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Cessna Delivers Milestone 7,000Th Citation As Netjets™ First Citation
50SKYSHADESImage not found or type unknown- aviation news CESSNA DELIVERS MILESTONE 7,000TH CITATION AS NETJETS’ FIRST CITATION LATITUDE News / Business aviation, Manufacturer Image not found or type unknown © 2015-2021 50SKYSHADES.COM — Reproduction, copying, or redistribution for commercial purposes is prohibited. 1 Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. company, today announced it has delivered the first fractional Cessna Citation Latitude midsize business jet to NetJets, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway company. Today’s delivery represents significant milestones for both NetJets and the Citation product line. This aircraft represents the 7,000th Citation delivered worldwide, reinforcing the Citation family as the established leader in business jet travel. To celebrate this milestone delivery, NetJets and Textron Aviation held a special ceremony today at Textron Aviation headquarters in Wichita. During the ceremony, NetJets announced that due to owners’ great response to the Latitude, the company has added 50 more options to its initial order placed in 2012, bringing its total order and options up to 200 aircraft. “The Cessna and NetJets relationship extends more than 20 years and our newest certified business jet is a perfect fit for their operations,” said Scott Ernest, President and CEO, Textron Aviation. “The Citation Latitude’s performance and value proposition equates to increased productivity for NetJets’ owners, while giving them large-cabin amenities at a midsize cost. We are thrilled the aircraft has become one of the fastest selling aircraft in NetJets’ history.” NetJets has been operating two demonstrator aircraft throughout the United States and Europe to showcase the Citation Latitude to NetJets owners ahead of the aircraft entering its fleet. -
2014 FACT BOOK Textron Inc
2014 FACT BOOK Textron Inc. is a $13.9 billion multi-industry company with approximately 34,000 employees. The company leverages its global network of aircraft, defense and intelligence, industrial and finance businesses to provide customers with innovative solutions and services. Textron is known around the world for its powerful brands such as Beechcraft, Bell Helicopter, Cessna, E-Z-GO, Greenlee, Hawker, Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, Textron Systems, Textron Financial Corporation and TRU Simulation + Training. KEY EXECUTIVES SCOTT C. DONNELLY FRANK T. CONNOR Scott C. Donnelly was named chief Frank T. Connor joined Textron as executive executive officer in December 2009 and vice president and chief financial officer in chairman of the board in September 2010. August 2009. Connor came to Textron after Donnelly joined Textron as executive vice a 22-year career at Goldman, Sachs & Co. president and chief operating officer in where he was most recently managing June 2008 and was promoted to president director and head of Telecom Investment in January 2009. Prior to joining Textron, Banking. Prior to that, he served as Donnelly was president and CEO for Goldman, Sachs & Co.’s chief operating General Electric (GE) Aviation. officer of Telecom, Technology and Media Scott C. Donnelly Frank T. Connor Investment Banking. Chairman, President and Executive Vice President Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Scott A. Ernest John L. Garrison Jr. Ellen M. Lord J. Scott Hall R. Danny Maldonado Textron Aviation Bell Helicopter Textron Systems Segment Industrial Segment Finance Segment President and CEO President and CEO President and CEO President and CEO President and CEO Revenue by Segment Revenue by Customer Type Revenue by Geography Textron Aviation 33% Commercial 65% U.S. -
Boeing CEO to Investors: Don't Worry, Everything's Under Control
No matter if you are a professional or enthusiast we spread aviation news for everyone. Boeing CEO to Investors: Don’t Worry, Everything’s Under Control The Boeing Co.’s stock price hit a new 52-week low last week following a report that the program accounting method Boeing has been using to account for the 787 Dreamliner was being scrutinized by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Read More Manufacturers Aerolease Aviation signs LOI with Airbus A350 XWB at Singapore Mitsubishi Aircraft Airshow 2016 Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation and The A350 XWB was a major component of Aerolease Aviation, LLC, an aircraft Airbus’ presence at the Singapore leasing company based in the United Airshow, performing high-profile flying States, announced today that they have displays throughout the biennial industry signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for an order event. It offers seating capacities between of ten firm MRJ90 aircraft with an option 280-366 with its three passenger versions: to an additional ten MRJ90 aircraft. A350-800, A350-900 and A350-1000. Read More Read More Regulations & Safety Cessna Citation Latitude Achieves EASA Certification Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., company, announced its Cessna Citation Latitude midsize business jet has received certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) with deliveries underway in the region. Read More EASA and Ukraine Extend Is The Valkyrie Co50 a Test Case Cooperation On Air Traffic For The FAA’s Willingness to Management Innovate? EASA and the State Aviation You wouldn’t think that an iPad in an Administration of Ukraine (SAAU) airplane is a big deal, but when it’s used concluded a new Working Arrangement as part of flight control, it’s not only big, (WA) on 18 January 2016. -
January - June 2014
