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It’s been a while since we heard from the chemtrail crowd — the foil-hatted bunch who believe jet contrails are really the deployment of mind-control chemicals — but news coming out of a UK-based university may have them howling at the moon again. The reason is a new study that concludes — get this — […]

Pilatus Business Aircraft earlier this month announced launching the first in a series of regional Operators Conferences for its popular PC-12 turboprop single. The first PC-12 regional Operators Conference is scheduled for Aug. 17, 2006, in Manchester, N.H. All PC-12 owners, operators and Service Center personnel are invited to attend. The conference will be a […]

Jet Aviation this week said its Dusseldorf facility was recently named an FAA certified repair station, allowing it to perform scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, airframe and engine repairs, avionics modifications, inspections and defect rectifications on U.S. registered aircraft. With the approval for Dusseldorf, Jet Aviation now has two FAA-certified repair stations in Germany, including Hannover. […]

A Swiss-based Gulfstream V (GV) business jet operated as a charter aircraft earlier this month surpassed 10,000 flight hours and 2,411 takeoffs/landings, Gulfstream Aerospace said. The GV reached the milestone during an overnight flight from Lilongwe International Airport in Malawi, Africa, to London-Luton Airport in England. The GV has proven to be extremely reliable, said […]

DayJet, the “per-seat, on-demand” start-up operation planning to use a fleet of Eclipse 500 VLJs to provide regional air service, last week announced its first five service points, which the company dubbed “DayPorts.” The cities, all in Florida, are Boca Raton, Gainesville, Lakeland, Pensacola and Tallahassee, which DayJet says were selected for their strong business […]

Embraer earlier this month said it has begun cutting metal for the first Phenom 100 business jet at the companys main assembly plant in So Jos dos Campos, Brazil. The first part, a fuselage component connecting to an engine pylon, was milled from a block of aluminum alloy by a fully automated machining center driven […]

Cessna’s first production Citation Mustang took flight last week, according to the company. The aircraft, the first jet assembled in Independence, Kan., flew two weeks ahead of schedule. Cessna said the new “baby” Citation will enter service in December as its first Mustang demonstrator aircraft. It is the fourth Mustang produced, and the first one […]

Bombardier Aerospace last week said its Learjet program had reached two major milestones: delivery of the 300th Learjet 45 and the 300th Learjet 60 aircraft. In commemoration, Bombardier conducted the two delivery ceremonies at the same spot where Bill Lear designed and built the original some 44 years ago. The 300th Learjet 45 was delivered […]

Eclipse Aviation’s self-imposed June 30 deadline for FAA certification was looming large in Albuquerque this week as the company worked to clean up details and heave itself over the finish line. All signs — public and private — point to a photo finish later this month when company officials hope both the stars and its […]