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NTSB cites instructor pilot for fatal Falcon 20 crash

The flight instructor’s lack of experience was cited by the NTSB as causing the fatal crash of a Falcon 20 on April 8, 2003, in Swanton, Ohio.

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July 23, 2007

Quest Wins Certification 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

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July 19, 2007

Dassault Clarifies Super-midsize Falcon Thrust

Dassault senior v-p for civil aircraft Olivier Villa has clarified that the unusually high thrust (two 10,000-pound engines) on the still-under-wraps super

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July 19, 2007

Extra 500 gets EASA certification

Extra Aircraft’s six-seat Extra 500 turboprop single received European Aviation Safety Agency certification last month.

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July 18, 2007

Learjet 55 damaged while landing

Attempting to land during extreme weather conditions, a Learjet 55 ran off the end of the runway moments after touchdown at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airpo

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July 17, 2007

Honda Expands North Carolina Footprint

More parts of Honda’s aerospace puzzle are coming together as the company announced today that its GE Honda HF120 turbofan engines (2,000-pound-thrust clas

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July 17, 2007

UAVs set to mingle with regular traffic

The recent commencement of low-altitude Customs and Immigration patrols by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) along the Arizona/Mexico border and the earlier

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July 16, 2007

Safire Jet stalls, Eclipse wages marketing war

Camilo Salomon, president and CEO of Safire Aircraft, said he has faced do-or-die situations before, but not in the aviation world, where, he says, e

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July 16, 2007

Epic Victory Single-Engine Jet Takes Flight

Epic’s single-engine Victory jet made its first flight on July 6 from Roberts Field in Redmond, Ore.

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July 12, 2007

Progress on Eclipse Pitot and Production Plans

Eclipse Aviation has submitted a final report to the FAA detailing tests of a pitot/angle-of-attack probe fix for the Eclipse 500 VLJ and expects FAA appro

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July 12, 2007

Boeing Publicly Reveals 787

Some 15,000 well-wishers witnessed the first public appearance of the Boeing 787 in Everett, Wash., on Sunday (07/08/07, not coincidentally), an event broa

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July 10, 2007

Bombardier debuts upgraded CRJ900

Bombardier Aerospace unveiled a series of updates to its CRJ900 regional jet during a June 5 event at the Signature Flight Support FBO at Washington Dulles

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July 5, 2007

More range for Smaller E-jets

Embraer has launched a program to add as much as 300 nm of range to its 70- and 76-seat E-Jets.

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July 5, 2007

Embraer’s Phenom Readies for First Flight

Brazilian airframer Embraer’s new Phenom 100 very light jet is currently undergoing ground testing in preparation for its first flight.

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July 5, 2007

Airbus Confirms First Buyer for Executive/VIP A380

Airbus CEO John Leahy confirmed at the Paris Air Show that the company has the first firm commitment for its giant A380 airliner for conversion to an execu

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July 5, 2007

Piccard and team prepare solar airplane for night flight

The Solar Impulse has made significant progress toward its goal of being the first solar-powered aircraft to fly at night.

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July 5, 2007