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The order books for Cessna and Hawker Beechcraft fattened considerably on the first day of the Singapore Air Show with what is being described as the largest business jet order ever placed in Asia. Singapore-based Bjets, a start-up fractional, ordered 20 Citation CJ2 aircraft from Cessna worth about $150 million as well as nine Hawker […]

A Canadian company has developed an air tanker conversion for the popular Bombardier Q400 turboprop airliner. Cascade Aerospace, of Abbotsford, B.C., says the aircraft combines speed, payload and loads of power to make it a modern replacement for aging tankers. The aircraft will drop up to 2,600 gallons of retardant on a fire with a […]

Embraer released its annual crystal-ball summary of the commercial aviation business in advance of the Singapore Air Show and it supports what the Brazilian company and virtually all its competitors have been saying all year. Asia is the next big thing for big iron sales. Embraers current forecast indicates that the aircraft demand in the […]

A 1928 Boeing Model 40C biplane, lovingly restored by Pemberton and Sons Aviation of Spokane, Wash., flew this Monday for the first time in 80 years. “The airplane is very controllable and pleasant with excellent ground handling, good elevator and rudder, and heavy but effective ailerons,” Addison Pemberton said in the Nordo News. “The visibility […]

AERO-Friedrichshafen, the popular European general aviation event that has been attracting growing interest in recent years, will now be held annually, instead of every other year, and EAA and IAOPA will play a greater role in organizing the show. “It’s an outstanding general aviation event that serves the new light sport aircraft (LSA) category very […]

A shift of airspace responsibilities from Chicago Center to Milwaukee should have little impact on the annual migration to EAA AirVenture, EAA’s Dick Knapinski told AVweb Monday. “A review of the situation indicate[s] that this particular issue involves IFR operations,” Knapinski said in an e-mail. “The vast majority of AirVenture operations are VFR, and we […]

D-Diamond Aircraft confirmed on the weekend that its five-passenger D-Jet will be built at its London, Ont., facilities after the Canadian government announced it was giving the company a $19.6 million strategic, repayable investment. The money is being provided under a new aerospace business incentive program. This investment will play a vital role in enabling […]

There were apparently no serious injuries but it looks like it might be awhile before an Aserca Airlines DC-9 is back in service after a bizarre accident at Simon Bolivar Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, last week. According to the aviation Web site volarenvenezuela.com,the aircraft apparently left a hangar with both engines running and crossed a […]

With the future of 100LL avgas looking ever more iffy, Teledyne Continental’s new president, Rhett Ross, says the company is planning to aggressively develop a diesel or heavy fuel engine for certification in late 2009 or early 2010. “We are kicking off a major aerospace engine project this year with some realistically aggressive targets,” Ross […]

On Friday, the FAA published the final report (PDF) from the Amateur-Built Aircraft Aviation Rulemaking Committee that outlines plans to keep the “home” in homebuilt. There will be a public comment period, which EAA predicts will be announced in April or May, and the FAA intends to have a final rule by October. The report […]