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Kurt Robinson, president of Robinson Helicopter and son of founder Frank Robinson, said the FAA was well represented Monday among the 300 attending certification ceremonies for the company’s new turbine-powered R66. He said, “A lot of the FAA guys were saying, ‘We used to do this all the time, but now, certifying a new aircraft […]

Though known for its helicopters, Sikorsky has a legacy that includes some iconic fixed-wing aircraft dating back to the 1930s. Now, the company is back in the fixed-wing business. During the NBAA Convention in Atlanta last week, Sikorsky signed an agreement in principle to invest in Eclipse Aerospace, the company that has acquired the rights […]

Aerion, the company exploring design and production of a supersonic business jet, announced at the NBAA convention that a series of flight tests in collaboration with NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center have marked the latest milestone in the company’s preliminary engineering activities for its first supersonic business jet. A total of five data test flights […]

Ed Tripp had a career that spanned half a century of aviation publications, including Car & Driver, Air Progress, AOPA Pilot, Business & Commercial Aviation and Flying. He died of cancer Oct. 16 at his home in Cincinnati. Tripp was publisher of Flying‘s landmark 50th Anniversary issue in 1977. Born in Boston, he served in […]

After conversations with some 3,000 aircraft operators, Hawker Beechcraft Corporation decided that its next Beechcraft Premier model wouldn’t be a Beechcraft after all. “The Premier II should be a Hawker,” is the message HBC got from customers — and that’s what it will be, the Hawker 200. Shawn Vick, HBC Executive Vice President delivered the […]

With the recent change in China’s air space rules for general aviation, the announcement by the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) and the Asian Business Aviation Association (AsBAA) to reintroduce the Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (ABACE) is very timely. First held in Shanghai in 2004, the early ABACE shows, said NBAA president and […]

On the first day of NBAA, Garmin International officially announced its long-awaited Part 25 program with the launch of its G5000 integrated flight deck. The system makes use of a scalable set of displays controlled by a scalable number of touchscreen controllers. Launch customer was Cessna, with its newly upgraded Citation Ten, but Garmin told […]

Bombardier introduced two new members of its ultra-long-range family of Global business jets this week. And from the size of the party, it’s clear the Canadian manufacturer has confidence in the economic turnaround. The two new jets are each priced at $65 million (2010 dollars). The Global 7000 and Global 8000 are not scheduled for […]

In its annual business aviation forecast preceding the NBAA Convention, Honeywell reported on its latest round of research into the likely buying behavior of turbojet aircraft purchasers over the next five and 10 years. The forecast, which closely matches the projections of several major jet manufacturers at the show, sees a gradual recovery from the […]

Aiming to retake the title of fastest bizjet and breathe new life into an airplane that, while still fast, is showing its age, Cessna announced an all new flagship, the Citation Ten, the new version of which will now be spelled out in a way that eliminates 20 years of confusion in the general media […]