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Pilot report: Dassault Falcon 7X

This year’s Paris Air Show at Le Bourget provided an opportunity for me to see Dassault’s new Falcon 7X up close before I got my chance at the left seat.

2007 AIN Product Support Survey - Part One: Aircraft

Players in the business aviation arena regularly tell their customers that they are improving product support and service by investing in assets and people

Eight 7-Series Boeings Welcome 787 to the Family

As part of its unveiling of the 787, Boeing coordinated a 7-series family photo.

Construction begins for Honda Aircraft HQ

On June 27, Honda Aircraft president and CEO Michimasa Fujino and local officials held a groundbreaking ceremony for the company’s new world headquarters a

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Quest wins FAA OK for Kodiak

Six years after opening its doors, two-and-a-half months after flying its first fully conforming aircraft and less than a month after losing company chairm

On heels of European tour, Cessna plans changes to LCC mock-up

Cessna’s Large Cabin Concept (LCC) mock-up completed a tour of Europe in late June.

ATC Grumbling Spurs FAA To Issue Eclipse AD

As Eclipse Aviation awaited FAA approval at press time of a new-design pitot/angle-of-attack probe to prevent a freezing problem that occurred during three

Pilot Error Blamed in Comair Crash

After a year of investigation, the NTSB on Thursday released its final report regarding the takeoff crash of Comair Flight 5191 at Blue Grass Airport in Le

Boeing prepares Dreamliner to enter flight-test program

Some 15,000 well-wishers witnessed the first public appearance last month of the Boeing 787 in Everett, Wash., an event broadcast live via satellite in nin

Learjet 60XR Enters the Fleet

Los Angeles-based Cloud Nine Aviation received the first Learjet 60XR this week, following an entry-into-service delivery ceremony at the Learjet manufactu

G150 Nabs EASA Certification

Gulfstream’s first metamorphosis of an IAI aircraft received EASA certification last week.

In The Works: Epic Victory

Epic has notched another first flight, this time for the Victory single-engine jet, which took off on July 6 from Roberts Field in Redmond, Ore.

In The Works: Embraer Phenom 100

Embraer is getting closer to flying its Phenom 100 VLJ, having rolled out the first prototype on June 16 from the company’s headquarters in São José dos Ca

As time passes, operators question BA609 appeal

The Bell/Agusta BA609 civil tiltrotor program is moving forward, according to a Bell spokesman, with two more flight-test ships scheduled to join the two a

Eclipse Flying single-engine jet

Eclipse Aviation surprised the crowds assembled for the opening of this year’s EAA AirVenture show with a new four-place single-engine Eclipse Concept Jet

Embraer Flies Phenom 100

The Phenom 100, Embraer’s four-place, $2.98 million entry into the very light jet market, flew for the first time on July 26 from São Jos dos Campos, Brazi

Cirrus single-engine jet could fly in two years

A “verification prototype” of Cirrus’s recently unveiled “personal jet” could fly within two or three years, according to company officials.C

Epic Chooses P&WC Engines for Jet

Pratt & Whitney Canada said last month its PW600 engine has been selected to power the new Epic Victory single-engine VLJ.

Orders Rolling in for Cessna’s LSA

As this issue went to press, Cessna was single-handedly attempting to prove that economies of scale are alive and well in aviation.

Phenom 100 Takes to the Sky

The Phenom 100, Embraer’s four-place, $2.98 million entry into the very light jet market, flew for the first time this morning from São Jose dos Campos, Br

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