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Optional ABS for new Eclipse twin-engine jet ​

Eclipse Aerospace, Inc. formally announces the addition of an Anti-Skid Braking System (ABS) as a new option for the Eclipse Twin-Engine Jet, the world's first and most efficient Very Light Jet. The new Anti-Skid Braking System is available as an option on the new production Eclipse 550 jets and will be offered as a retrofit to the existing fleet. In-aircraft testing is complete with certification and availability expected within six months.

ABS allows for maximum braking energy and skid control without the need for a conventional hydraulic system, which is unique to the Eclipse Jet...

Gulfstream to showcase three aircraft at Jet Expo 2012​

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. will display three of its business jets at the seventh annual Jet Expo Russian International Business Aviation Exhibition being held Sept. 27-29 at Vnukovo-3 Airport near Moscow. The show will feature the wide-cabin, high-speed Gulfstream G150, the large-cabin, long-range G450 and the large-cabin, ultra-long-range G550. A media briefing will be held on Thursday, Sept. 27, from 2:15 p.m. until 3 p.m. During the briefing, Gulfstream executives will discuss the certifications of the company’s two new aircraft, the Gulfstream G650 and G280, enhancements to the company’s worldwide support network and other news...

Expanded Falcon Presence at Jet Expo to Reflect Russian Plans ​

Dassault Falcon is expanding its presence in Russia to improve its ability to serve this rapidly growing business jet market. Dassault Falcon will be present at Jet Expo 2012 (September 27-29) with an expanded trade show booth and a spacious static display. Two long-range Falcons, the flagship 5,950 nm Falcon 7X and the 4,000 nm Falcon 2000LX, will be part of the event.

Falcon Aircraft Well Received in Russia

Half of new Falcon orders in Russia are for the 7X, the only business jet equipped with a fully-digital flight control system, which ensures greater control and operational safety and a smoother flight...

Piper Delivers 500th Single Engine Turboprop Meridian​

Piper Aircraft Inc. recently rolled out the landmark 500th pressurized single-engine turboprop M-Class Meridian to SouthEast Piper for delivery to the aircraft’s new Florida-based owner. “The milestone delivery of the 500th Piper Meridian, since first delivery in the year 2000, emphasizes its enduring value proposition even during recent periods of economic uncertainty around the world,” said Piper President and CEO Simon Caldecott...

Hawker Beechcraft to Display Three Aircraft at Russia’s Jet Expo 2012​

Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) today announced it will display three aircraft at Jet Expo 2012, the seventh annual international business aviation show, Sept. 27-29 at the Vnukovo-3 Airport near Moscow, Russia. The company will showcase its super-midsize Hawker 4000 business jet, Hawker 900XP midsize business jet and Beechcraft King Air 250 turboprop. Recent JETNET data shows that nearly half of all business jets registered in Russia and the CIS, in the segments in which HBC competes, are Hawker or Beechcraft products, as well as 35 percent of all business turboprops...

Cessna announces first Citation Service Center in the UK​

Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today announced the first Cessna-owned Citation Service Center in the UK, located at Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield. The newly-acquired 50,000-square-foot facility, rebranded as the Doncaster Citation Service Center, offers a wide range of services from maintenance to modernization and paint. Previously known as Kinch Aviation Services, the business has operated for 15 years and been a Cessna authorized service facility for the past four years...

Airbus ACJ319 makes first appearance at South African show​

Airbus’ ACJ319 is making its South African airshow debut at AAD giving visitors from the region their first chance to experience the aircraft’s comfort and space at first hand, as well as to compare it with other aircraft on display. Similar in size externally to competing aircraft, the Airbus ACJ319’s distinguishing feature is that it has the widest and tallest cabin of any business jet, delivering unequalled comfort, space and freedom of movement – as well as the ability to carry more people.

The Airbus ACJ319 on display is operated by Comlux, seats 19 passengers, and is available for VVIP charter...

New Cessna Service Center opens in Valencia, Spain​

Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron company (NYSE: TXT), is today celebrating the grand opening of its new regional Citation Service Center in Valencia, Spain. The 100,400-square foot (9,328-square meter), state-of-the-art facility is located at Valencia Airport (ICAO: LEVC) in eastern Spain, convenient for Citation customers across Western Europe and North Africa. The Center offers a one-stop shop for comprehensive repair, completion, fulfillment, maintenance and customization services. Cessna now operates three factory-owned Citation Service Centers in Europe, with Valencia complementing facilities in Paris, France, and Prague, Czech Republic...

Assembly of Test Airframe for Bombardier CSeries Aircraft Well Underway​

Bombardier Aerospace announced today that the assembly of the test airframe for its all-new CSeries aircraft is well underway at the company’s Experimental Test Facility in St-Laurent, Québec. The test article will be used during the Complete Airframe Static Test (CAST) that is designed to demonstrate the static strength of the airframe and show compliance with certification requirements. Additionally, parts for the first CSeries test flight vehicle (FTV1) are on site in Mirabel, Québec, the production site of the CSeries aircraft program...

Bombardier at Africa Aerospace and Defence 2012​

Bombardier Aerospace will be a key business aviation participant at the 2012 edition of Africa Aerospace and Defence at South Africa’s Waterkloof Air Force Base in Centurion. On display will be three of its inimitable business jets – the Learjet 45 XR, Challenger 300, and Global 6000 aircraft.

