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Earlier in January, on the 16th and half a world away in Toronto, Bombardier took its new-generation Global Express XRS business jet for its initial spin — what the company called a “rigorous” four-hour, four-minute flight. The jet departed Bombardiers Downsview, Ontario, facility and, before landing, reached a maximum altitude of 47,000 feet and a […]

Gulfstream Aerospace on Jan. 18 rolled out the first copy of its G150 business jet from the Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) manufacturing facility in Tel Aviv, Israel. Attending the ceremony were certifying authorities, supplier representatives and members of the G150’s development team. First announced in September 2002, the G150 remains on schedule for customer deliveries […]

You might not have noticed, especially if your flight operations don’t take you that high, but last week the FAA quietly implemented its long-planned reduced vertical separation minimums (RVSM) in domestic U.S. airspace. By all accounts, neither operators nor the agency encountered major problems, in part because both sides have literally had years to prepare. […]

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A couple of errors crept into our 2004 business aviation news wrap-up, which was published Dec. 29. The most egregious of them involved mis-identifying the type of Gulfstream involved in a Nov. 22 crash in Houston. We dubbed it a G-II; it was really a G-III. Similarly, the Nov. 28 crash of a Challenger 604 […]

A firm named Boston Ventures announced this week that CAMP Systems International LLC has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Warburg Pincus. The transaction, the terms of which were not disclosed, is subject to government approvals and is expected to close in early February 2005. CAMP, which was founded in 1967, is […]

On the systems first anniversary, Dassault Falcons EASy Flight Deck technology was named recipient of one of the industrys most prestigious awards, the Honeywell Bendix Trophy for Aviation Safety. The Flight Safety Foundation presented the award to Dassault Aviation at the International Air Safety Seminar for the EASy flight deck. Dassault began developing the EASy […]

Bombardier last week announced receipt of a type certificate for its Learjet 45 bizjet from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). Chinas approval will allow operators to register the type in China; it includes not only the model 45 but 40-series jet family like the models 40, 40XR and 45XR. Global Wings, based in […]

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) last week filed a petition calling for an election to organize workers at the Cessna Aircraft Company’s Independence, Kan., plant. According to The Wichita Eagle, the petition was filed with the National Labor Relations Board. According to the union, signatures allowing the election were collected from […]

Cessna announced it has released final Service Bulletins for the new Runway Awareness and Advisory System (RAAS), an upgrade to installed Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) equipment. Upgrading to RAAS involves installing a PCMCIA card that activates additional features in the existing Mark V and VII EGPWS computer 219-219 software. Cessnas Citation Service Center […]