Eclipse Aviation has reached yet another milestone. The company
announced on tuesday that it will exhibit for the first time at the
Asian Aerospace 2004 trade show in Singapore from February 24-29.
Asian Aerospace is Asia's premier aerospace and defense technology
exhibition. In addition to sharing the latest information on the
Eclipse 500 jet with potential customers, Eclipse will work to
expand its global network to include distribution and product
support partners for the Eclipse 500 jet in Asia.
One of the world’s few remaining airworthy B-17 World War
II aircraft recently got a facelift at Raytheon Aircraft’s
Hawker Service Center in Little Rock. Thunderbird, a B-17G owned
and operated by the Lone Star Flight Museum of Galveston (TX) was
stripped of all paint and most interior appointments and repainted
by Raytheon Aircraft employees. While it was the work was a far cry
from the Hawker business jets they normally paint, it was true a
labor of love. The Hawker Division team became familiar with the
Lone Star Flight Museum through a Hawker customer. That
introduction led to the museum bringing three vintage warbirds to
display at the Little Rock Hawker Jet Operators Conference in June
2003. And that led to talks abou
Bombardier Aerospace announced Tuesday that Global Wings, Inc.,
of Tokyo, Japan, has placed a firm order for one new Bombardier
Learjet(i) 45 XR super light business jet, and placed an option for
a second aircraft. It is the first Bombardier Learjet 45 XR to be
ordered by a Japanese operator, and paves the way for Global Wings,
provider of world-class business jet services throughout Asia, to
provide non-stop Japan-China executive charter service. The Learjet
45 XR will be registered and based in Beijing, China.
Features Fully Automatic Worldwide Hazard
Detection
Rockwell Collins has introduced the industry’s first
weather radar with a fully automatic worldwide hazard detection
system. Collins’ new MultiScan Global weather radar is
the next-generation in the WXR-2100 MultiScan weather radar series
that enhances passenger and crew safety by significantly reducing
pilot work load and enhancing weather-detection capability. The
MultiScan Global weather radar automatically adjusts weather
detection parameters for variations caused by time of day, time of
year and geographic position and then uses advanced radar threshold
technologies to adjust the radar returns to more accurately display
actual thunderstorm threats. Currently, Collins MultiScan Global
weat
AVCON Industries announced it has completed flight testing and
is awaiting FAA group approval of the RVSM STC for Learjet 20
series aircraft. AVCON, which began certification flight testing in
March of 2003, has modified and flight tested a total of six
different Learjet 20 series aircraft equipped with the AVCON RVSM
solution. The six aircraft represented a wide range of Lear 24/25
serial numbers and approved wing designs, including the Century
III, Mark II, XR, SoftFlite and original Standard wing. The AVCON
RVSM solution is the result of a cooperative effort between AVCON
and BIZJET of Tulsa (OK) The two companies joined forces over one
year ago to provide a cost-effective RVSM solution for Lear 20
series aircraft. Customer RVSM installations will b
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