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Rob Vogelaar

Embraer and SkyWest Inc. Sign a Contract for 40 firm E-Jets

Contract also includes additional 60 reconfirmable aircraft and 100 options

EMBRAER 175 United ExpressMay 21, 2013 – Embraer and SkyWest Inc. (SkyWest) announced a firm order, today, for 40 EMBRAER 175 aircraft. SkyWest will operate the aircraft under a Capacity Purchase Agreement (CPA)… Continue reading

F-35B Completes First Vertical Takeoff (video)

F-35BNAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md., May 20, 2013 –  A Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35B Short Takeoff/Vertical Landing (STOVL) Lightning II test aircraft recently completed the first-ever Vertical Takeoff (VTO) on May 10. VTOs are one of the many capabilities… Continue reading

Embraer Executive Jets Sells Lineage 1000 To Flyinggroup

Flyinggroup
Geneva, Switzerland, May 21, 2013 – Embraer Executive Jets announced today at the 13th European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE), the sale of an ultra-large Lineage 1000, to an undisclosed European client, operated by FLYINGGROUP. The aircraft, the first… Continue reading

Airbus introduces new C4you support for corporate jet customers

Airbus C4you teamExperienced team will provide dedicated response to private jet needs

21 May 2013

Airbus is introducing a new corporate jet customer care centre (C4you) for its private jet customers, aimed at providing dedicated access to an experienced team.

Customers will… Continue reading

CN295 on ASEAN tour to show its capabilities and efficiency

C295Airbus Military and PTDI promoting transport aircraft in the ASEAN region.

A CN295 military transport aircraft of the Indonesian Ministry of Defense will be making a tour around six ASEAN countries to promote the capabilities and efficiency of the transport… Continue reading

Pilatus presents its latest flagship, the PC-24 twin-jet

PC-24 twin-jet

A world première at the “European Business Aviation Conference and Exposition” (EBACE) in Geneva today: Pilatus Aircraft Ltd unveiled the PC-24, the world’s first “Super Versatile Jet”.

The entirely newly developed PC-24 sees traditional Pilatus values of versatility, efficiency and… Continue reading

Russia and Peru will sign a contract to upgrade MiG-29 Fulcrum

MiG-29 PeruRussia and Peru will sign a contract to upgrade Lima’s fleet of Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters by the end of May, Konstantin Biryulin, deputy head of Russia’s Federal Military-Technical Cooperation Service, said on Monday.

Belarus sold around twenty of the… Continue reading

GULFSTREAM G280 LINKS ENGLAND AND NIGERIA

Super Mid-sized Jet Sets City-Pair Record  Between Luton and Lagos

g280SAVANNAH, Ga., May 20, 2013 — Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.’s G280 aircraft recently traveled to Africa as part of the super mid-sized business jet’s yearlong world tour. En route, the… Continue reading

F-35 instructor pilots qualify in aerial refueling

F-35 Lightning II Instructors Certify5/20/2013 – F-35A Lightning II pilots navigate their aircraft toward a KC-135 Stratotanker to refuel May 13, 2013, near Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The initial cadre of Air Force F-35 instructor pilots at the 33rd Fighter Wing here trained… Continue reading

GULFSTREAM RECEIVES FAA APPROVAL FOR G650 FORMS PROGRAM

Ultra-Large-Cabin, Ultra-Long-Range Aircraft’s Health Trend Monitoring System A First In Business Aviation

G650

SAVANNAH, Ga., May 20, 2013— Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. recently received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its G650 Flight Operations Risk Management Service (FORMS) program.… Continue reading

Fifth FAA-Conforming HondaJet Achieves First Flight

HondaJet Program Approaches Final Phase of Flight Testing

HondaJet

Honda Aircraft Company today announced that its fifth Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) conforming HondaJet, equipped with a production interior matching the final customer aircraft, successfully completed its first flight on May 16,… Continue reading

Embraer Executive Jets Sells First Legacy 600 Featuring New Interior, Avionics in Germany

Legacy_600Geneva, Switzerland, May 20, 2013 – Embraer Executive Jets announced today at the 13th European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE – www.ebace.aero), the sale of the first super-midsize Legacy 600 with a new cabin interior and new Honeywell Primus… Continue reading