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by Isabel Goyer

Solar Impulse Going Intercontinental Without Fuel

When Voyager circled the globe non-stop and unrefueled in 1986, it sounded for all the world like the kind of record that could never be bettered. We should all have known better than to think there’s any such thing in aviation. The next mountaintop to conquer: around the world without a drop of fuel. Today […]

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Flying Giants

What makes an airplane an airplane as opposed to a model of one? Well, having a pilot is one factor, but with remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs) all the rage these days, is that really such a big defining factor any more? If it’s size that counts, then I think we can all agree these gorgeous […]

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When You Owe the Controller a Call

When I was a new pilot I got in hot water with a controller one time, and rightfully so, for forgetting to tell him I was on a three-mile final, as he’d requested I report to him. I could have made a couple of reasonable excuses, including that it was a busy flight (which it […]

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Cessna Mandating Inspections for Skyhawks, Skylanes, Many More

In the wake of its announcement of an AD on its Cessna 210, 210T and 210P models, Cessna has announced that it is expanding its mandatory inspections to its 100-series airplanes (from the Cessna 120 to the Cessna 195) that were manufactured between 1946 and 1986 (the latter date being when Cessna suspended its single-engine […]

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Aspen Avionics Innovates Again

Aspen Avionics has recently come out with some new products and product features that continue to add to the allure of its ingenious Evolution Flight Display (EFD), a compact, easy-to-install retrofit (mostly) PFD that the company launched several years ago. The product has proved popular with owners of all kinds of aircraft, from light singles […]

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Honda Jet Makes Progress

Honda head Michimasa Fujino took the opportunity at Ebace to update the industry on the progress of Honda’s eponymous light jet on Monday, telling reporters that the fourth Honda Jet recently made its first flight and that the program is making great progress toward certification, with FAA and EASA certification anticipated in 2013. The jet […]

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Gulfstream G650, G280 Arrive at EBACE in Style

Gulfstream proved it true that it’s better to under-promise and over-deliver when its two newest products, the super-midsize G280 and uber-long-range G650, arrived in style at EBACE in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday following long nonstop flights from Dulles International in Washington D.C. after the company had made of point of telling reporters the two airplanes […]

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Phenom 100

The Phenom 100 sitting on the ramp at Clay Lacy Aviation in Van Nuys, California, looked for all the world like a Brazilian airplane, but it wasn’t, at least not entirely. It was, in fact, the second Phenom 100 to be assembled in the United States, at Embraer‘s impressive facility in Melbourne, Florida. The Melbourne […]

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Learjet Launches Learjet 70, Learjet 75

On Monday at EBACE, Bombardier moved decisively in the direction of investing in the future when it launched greatly upgraded versions of its Learjet 40 and 45 light jets, which it rebranded the Learjet 70 and Learjet 75. The new designations underscore the magnitude of the changes to the models, as well as going nicely […]

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Cessna Unveils Long Range Citation Longitude

On a remarkably newsworthy opening day at European business aviation show Ebace, Cessna unveiled a clean-sheet, long-range design, the Citation Longitude. The airplane, which the company plans to certify by 2017, will feature the same clean-sheet fuselage cross section as the smaller Latitude, which Cessna launched last fall. The new airplane will be much larger […]

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