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Wichita’s Cessna and Raytheon recently announced a series of changes in the lineups in their respective media and sales departments. Cessna led off the festivities when it named long-time AVweb friend Steve Fushelberger as its new vice president of marketing, effective Sept. 26, 2005. He will report to Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing […]

Embraer last week announced it had chosen BMW Group DesignworksUSA to design the interior of its recently launched Very Light Jet and Light Jet. The Brazil-based airframer said BMW Group DesignworksUSA delivered “a design solution that creates a feeling of serenity upon entering our aircraft through a simple and elegant first impression.” Amenities incorporated into […]

If Czech Republic airframer Evektor-Aerotechnik has its way, its newly proposed EV-55 twin turboprop may soon make a dent in the corporate/utility/training markets. Late last month, Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC) announced that the EV-55 will be powered by two PT6A-21 engines of 550 shp apiece, giving the to-be-certified twin a cruise speed of 220 […]

Raytheon late last month said it had obtained Commuter category certification of a heavier Beechcraft King Air 350. The new model features a host of airframe modifications, including heavyweight landing gear, designed to allow operations at a maximum gross takeoff weight of 16,500 pounds, an increase of 1,500 pounds over a standard Beechcraft King Air […]

If youve been awaiting delivery of your very own Citation CJ2+, you may not have much longer until you get the keys. Thats because Cessna last week said the FAA has granted type certification to the newest member of the manufacturers lineup, which was first announced less than a year ago, at the National Business […]

When considering the Caravan, many industry observers believe many of the types problems can be traced to pilots who may be flying an aircraft approved for flight in known icing for the first time. After perhaps years of dealing with icing conditions from the left seat of an airplane armed only with a heated pitot […]

Last Thursdays fatal crash of a Cessna Caravan 208B as it tried to return to the Winnipeg (Canada) International Airport has highlighted not only the types problematic history with airframe icing but also the onset of the Northern Hemispheres winter season. In last weeks crash, Nancy Chase-Allan, 49, apparently was attempting to return to the […]

It’s not the same as the strange case of the missing 727 from a couple of years ago, but it’s not the same as stealing a Cessna for a joy ride, either. “It” is last weekend’s apparent theft of a Cessna Citation VII, which went missing from the St. Augustine (Fla.) Airport (SGJ) sometime Saturday […]

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