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April 18, 2012

Vision Impaired: Cirrus Re-Announces The Previously Announced SF50 Jet... Again

Price Jacked To $1.96 Million, Deliveries Starting In 2015??? Really? Oh, Please...

News/Analysis By Jim Campbell, ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief After a fair bit of hype, smoke, and mirrors... the "Major Announcement" promised last week by Cirrus Aircraft is that they're going to do what they said they were going to do... last year... and the year before... and the year before that. In simpler terms, Cirrus claims that their Chinese state-owned parent, CAIGA, (China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Co., Ltd.) has committed to the 'full' funding of the nearly dormant Cirrus SF50 single engine jet, first conceived of over a decade ago (and secretly developed in their humorously nicknamed "Moose Works") and publicly prop

Scott Ross And Kam Phongsavath Are Honored For 20 Years Of Loyalty And Service

SOCATA North America has honored the two most senior employees at DAHER-SOCATA’s U.S. subsidiary, celebrating their careers that span more than 20 years of service. The two employees are Kam Phongsavath, who is SOCATA North America’s Director of Quality Control; and Scott Ross, Shop Manager at the company’s Repair Station. The combination of their careers is equal to the total time of SOCATA’s 40 years in the United States.