Manufacturers

Dassault’s Falcon 900LX Awarded EASA and FAA Certification

by Mr. Plane on July 17, 2010

in Aviation,Manufacturers

Dassault Falcon has received certification from both the EASA and FAA for the newest member of the Falcon family of business jets, the 4,750 nm Falcon 900LX. The large cabin Falcon 900LX is based on the Falcon 900EX, with enhanced performance and economy. The Falcon 900LX burns 35 to 40 percent less fuel than other [...]

Dassault Falcon 900LX Flight Test Program Enters Into its Last Phase

by Mr. Plane on May 5, 2010

in Aviation,Manufacturers

Dassault’s Falcon 900LX has entered the last phases of the flight test and certification program while completions on the first two customer aircraft have begun. Final certification is anticipated during the third quarter of 2010 with deliveries starting thereafter. The flight test program, which began in October of 2009, has accumulated 180 flight hours over [...]

Honeywell LED Wingtip Lighting Now Standard on Airbus A320 Family Aircraft

March 4, 2010 Aviation

Honeywell announced today that its Light Emitting Diode (LED) wingtip navigation lighting is now standard on new production Airbus A320 Family aircraft, comprising the A318, A319, A320 and A321. Honeywell’s LED wingtip navigation lighting lasts up to 40 times longer than current halogen technology, greatly reducing operator maintenance costs. Drop-in LED replacements make maintenance quicker [...]

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Sikorsky Success in United Kingdom

February 22, 2010 Aviation

Sikorsky Search and Rescue (SAR) S-92® helicopters are on a path to unprecedented success in 2010 after coming off a record year of rescues in 2009 and recently being selected for the United Kingdom’s Search and Rescue Helicopter service. The aircraft are operated by CHC Helicopter Corp. and the S-92 helicopter is manufactured by Sikorsky [...]

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Dassault Falcon at India Aviation, Hyderabad, March 3-7

February 20, 2010 Aviation

Dassault Falcon will present a selection of Falcon large cabin business jets at the India Aviation 2010 exhibition (Hyderabad, March 3-7), including the first of six Falcon 7X aircraft to be delivered in India along with the Falcon 2000EX. The 7X is Falcon’s best selling model, with more than 200 orders from 42 countries. Dassault [...]

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Sikorsky Aircraft Launches Twitter Page

February 18, 2010 Aviation

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today launched its own page on the Twitter social media Web site, reaching out to a broader audience to provide information on company news, products and services. Sikorsky’s new Twitter page can be found by visiting http://twitter.com/SikorskyAircrft. The page also can be accessed via the Sikorsky Web site at www.Sikorsky.com. “The age [...]

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787 and the economy

December 28, 2009 Aviation

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Since finally the new dreamliner is on the way to the customers, the spike that Boeing gives to the US economy can’t be ignored. Those 73000 people who work in Boeing pay the tax money to the state and to the whole country. It is that even enough when [...]

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Delta TechOps to be Provider for LAN Airlines Boeing 767 Winglet Installations

September 19, 2009 Airlines

Image by Getty Images via Daylife ATLANTA, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Delta Air Lines’ maintenance division, Delta TechOps, today announced it has penned a one-year contract with Latin American leading airline, LAN Airlines to install winglets and provide airframe maintenance services on some of LAN’s Boeing 767 fleet. Winglets, which are wing-tip extensions designed to [...]

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