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FSI touts new online course

FlightSafety International (Booth No.

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October 19, 2009

Duncan ready for service at JSSI

Customers of JSSI’s hourly-cost maintenance services can now have work done at Duncan Aviation facilities on favorable terms through a new agreement betwee

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October 19, 2009

First A330-200F Rolls Out from Paint Shop in Toulouse

The first A330-200 Freighter last Friday emerged from the paint shop at Airbus’s Toulouse manufacturing complex as engineers ready the airplane for ground

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October 19, 2009

Lufthansa Technik sees reasons to be optimistic

While the sales of narrow- and wide-body VIP aircraft may not be enjoying the numbers the industry has seen in recent years, Lufthansa Technik (Booth No.

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October 19, 2009

Embraer Launches Legacy 650

Embraer provided one of the major surprises today at the NBAA Convention by launching the large-cabin Legacy 650 on the eve of the 62nd annual show, which

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October 19, 2009

Bizav Scores Win as SDL Weight Limit Increased

NBAA on Friday praised the Arizona Business Aviation Association (AZBAA) and local city leaders in Scottsdale, Ariz., on the decision last week to raise th

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October 19, 2009

G250’s powered rollout signals nearing first flight

Gulfstream and Israel Aerospace Industries publically introduced the first example of the Gulfstream G250 at IAI’s facility on Ben Gurion International Air

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October 19, 2009

Blackhawk gets PT6A mod STC

Blackhawk Modifications (Booth No.

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October 19, 2009

API bucks downturn supplying spare parts

While others in the aviation industry were hunkering down for a terrible year in 2009, Aerospace Products International (API) added to its portfolio by dev

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October 19, 2009

Flight Display unveils new cabin management retrofit

Flight Display Systems, the little guy in the cabin electronics business with a focus on the retrofit display market, is ready for the big time.<br /

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October 19, 2009

Things looking up, Cessna’s Pelton says

Although not ready to call the market upticks of late a thawing of the business aviation marketplace, Cessna CEO Jack Pelton said he’s encouraged by a few

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October 19, 2009

Are OEM consolidations in the future?

Business aviation forecaster Brian Foley sees a flat decade for the business jet market with the prospect for OEM consolidations and big changes for

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October 19, 2009

Air Routing integrates services

Air Routing is here at the NBAA Convention announcing it will integrate its Datalink, Trip Quote, Fuel Stop Analyzer, GPS RAIM Prediction, Runway Analysis

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October 19, 2009

CL604 HUD/EVS nears FAA approval

Elbit Systems of America (Booth No.

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October 19, 2009

Piaggio says jet will come, but only when time is right

Piaggio Aero CEO Alberto Galassi yesterday confirmed that the company’s much anticipated, follow-on aircraft to the P.180 Avanti II turboprop would be a je

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October 19, 2009

Long-legged Legacy joins Embraer’s exec jet lineup

Embraer provided one of the major surprises at the NBAA convention yesterday by introducing a new business jet: the large-cabin Legacy 650.

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October 19, 2009