New Avionics And More

Raytheon Aircraft Company announced the new and improved Hawker 800XPi at the 2005 European Business Association Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) Wednesday in Geneva, Switzerland.

Boeing Business Jets is crowing about their rapid progress toward achieving what no other ultra-large-cabin, long-range business jet manufacturer has accomplished – selling 100 business jets.

Just a week after entering service, a new Gulfstream G450 biz-jet stablished a new intercontinental city-pair speed record, flying 3,550 nautical miles from Chicago to London in just 7 hours and 19 minutes at an average speed of Mach .85.

Since the first flight of the Falcon 7X on May 5th, the airplane has been flying on a near daily basis. Five flights during the following seven days were conducted accumulating 13 hours and 20 minutes of flight time.

Dassault has just launched ‘FalconCare’, a program designed to take all the surprises out of budgeting for maintenance operations by offering a fixed cost per hour payment schedule.

Announces Imminent FAA Certification At EBACE2005

Ibis Aerospace Ltd. announced at the 5th annual European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Geneva that its Ae270 Propjet is in the final stages of certification by European and United States airworthiness authorities. The Ae270 is a single-engine turboprop aircraft designed to function as both a utility and executive transport. The aircraft will be certified under FAR Part 23 Normal category and eligible for FAR Part 135 IFR operations. The Ae270 was first introduced publicly in 1999, and its first flight was completed in July 2000. The aircraft was recently exhibited with an executive interior at the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) annual meeting and convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Cessna Reports First Standardization Of Avionics Cable In Citation Series

Cessna says it's has established a new level of parts commonality for the Citation CJ1+, CJ2+, and CJ3 by developing a uniform avionics cable assembly that stretches across all three models. This marks the first time Cessna has had a standard avionics cable assembly that may be used in more than one Citation model.