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Engines

GE initiates blade tests for open-rotor mill

General Electric has started wind-tunnel testing of multiple one-fifth-scale configurations for its open-rotor engine to identify the optimum blade design.
Engines

Honeywell’s move in Asia is now starting to pay off

Honeywell’s recent move to quite literally get closer to its defense customers around the world is paying dividends quickly in Asia, as the U.S.
Aircraft

PiperSport LSA debuts here before deliveries

Piper Aircraft’s entrant into the Light Sport Aviation (LSA) segment, the two-seat PiperSport, is parked in the static display here, its first venture outs
Aircraft

Gulfstream begins to ramp up G250, G650 production lines

The first production models of Gulfsteam’s two newest business jets are proceeding down their respective assembly lines, both heading toward type certifica
Aircraft

Bizav in Asia: Manufacturers bullish on region’s prospect

Asia is set to be at the epicenter of a resurgence in business jet sales, according to Honeywell Aerospace’s latest market forecast.
Aircraft

Bizav in Asia: Asia Gets a New Business Aviation Show

Reed Exhibitions has launched Asian Business Aviation (ABA) as a new trade show that will be held for the first time in the Chinese city of Macau June 9 to
FBOs

Bizav in Asia: Traffic Surge Pushes ASA To Expand

Hong Kong-based handling and security provider ASA has reported a sharp increase in recent months in traffic at its Asia-Pacific locations, which has promp
Aircraft

Boeing Provides First Look at 787 Stall Tests

Boeing 787 pilots last week conducted the program’s first stall tests–in which pilots intentionally reduce power to both engines and then recover normal fl
Aircraft

A330 Freighter makes hot debut after cold soak

Here in Singapore Airbus hosted the first public presentation of the A330-200F Freighter, less than a week after the Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered cargo h
Aircraft

787 program now on track

For Boeing employees watching the first flight of the 787 Dreamliner on December 15, there was a palpable sense of relief and joy when test pilots Mike Car
Aircraft

Singapore’s F-15 fleet grows; Silent Eagle preps for flight test

The design maybe 40 years old, but there is plenty of life left in the F-15 Eagle fighter.
Aircraft

Asian air forces scramble for more fighter firepower

Continued tensions in the Far East and southern Asia are ensuring that the region remains a major sales battleground for the world’s fighter houses.
Engines

Pratt boosts Asia-Pacific engine support network

Pratt & Whitney Canada is evaluating options for expanding its customer support network in the Asia-Pacific region in response to a rapidly growing operato
Aircraft

Fish Hawk extends Poseidon’s reach

Here at the Singapore Airshow, Raytheon Missile Systems (Stand U01) is showcasing its Fish Hawk standoff antisubmarine torpedo.  While the weapon has
Aircraft

MC-21 spearheads Irkut’s future as airliner producer

Best known as a producer of the Sukhoi Su-30MK series of heavy fighters, Russia’s Irkut Corp.
Safety

FSF risk-reduction tool kit addresses runway excursions

The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) have released a runway excursion risk-reduction tool kit that pro
Security

3M system eases compliance with security rule

A mobile handheld identification reader and requisite software introduced by 3M will give charter companies, general aviation and FBOs a method of validati
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Aircraft Interiors Middle East Ready for a Big Show

His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, president of Dubai’s Department of Civil Aviation, plans to open the second Aircraft Interiors Middle East
Cabin Interior and Electronics

International Water-Guard Has Cause To Celebrate

International Water-Guard has marked some highlight events recently, among them delivery of its 2,000th water treatment unit (for installation in a Dassaul
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Private Jet Luxury on Four Wheels

London-based Design Q has taken its work creating private jet cabins to a new level.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Flying Colours Delivers First Completion of Green Challenger 850

Flying Colours, a specialist in aircraft completion and refurbishment, has delivered its first green completion of a Bombardier Challenger 850.
Accidents

Preliminiary Report: Narsarsuaq Diversion Downs Piaggio

Piaggio Avanti II, Greenland, Oct.
Accidents

Preliminiary Report: Metro Skids on Landing

Fairchild (M7 Aerospace is the current TC holder) Metro III, Somerset, Ky., Jan.
Accidents

Preliminiary Report: Socaca Damaged in Bad-Weather Landing

Socata TBM700, Truckee, Calif., Dec.
Accidents

Factual Report: Flawed Fan Blades Afflict Two Learjets

Bombardier Learjet 60, Palm Springs, Calif., March 31, 2007–N244X, operated by Jet Solutions, suffered a loss of power in its left engine while cruising at
Accidents

Factual Report: Fatal King Air Crash on Final

Hawker Beechcraft King Air F90, Egelsbach, Germany, Dec.
Accidents

Factual Report: Dutch PC-12 Crashes on Takeoff

Pilatus PC-12/47, Weert, The Netherlands, Oct.
Accidents

Factual Report: Landing Gear Collapses on Citation

Cessna 560XL, White Plains, N.Y., April 15, 2008–The Citation Excel was landing at Westchester County Airport when the left landing gear collapsed, followe
Accidents

Factual Report: Landing Gear Collapses on Citation

Cessna 560XL, White Plains, N.Y., April 15, 2008–The Citation Excel was landing at Westchester County Airport when the left landing gear collapsed, followe
Accidents

Factual Report: Landing Gear Collapses on Citation

Cessna 560XL, White Plains, N.Y., April 15, 2008–The Citation Excel was landing at Westchester County Airport when the left landing gear collapsed, followe