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FAA Certifies Diesel Auto Engine Conversion It’s the first time, to our knowledge, that the FAA has ever done it, but the agency gave the thumbs-up to Thielert’s little diesel auto conversion, while adding some very unusual limitations to the approval. 2/16/2004 2003 Editors’ Choice Awards Flying Editors have awarded a quartet of companies—Avidyne, Cirrus, Piper and Socata—our 2003 Editors' Choice Award for making flying faster, safer and more productive. 2/4/2004 Ibis Ae270 Renamed Spirit Ibis Aerospace has over 75 orders already for its new Pratt&Whitney PT-6-powered Ae270 single engine turboprop which is being manufactured at its headquarters outside Prague, Czech Republic. They plan to build five airplanes this year with the goal of completing 30 a year. 1/26/2004 Cessna Citation XLS Cessna's latest Citation, the XLS, is the updated version of its Excel. It has new Pratt& Whitney PW545B engines, which provide 3,991 pounds of thrust apiece, an increase of 4.9 percent over the Excel. It also comes with the Honeywell Primus Epic 1000 Control Display System (CDS) which features three LCDs. 1/26/2004 The Coming Digital Radio Mandate The FAA has begun flight testing a new digital communications system that it calls Nexcom, for “next-generation communications.” The modernized system will eventually require that the entire U.S. GA fleet, from Airbuses to Zlins, be equipped with new digital radios. 1/21/2004 Adam taking deposits for A700 jet Adam Aircraft’s development of the A700 bizjet continues apace. Want one? Operators are standing by to take your order. 12/1/2003 Study: Little has changed with Bizav Security since 9/11 Everybody knows that airline flying has changed a lot since September 11th. This seems not to be the case, however, with business aviation. 11/14/2003 Stratoliner Goes to Washington Boeing sends its thrice-restored, seminal pressurized art deco airliner to a new home. 11/14/2003 Countdown to Kitty Hawk We look back on the Centennial of powered flight and the 12 months in 1903 leading up to the Wrights' crowning achievement. 11/12/2003 Air Force One Retires to Reagan Library The Boeing 707 that served as an Air Force One aircraft for 28 years was retired to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. 10/1/2003 PREV 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 NEXT |
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