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Todd Simmons Todd Simmons recently joined Cirrus Design as Vice President of Marketing. Simmons was the former president and CEO of Cubcrafters and has worked in the airline industry. He’s an active pilot and will head up the marketing team.

A San Diego filmmaker is working on a documentary about the 1978 midair crash of a 727 and a Cessna 172 that killed 144 people… The Moffett Field dirigible hangar near San Francisco is named an endangered historic site… Operational deviations at Indianapolis Center are up, and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association blames fatigue […]

Boeing has put development of a replacement for the venerable 737 on hold. The program, which would incorporate technology in the 787, was announced in 2006 but company officials said it must focus on “technology breakthroughs” rather than whole-airplane development to achieve the kind of efficiencies customers want… The pilot of a Beech 1900 owned […]

There were plenty of jets to see at the European Business Aviation Conference and Expo (EBACE), but not enough time to tour them all. We saw as much as we could, but we also snapped plenty of photographs, working off the theory that we could look at a few airplanes in more detail on our […]

The European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) recorded 21.5 percent more visitors and 35 percent more exhibitors at this year’s show in Geneva. Officials say 13,762 people went through the doors of the PalExpo Convention Center at Geneva International Airport. For first-time exhibitors like Cirrus Design it’s a permanent mark on the already-busy show […]

So, how big should a business jet be? As big as it can get, apparently. Airbus announced an order for six as yet not prototyped A350 extra-wide-body aircraft to MAZ Aviation, which represents clients in the Middle East. The deal is worth $1.5 billion. As little as six months ago, Boeing and Airbus were heavily […]

Cirrus CEO Alan Klapmeier says the company will give “the jet” a real name before it hits the market and the moniker was simply an in-house convenience that stuck when the company went public. But Klapmeier also took pains to assure a news conference at EBACE 2008 that the jet itself is “real” and he’s […]

One of the most mundane forms of air transportation is finding new life at the top of the food chain. Project Phoenix is converting Bombardier CRJ 200 regional jets to ultra-luxurious business jets in the same league as the Bombardier Global Express at less than half the price. But while the $18.5 million price tag […]

Liberty Aerospace announced a new dealer for the Southeastern U.S. — Liberty Southeast, in Greensboro, N.C…. Mooney Airplane Co. named Air Touring Ltd. as its exclusive sales representative for the United Kingdom and Ireland…. The Sukhoi Superjet 100 – an all-new Russian regional jet – successfully completed its first flight in Komsomolsk-on-Amur on Monday… A […]

One of the most popular booths at EBACE 2008 has nothing directly to do with business aviation, but it’s attracting crowds of people. Boeing has put up an elaborate flight simulator with controls approximating a Boeing Business Jet and a wide-screen depiction of the ILS to Nice, France. Most people who try it, like this […]