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NASA Mars Ingenuity Wins Top Flight Award for Best New Rotorcraft

NASA Mars Ingenuity Wins Top Flight Award for Best New Rotorcraft

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December 3, 2021

AINsight: Wealth and New Attitudes Toward Air Travel

The return of corporate clients, who have largely been sidelined by the pandemic, will help to rebalance the preowned business aircraft market.

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December 3, 2021

Hands On: Flying the Joby Simulator

AIN editor-in-chief Matt Thurber felt instantly comfortable flying the Joby eVTOL aircraft flight simulator.

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December 2, 2021

Transport Canada Certifies Falcon 6X's PW812D Engine

Pratt & Whitney Canada's PW812D turbofan will provide the Falcon 6X with a range of 5,100 nm at Mach 0.85.

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December 2, 2021

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Textron Rolls Out First Production Cessna Citation Latitude Jet

Textron Rolls Out First Production Cessna Citation Latitude Jet

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January 30, 2015

Spotlight on the Embraer Legacy 500 Cabin Interior

Spotlight on the Embraer Legacy 500 Cabin Interior

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January 20, 2015

Dassault Rolls Out the First Falcon 8X Jet

Dassault Rolls Out the First Falcon 8X Jet

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December 18, 2014

Comlux Orders Two Boeing BBJ Max 8 Jets

Comlux Orders Two Boeing BBJ Max 8 Jets

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December 16, 2014

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China Signals Imminent Return to Service of 737 Max

The Civil Aviation Administration of China has issued an AD for 737 Max operators that could return the model to Chinese skies early next year.

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December 2, 2021

Jetcraft Outlook: $57B in Used Bizjet Sales over 5 Years

Some 12,261 preowned business jet sales transactions worth $57.2 billion are expected over the next five years, according to a forecast from Jetcraft.

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December 2, 2021

Daher Hands Over 300th Kodiak

Designed initially to operate to remote locations, the Kodiak fleet, which has reached 300, now is operating in a range of applications worldwide.

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December 2, 2021

Super Hornet Eliminated from Canadian Fighter Competition

The announcement leaves the Lockheed Martin F-35 and Saab Gripen as the last remaining contenders for Canada's Future Fighter Capability Project.

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December 2, 2021

Textron Aviation King Air 360 Wins Top Flight Award for Best New Turboprop

Textron Aviation King Air 360 Wins Top Flight Award for Best New Turboprop

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December 2, 2021

AIN Announces 2021 Top Flight Award Winners

The second annual AIN Top Flight Awards honor excellence and innovation in business aviation and related fields.

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December 1, 2021

UAL To Carry Pax on 737 Max 8 Flight Using 100 Percent SAF

United Airlines flies passengers on a Max 8 flight using 100 percent drop-in SAF.

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December 1, 2021

Italy’s ITA Converts 28-aircraft Airbus MOU to Firm Order

Launching service on October 15 with former Alitalia airplanes, ITA plans to take the first of the new Airbus jets by the end of the first quarter of 2022.

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December 1, 2021

Bombardier Jumps In on CL604 Fusion Upgrades

Bombardier announced this week two simultaneous Collins Pro Line Fusion installs on the Challenger 604 at its Dallas and Hartford service centers.

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December 1, 2021

Gulfstream Adds Sales Rep for Ecuador, Peru

Grupo Aeronáutico, Gulfstream's new authorized sales representative for Ecuador and Peru, has provided a range of services throughout Latin America.

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December 1, 2021

New Business Jet: HondaJet Elite S - AIN Top Flight Awards

New Business Jet: HondaJet Elite S - AIN Top Flight Awards

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December 1, 2021

Australia Bids Farewell to the Classic Hornet Fighter

After over 35 years the Boeing F/A-18A/B fighter has bowed out of RAAF service, leaving the F/A-18F Super Hornet and F-35A to provide Australia’s airpower.

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November 30, 2021

Embraer To Team with Pratt & Whitney on Unblended SAF Trials

Pratt & Whitney and Embraer have signed an MOU calling for the use of 100 percent SAF in a E195-E2.

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November 30, 2021

Jordan’s Joramco Sees Expansion Accelerating

Joramco, which claims to be the largest independent MRO in the Middle East, serves clients from India to Western Europe.

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November 29, 2021

VistaJet Forecasts 1,400 Hours Per Year for Global 7500s

VistaJet is forecasting that its four Bombardier Global 7500s will each log 1,400 flight hours in their first year of operations.

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November 29, 2021

Textron's eVTOL Aircraft Plans Are Still In the Balance

Textron confirmed that its Nexus eVTOL is a technology testbed, rather than an active program as it continues to assess its advanced air mobility options.

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November 26, 2021