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Aerion SSBJ by 2014 unlikely, despite 40 LOIs

Aerion is still hoping to convince an OEM partner to join it by the end of this year in its quest to build a supersonic business jet capable of sprinting f

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May 19, 2008

See You at LBA2009

NBAA president Ed Bolen, left, peeked in on Cirrus CEO Alan Klapmeier yesterday as he sat behind the controls of the Minnesota lightplane maker’s single-en

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May 19, 2008

Columbus to steer by Collins

Rockwell Collins (Booth No.

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May 19, 2008

Dassault rolls out first 2000EX, sans fanfare

Dassault’s rollout on July 19 of the first Falcon 2000EX was a relatively quiet event, with little more than the weather to provide any semblance of drama.

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May 19, 2008

Hawker Beechcraft Premieres the Premier II at EBACE

This afternoon at EBACE Hawker Beechcraft announced the $7.365 million (2010 $) Premier II, a long-awaited performance-enhanced version of the Premier IA.

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May 19, 2008

Dassault Launches Leggier, Wingletted Falcon 900

Dassault today introduced the Falcon 900LX, a new version of the large business jet that features 4,800-nm NBAA IFR range thanks to the addition of winglet

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May 19, 2008

Century Jet grounded

Alliance Aerospace, the manufacturing facility in Macon, Ga., that was to continue development of the entry-level Century Jet while simultaneously performi

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May 19, 2008

Bear market delaying Eclipse 500 program

Eclipse Aviation displayed a new mockup of its redesigned Eclipse 500 at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., last month, but first flight of the genuine artic

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May 19, 2008

Dassault launches leggier Falcon 900

Here yesterday Dassault introduced a new version of the Falcon 900 large business jet–the 900LX, which features a 4,800-nm range thanks to the addition of

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May 19, 2008

Cessna names additional suppliers for Columbus

Cessna Aircraft yesterday revealed additional supplier choices for its large-cabin Citation Columbus, a $26.995 million twinjet scheduled for FAA certifica

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May 19, 2008

Saab 340s being marketed as corporate aircraft

A push to entice corporate operators into considering pre-owned, non-airline derivatives of the Saab 340A and 340B, which are no longer in production, has

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May 19, 2008

Learjet 45 max takeoff weight to get a boost

Bombardier plans to increase the maximum takeoff weight of the Learjet 45 by at least 800 lb, bringing the mtow to 21,300 lb.

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May 19, 2008

New R&D effort may revive Dassault SSBJ

French aerospace firms Dassault Aviation and Onera have signed an agreement to work on research and development that rekindle Dassault’s interest in possib

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May 19, 2008

Dassault enjoying increased Falcon deliveries

With the exception of the Falcon 900C, deliveries in the first half of this year of the other three Falcon models increased significantly over the same per

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May 19, 2008

Boeing maintaining BBJ delivery rate

Despite a slowing economy that is diminishing the rate of orders for some business jet manufacturers, delivery rates for many other manufacturers are holdi

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May 19, 2008

Moravan wins tender for Let Kunovice assets

Czech bankruptcy administrator Zlatava Davidova has awarded the assets of bankrupt Let Kunovice to Czech lightplane manufacturer Moravan Otrokovice, ostens

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May 19, 2008