“As the African market continues to develop, we are proud to present models from each of our product families, including the latest and greatest in the large cabin and ultra long-range categories, with our matchless Global 6000 jet...

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High-Efficiency Wingtip for Subsonic Flight​

An old dream became reality when the Wright brothers first took to the air. Since that day, the aircraft has became a focus for all. And since that date, improvements have been constant to reduce drag in all forms, but only one remained stubborn... the wingtip vortices.

Induced drag cannot be completely removed because it generates the lift of aircraft. It is 10% of the total drag at high speed, 20% in climb up and 70 to 80% taking off! In fact, the induced drag is inversely proportional to the square of the speed, while the remainder of the drag is directly proportional to the square of the velocity...

Daher-Socata displays TBM 850 at AIREX 2012 for the first time​

DAHER-SOCATA displayed its TBM 850 very fast turboprop aircraft for the first time at the Airex international civil aviation and airport exhibition, being held through September 9 at Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport. This appearance builds on the good service records of DAHER-SOCATA family airplanes in Turkey, with a dozen aircraft operated by governmental flight training organizations such the Anadolu University Civil Aviation School, along with the Turkish Navy’s Squadron 301 and certain private operators...

Bombardier Showcases Class-Leading Jets at Jet Expo 2012​

Bombardier Aerospace will be showcasing four of its business jets at the seventh annual Russian International Aviation Exhibition, Jet Expo 2012, in Moscow, Russia, from September 27 to September 29, 2012. On display at the static park the Global 6000 jet will make its Russian debut with the industry-leading Bombardier Vision flight deck, alongside the Challenger 605 aircraft, the Challenger 300 jet and the Learjet 60 XR aircraft. “The Russian market for business jets truly is prevalent in Moscow,” said Christophe Degoumois, Vice President, Sales, Russia, CIS, China, Asia-Pacific and Australia, Bombardier Business Aircraft...

Phenom 300 Added to Melbourne Assembly Line​

With the arrival of the first wing and fuselage in late August, Embraer Executive Jets’ assembly facility in Melbourne, FL, has added production of the Phenom 300 light aircraft to the two-shift assembly operation. Full development of the assembly line, including the addition of the Phenom 300, will be completed in the first quarter 2013. “We have added the Phenom 300 to bring production closer to our customers,” said Phil Krull, managing director of the facility...

Hawker Beechcraft Announces Participation in Berlin Air Show 2012​

Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) today announced it will feature two of its leading turboprop and piston aircraft models at the International Aerospace Exhibition and Conferences (ILA) Berlin Air Show, Sept. 11-16, at the Berlin ExpoCenter Airport. The company and its regional distributor, HBC Aviation AG, will display a Beechcraft King Air 250 and Baron G58 at Chalet East #38.

“We continue to see great interest from Germany in both our Hawker and Beechcraft products,” said Sean McGeough, HBC president, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific...

Dassault Falcon to Establish New Customer Service Regional Headquarters in Beijing ​

Dassault Falcon will establish a Customer Service regional headquarters in Beijing, China. Scheduled to start operations in early 2013, it will be staffed by local specialists experienced in receiving and processing spare parts orders as well as warranty and FalconCare claims. Additionally, at least two type rated Falcon pilots will be based in Beijing to provide jump-seat support to new and existing Falcon customers...

Gulfstream recieves type certificate for G650 ultra long-range business jet. ​

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.’s ultra-large-cabin, ultra-long-range Gulfstream G650 business-jet aircraft received a type certificate today from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The certification verifies the airworthiness of the aircraft’s design. Gulfstream expects to deliver the first fully outfitted G650 business jets to customers before year-end. The company has received more than 200 orders for the aircraft.

“The G650 is a superlative aircraft with the most technologically advanced flight deck in business aviation and the largest, most comfortable cabin in its class...

Full-Scale Bombardier CSeries Aircraft Flight Deck and Cabin Demonstrators at Munich​

Bombardier Aerospace announced today that the CSeries aircraft flight deck and cabin demonstrators are on display at Hangar 3 (Augsburg Airways GmbH) at Munich Airport until September 24, 2012. Direct from a roadshow in Riga, Latvia where they were on display for newly announced CSeries aircraft customer, airBaltic, the demonstrators have travelled across Europe from the Farnborough International Airshow 2012 where close to 1,000 visitors experienced the aircraft’s interactive full-scale mock-up...

Eclipse Aerospace Announces Brazilian Type Certification Validation​

Eclipse Aerospace, Inc. is pleased to announce the Brazilian Type Certificate Validation of the Total Eclipse Twin-Engine Jet. Over the last fifteen months EAI worked in cooperative partnership with the Brazilian Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC) to certify the EA500 and the Eclipse Avio Integrated Flight Management System.

Eclipse Aerospace currently offers the Total Eclipse Twin-Engine Jet configured with the all-new Avio Integrated Flight Management System (IFMS) and certified for flight into known icing (FIKI)...

A Fourth Bombardier Global Aircraft Added to US Air Force Inventory​

Bombardier Aerospace announced today that it delivered a Global 6000 aircraft to the US Air Force last Thursday, in a ceremony conducted at a Bombardier facility in Connecticut. This aircraft is the fourth Bombardier Global aircraft to be added to the existing US Air Force inventory with E-11A Military Designation. The intention is to equip this new addition with the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node or BACN, in time for deployment next summer. This system will allow disparate battlefield communications systems to share data...