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| 08.04.2008 |
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Spectrum Composites Produce Green Machine
What would an aircraft look, sound and fly like, were it to go green, asked Spectrum Aircraft during EAA AirVenture, but answered by pointing to its own aircraft offerings which include its proprietary composite technology, fibeXTM Spectrum’s Freedom...
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| 07.28.2008 |
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Sound Bites
As airlines impose more cutbacks, air taxi's and business aviation is expected to benefit. Below are a few sound bites from last week's news coverage. Falling Off the Map WSJ: “Fifty-nine airports that had commercial service in 2007 don’t have any...
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| 07.28.2008 |
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Public-Private Partnership Aims to Increase Air Traffic Capacity
A new non-profit group – Alliance for Sustainable Air Transportation (ASAT) – wants to help accelerate implementation of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) and “realize the early economic and environmental benefits of...
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| 07.28.2008 |
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Aviation Camp Seeks to Increase Industry Diversity
A camp offered by the Organization of Black Airline Pilots, and sponsored by Delta, wants to increase diversity in commercial aviation, where fewer than five percent of pilots are women or African-American. The Atlanta camp highlighted in an Atlanta...
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| 07.28.2008 |
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GAMA Creates Eco Committee
Following in the footsteps of other aviation associations, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) created a committee to weigh in on developing environment policies. It hopes to become a leader in developing...
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| 07.28.2008 |
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Cessna at Oshkosh
Cessna Aircraft Company will feature a mix of historic, updated and new aircraft at this week’s Experimental Aircraft Association's annual week-long conference in Oshkosh, Wis. Exactly one year after launching the light sport aircraft program, Cessna...
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| 07.28.2008 |
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Epic Elite Logs Fastest VLJ
Epic Aircraft’s twin-engine Elite VLJ flew to Tbilisi, in the Republic of Georgia to begin an Eastern European demonstration tour, but not before setting the bar for other jets. In test flights over Oregon, the sleek, eight-passenger jet consistently...
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| 07.28.2008 |
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NATA Schedules Environmental Seminar for Indy in September
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) created a new seminar for members to learn about the latest environmental compliance issues confronting the industry. The new NATA Environmental Compliance Seminar for Aviation Facilities focuses solely on...
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| 07.28.2008 |
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Day Jet Expands Again
In response to the continuing dilution of regional airline services, DayJet Corporation rolled out a 30 percent expansion of its per-seat, on-demand service network with the addition of two primary DayPort™ and 14 secondary DayStop™ markets...
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| 07.21.2008 |
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New VLJ – Stratos 714
Bend, Ore-based Stratos Aircraft announced it will develop called the ultimate personal jet last week. The announcement of the new $2 million bird, expected to hit the market in the first quarter of 2010, comes a little more than a week before next...
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| 07.21.2008 |
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Raytheon, Sensis to Study Aircraft Impact on NextGen
Raytheon Company will lead a team of air transportation experts from industry and academia to study the impact of new classes of aircraft on the next generation air transportation system including very light jets, super heavy transports, un-crewed aircraft...
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| 07.21.2008 |
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NASA Developing Wing Shape Sensors
NASA is evaluating an advanced, fiber optic-based sensing technology that could aid development of active control of wing shape in order to take advantage of aerodynamics and improve overall aircraft efficiency. The Fiber Optic Wing Shape Sensor system...
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| 07.21.2008 |
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Farnborough Watch
With little news coming out of the biennial air show with respect to Very Light Jets, Aviation Today Publisher and Blogger John Persinos turned his attention to a business jet analysis in response to a reader’s question. Aviation Today publishes the...
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| 07.21.2008 |
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Cessna News: 100th Mustang to be Delivered Shortly
Cessna Aircraft Company is approaching the 100th delivery of a Citation Mustang – more than half of which have gone to international owners and operators. On display at Farnborough, the Mustang is certified in 48 countries and has gained global...
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| 07.21.2008 |
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Senate Introduces Oil Speculation Bill
The aviation industry was pleased to see proposed legislation designed to curb the excesses of oil speculators. The initiative followed the creation of a new coalition – Stop Oil Speculation Now – which calls for federal action on several fronts...
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| 07.21.2008 |
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ExecuJet Reports Boom in Pre-owned Aircraft
ExecuJet Aviation Group is experiencing so much demand for pre-owned aircraft that it has created a dedicated division with sales representatives in Europe, South Africa, the Middle East and, very shortly, the USA. The company reported that growing demand has...
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| 07.21.2008 |
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Key Airports Meet On Fuel Costs and Air Service Reduction
A number of airports attending the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) Air Service/Energy Task Force outlined 10 to 20 percent reductions in service in 2008 compared to 2007, and, in some cases, losses will be between 60 and 100 percent. General...
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| 07.21.2008 |
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Flight Services Operators Can Do More to Save Fuel
After pulsing several airlines over the last few months, fuel management firm Flight Sciences International came to the stunning conclusion that air carriers need a better structure and more urgency with their jet fuel decision making, prompting one to wonder...
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| 07.21.2008 |
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FAA Lacks Fatigue Plan – Part II
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says fatigue can affect aviation operations and now is the time to do something about it. But the U.S. aviation agency doesn't offer a concrete plan for action. This is the second in a two-part series on fatigue...
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| 07.14.2008 |
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Embraer Breaks Delivery Records
The Phenom executive jets continued to show positive sales results during the second quarter, according to Embraer, with the number of firm order contracts approaching 800 aircraft. The certification program of the Phenom 100 is on schedule and has four...
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