
The business jet industry should expect to deliver approximately 9,200 new aircraft over the next decade, according to the results of Honeywell’s 24th annual Global Business Aviation Outlook, released...
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Russia To Deliver Advanced Intercept Missiles to Iran by Year-end
Russia and Iran have signed a renewed contract for Russia to supply long-range surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) to Tehran, officials confirmed. Instead of the older S-300PMU-1 in the original contract,...
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Gulfstream G500 Arrives in Vegas for World Debut
The flight-test Gulfstream G500–dubbed T1–made its first cross-country trip for NBAA 2015, arriving at Las Vegas Henderson Executive Airport on Friday. With Gulfstream test pilots Scott Martin and...
View ArticleNextant Completes Certification of G90XT Turboprop
Nextant Aerospace has received FAA certification approval for its G90XT remanufacture of the C90 series Beechcraft King Air. The remanufactured twin turboprop features a number of improvements...
View ArticleBader Launches Par Avion Luxury Watch
Bahrain-based Bader Models launched its new Par Avion aviator watches here at NBAA 2015. The watches, which come in 10 different designs, are made from aircraft-grade alloys.“I got my design...
View ArticleAerion Eyes U.S. Coasts for AS2 Manufacturing
Aerion Corp.’s U.S. manufacturing location for its Mach 1.5 AS2 business jet will likely be on the East or West Coast, within 200 nm of an offshore supersonic flight test area, co-chairman Brian...
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Dassault’s Falcon 8X Makes North American Debut
Dassault’s new flagship Falcon 8X is making its North American public debut here at NBAA 2015. The number six aircraft in the program left the airframer’s Mérignac assembly line in France and detoured...
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Textron Aviation Investing in New Products
“We’re performing as we had promised we would,” said Textron Aviation president and CEO Scott Ernest during a briefing before this year’s NBAA show. “Our product base is the largest in the industry,...
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