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Airborne 06.30.16: 7000th Citation, C Series Order, John Glenn Honored

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Cessna has delivered the first fractional Cessna Citation Latitude midsize business jet to NetJets. The delivery represents significant milestones for both NetJets and the Citation product line as this aircraft represents the 7,000th Citation delivered worldwide. To celebrate this milestone delivery, NetJets and Textron Aviation held a special ceremony at Textron Aviation headquarters in Wichita. During the ceremony, NetJets announced that due to owners’ gre

Report: Canada's Aerospace Manufacturing Set To Lift Off In 2017

Conference Board Of Canada Forecasts Growth Despite Economic Slowdown

The order book for Canada's aerospace manufacturing industry is growing, and production is set to increase starting in 2017, according to The Conference Board of Canada's latest outlook for the industry.

Enhanced Vision System For Experimental And Homebuilt Aircraft Now Available

Astronics Launches The X1+HR, Will Be Available At AirVenture

Astronics Corporation, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Astronics Max-Viz, is introducing the X1+HR (high resolution) Enhanced Vision System (EVS) for experimental and homebuilt aircraft. It will be on display at the Astronics Booth at EAA AirVenture July 25-29 in Oshkosh, WI.

Airborne 06.29.16: SWA Delays Max, McConnell OKs B29-Doc, AAL Trashes Cameras

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To survive in the airline business it is sometimes necessary to be flexible and, according to a report in the Seattle Times, such is the case with Southwest Airlines. Southwest revealed to its investors that they have delayed the delivery of 67 Boeing 737 MAX airplanes, while they plan to accelerate the delivery of six 737-800s to 2017 rather than 2018. Delivery of the 737 MAX airplanes may be delayed by as long as six years, according to the report. That would push abo

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (06.30.16)

"NASA does not have an official, coordinated, and consistent mishap investigation policy for commercial resupply launches, which could affect its ability to determine the root cause of a launch failure and implement corrective actions." Source: NASA IG report.