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Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer has delivered a Legacy 500 to famed martial arts actor Jackie Chan. It is the first of the midsize fly-by-wire bizjet model to be delivered in China. Chan became the Embraer’s brand ambassador in China in 2012 when he took delivery of an Embraer Legacy 650. “In the past few years, […]

Unmanned aircraft systems are becoming more and more common, and could pose a threat to public safety particularly in the hands of inexperienced and uneducated operators. For example, as you may have read in several of Flying’s news stories, UAS have gotten in the way of airliners near major airports. There have been other cases […]

Mollis, Switzerland-based Marenco Swisshelicopter AG is grinding away at the development of its all-composite SKYe SH09 helicopter. While the company had hoped to be in production by now, the entry into the market will likely take several more years to achieve. Marenco is, however, making progress on its beautiful helicopter design. After the first flight […]

PS Engineering has added InelliAudio spatial audio technology to the new PMA8000BTi audio panel, a version of the PMA800BT that adds the extra capability without upping the price. Shipments of the new units started yesterday. IntelliAudio is patented technology that PS Engineering licenses from the United States Air Force Laboratory. When activated, it places COM […]

Dornier Seawings has tapped the production resources available at Diamond Aircraft’s London, Ontario factory to produce the composite airframes for the new Seastar amphibious twin. The instantly recognizable Seastar features a pair of centerline-thrust Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A turboprops mounted high above its 14-seat fuselage. Germany-based Dornier Seawings chose Diamond in Canada due to […]

Cessna Aviation Company, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., today announced the four universities selected for its 2016 Top Hawk program — Kent State University, LeTourneau University, Purdue University and Westminster College. In February, Textron Aviation will deliver each of its Top Hawk partners a new, custom-branded Cessna Skyhawk 172 to support each schools’ flight […]

Thales has achieved approval from the European Aviation Safety Administration (EASA) for its Level D Reality H Full Flight helicopter simulator and has opened the doors to a helicopter training center in Norway. The Reality H simulator in Stavanger is based on the Airbus Helicopters H225, formerly the Eurocopter EC225, which is commonly used in […]

A recent report by Markets and Markets estimates the current UAS market value at $2.24 billion and projects that value to double in the next five years. To tap into this growing industry, Lufthansa Aerial Services, a subsidiary of Lufthansa Consulting, has teamed up with Chinese UAS-manufacturer DJI to develop commercial applications for drones suitable […]

A historic flight took place this week at the naval base in Kanoya in the Kagoshima Perfecture, Japan, where the legendary Mitsubishi A6M Zero took flight over Japanese land for the first time since World War II, according to The Japan Times. Retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Skip Holm, who accumulated 1,072 hours of […]

Airbus Helicopters reached a major milestone in the development of its all composite H160, which previously went under the codename X4, this week as the second prototype of the twin-engine helicopter took its first flight on Tuesday. This prototype is the first to fly with the 1,100 shp Turbomeca (Safran) Arrano engines. This is the […]