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April 17, 2013

Air Ambulance Conversion For 400XT Unveiled At ABACE

Southeast Asia Identified As Key Market For Air Ambulance Aircraft

An air ambulance conversion module for the 400XT remanufactured aircraft has been unveiled by Nextant Aerospace. The equipment, based on a platform by Spectrum Aeromed, enables the Nextant 400XT to be converted from a VIP configuration to a fully ACLS capable critical care room with self-contained ambulance bed in less than 30 minutes.

Disbonded Or Missing Cable Guards Cited In The Bulletin

The FAA has issued an SAIB (Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin) concerning the degradation of normal aileron control of Hawker 4000 airplanes due to disbonded or missing cable guards.

Presents Restored Mystère 20 s/n 1 For Public Display

The first Mystère 20 ... the ancestor of today's Falcon business jet line ... is set to return to public view following an extensive facelift that lasted three years. The restored Mystère 20 s/n 1 was unveiled last week at the third annual Air & Space Museum Airshow, held at Le Bourget Airport, near Paris. It will next be shown at this year's Paris Air Show, scheduled for June 17-23, before returning to its permanent home at the French Air & Space Museum.

Overall Fleet In The Region Has Topped 100 Aircraft

Eurocopter is celebrating its 45-year presence in the Chinese helicopter market this week at ABACE in Shanghai. The company says that its Eurocopter’s China subsidiary has been multiplying its support and services offerings to meet the increasing helicopter needs in the country while maintaining strong product sales.

Milestone Reached On March 13, Planemaker Says

Embraer Executive Jets Lineage 1000 reached a milestone on March 13 when the ultra-large jet reached the 10,000-hour mark. “This is an important milestone for our largest business jet,” said Ernest Edwards, President, Embraer Executive Jets.

Appoints Tulpar Technic Of Kazan As Line Maintenance Facility For Challenger 300, Challenger 850 Business Aircraft

Bombardier has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting operators in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and to expanding its customer services network in key emerging markets. The company today announced the appointment of Tulpar Technic of Kazan, in the Republic of Tatarstan, as a Line Maintenance Facility (LMF) for the growing number of Challenger 300 and Challenger 850 business aircraft operating in the region.

Boeing Business Jets Celebrates Completion Of Nanshan Jet's First BBJ

China Is Key Market For Business Jets

Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) celebrated the completion of the first BBJ for China's Nanshan Jet at a ceremony held at the Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (ABACE) in Shanghai.

One of GA's True Leaders Sets A Course For Her Constituency's Survival

Like each year before it, the 2013 AEA Convention and trade show had much to boast about... great news, exciting product unveilings and no end of interesting products and people to feature. However; it was the force and reason of some of the political messaging put forth by AEA Leadership that had many of the attendees talking for much of the event.

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New Citation X First Production Unit Makes Debut

Airplane Rolled Out Of Cessna's Wichita, KS, Production Facility

The first production unit of the new Citation X has been rolled out at Cessna's Wichita, KS, manufacturing facility. First announced at NBAA in 2010, the new airplane is best known for its top speed of Mach 0.935, which Cessna says makes it the fastest civilian aircraft in the world.