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Embraer Legacy Soon To Be Cleared to FL410

Embraer is now in the final flight-test phase of the certification process that will raise the service ceiling of the Legacy business jet from FL370 to FL4

January 31, 2007

Citation Sovereign closes in on full type certification

Cessna anticipates that its Model 680 Citation Sovereign super-midsize business jet will receive full type certification before the end of next month.

January 31, 2007

Challenger 300s enter service

Bombardier’s fractional aircraft ownership division, Flexjet, is now operating the first Challenger 300s to enter service.

January 31, 2007

China resurrects former RJ program

Chinese investment company D’Long confirmed that the development program for a 70- to 95-seat family of regional airliners acquired from the defunct Fairch

January 31, 2007

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Winglets in the Air for the King Air

Boundary Layer Research, the Everett, Wash.

January 31, 2007

Faulty Cabin Lighting Wiring Alleged in Falcon 50s

A proposed AD calls for inspections to detect improperly installed wiring for optional cabin lighting that could cause fires in Falcon 50s.

January 31, 2007

Amended RVSM STC Will Include More Learjet 35/36s

West Star Aviation in Grand Junction, Colo., is working with the FAA to amend its Learjet 35/36 RVSM STC to include models with the FC-530 autopilot, FC-20

January 31, 2007

Embraer boosts range of 190 and 195

At the request of launch customer JetBlue, Embraer has introduced longer-range versions of its 190 and 195 E-Jets.

January 30, 2007

Hawker Horizon earns provisional FAA approval

While the Raytheon Hawker Horizon was one of the first to blaze the super-midsize business jet trail when it was launched at the 1996 NBAA Convention in Or

January 30, 2007

Eclipse 500 makes first flight with P&W engines

Keeping its promise, Albuquerque, N.M.-based Eclipse Aviation flew the first Pratt & Whitney Canada PW610F-powered Eclipse 500 certification flight-test ai

January 30, 2007

End of the line for Boeing 717

Bombardier Aerospace’s case for the C Series may just have grown sounder last month as Boeing announced it would pull the plug on the 110- to 115-seat 717,

January 30, 2007

Gulfstream G150 rolls out

The G150, which Gulfstream touts as the first wide-cabin, long-range, midsize business jet, rolled out January 18 in Tel Aviv in front of hundreds of Israe

January 30, 2007

China Type-certifies Learjet 45

Bombardier reported that it has received type approval for the Learjet 45 from the civil aviation agency of China (CAAC).

January 30, 2007

Bombardier enters airline market with single-aisle C Series

Bombardier’s newly constituted board of directors last month gave approval to the company’s commercial airplane division to offer the C Series line of sing

January 30, 2007

PW307A on target for Falcon 7X, says P&WC

Pratt & Whitney Canada is striving to keep fuel burn on target for its PW307A engine, which will power the Dassault Falcon 7X.

January 30, 2007

Citation Mustang emerges from its stable

The first Citation Mustang test aircraft was towed from Cessna’s Pawnee facility in Wichita late last month for initial engine runs.

January 30, 2007

Canada signs off on Hawker 800 winglets

Aviation Partners said last month it received Transport Canada certification of its Hawker 800 blended winglet modification.

January 30, 2007

Hawker 800XP Winglets FAA Certified

Three months after receiving certification for its winglets on the Hawker 800, Aviation Partners has received FAA approval for installing winglets on the H

January 30, 2007

Embraer Legacy soon to be cleared to FL410

Embraer this spring expects to complete certification that will increase the service ceiling of the Legacy business jet from FL370 to FL410.

January 30, 2007

In The Works: Adam Aircraft A500/700

Englewood, Colo.-based Adam Aircraft expects FAA certification of its centerline-thrust A500 piston twin in the first quarter of this year and first delive

January 30, 2007

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