January - June 2014 January - June 2014 1 THE SOCIETY OF EXPERIMENTAL TEST PILOTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS President ....................................................................................................... .. Kevin Prosser, Calspan Vice President ....................................................................................................... Timothy Morey, Wyle Secretary ........................................................................................................Michael Wallace, Boeing Treasurer ....................................................................................................... Todd Ericson, Col, USAF Legal Officer ........................................................................................... Roderick Cregier, Col, USAF Executive Advisor ............................................................................................ Doug Benjamin, Boeing President-Elect ...................................................................................Mark Stucky, Scaled Composites Technical Advisor ............................................................................................ Patrick Duffy, JT3, LLC Technical Advisor ..................................................................................................... Greg Lewis, NTPS Canadian Section Representative ..........................................Maurice Girard, Bombardier Aerospace Central Section Representative ................................................................Dan Hinson, Cessna Aircraft East -
HELMOED COMBAT AIRCRAFT Layout 1
Adequate, Affordable, Appropriate – COMBAT AIRCRAFT FOR SMALL AIR FORCES Researched and written by Helmoed Romer-Heitman IR POWER can be critical in its own presented by guerrillas, terrorists and even flying illegally mined cassiterite ore from the right for some small countries, and large criminal groups. DRC to neighbouring countries, using Let-410 Awill almost always be an immensely Some of these groups, however, will be well light transports landing on roads. valuable force multiplier. But air forces are armed and highly mobile, using “technicals” In 2008 there were reports of armed expensive, so the acquisition of aircraft, even mounting a range of heavy weapons, including personnel and “technicals” being flown into combat aircraft, must be handled rationally. twin and quad 14,5 mm machineguns and twin the Birao airfield, in the Vakaga province, of It will not do to buy aircraft incapable of 23 mm cannon and even, in a few cases, truck- the Central African Republic, after it was seized meeting the mission requirements just mounted twin 37 mm cannon. by local guerrillas. because they are cheap; nor should any air Although these are all intended primarily for That small air-landed force apparently then force chase the “latest and greatest” if that is use against ground targets, making them fanned out to cover the flank of a major not required for the missions likely to fall to it extremely dangerous to light forces, they also guerrilla force moving through the Vakaga – not even if it could afford to do so, as there present a real threat to aircraft that come province into Chad as part of the raid on the will always be opportunity costs to consider. -
G600 Prepping for Service Entry
PUBLICATIONS Vol.50 | No.8 $9.00 AUGUST 2019 | ainonline.com Modifications G600 prepping for service entry Tamarack winglets back in service page 32 by Curt Epstein Gulfstream’s newest addition to its lineup, certificate awards represent its third model the Gulfstream G500.” He added that the Pilot Report the large-cabin, long-range G600, earned to receive both approvals simultaneously, G600 program tallied nearly 100,000 hours both its type and production certificates joining the G550 in 2003 and the G500. of laboratory testing and more than 3,200 We fly the Airbus A220 from the FAA on June 28, paving the way for “Getting both authorizations on the hours of flight testing. deliveries to begin later this year. If the pro- same day is evidence of the maturity The G600 has a cabin that is configurable narrowbody page 34 cess follows Gulfstream’s experience with of our G600 production processes and for three living areas, with a range of 6,500 the smaller sibling to the G600, the G500, speaks to the safety and reliability of the nm at its long-range cruise of Mach 0.85, those deliveries would likely start next aircraft’s design,” said Mark Burns, the and at its high-speed cruise of Mach 0.90 Training month. The G500 received U.S. approval in Georgia-based airframer’s president. can travel 5,500 nm. “We can’t wait to put AIN editor tries Go/No-go July 2018 and Gulfstream delivered the first “Even more remarkable is the fact that we the newest member of our aircraft family, of the model on September 27. -
Business & Commercial Aviation
JUNE/JULY 2020 $10.00 AviationWeek.com/BCA Business & Commercial Aviation 2020 PURCHASE PLANNING HANDBOOK Production Aircraft Comparison A Look at the Trends and New AND Performance Tables Developments in Avionics ALSO IN THIS ISSUE Bombardier Global 7500 Smoke Signals Under Pressure Mountain Wave Monsters One Too Many Digital Edition Copyright Notice The content contained in this digital edition (“Digital Material”), as well as its selection and arrangement, is owned by Informa. and its affiliated companies, licensors, and suppliers, and is protected by their respective copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights. Upon payment of the subscription price, if applicable, you are hereby authorized to view, download, copy, and print Digital Material solely for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided that by doing any of the foregoing, you acknowledge that (i) you do not and will not acquire any ownership rights of any kind in the Digital Material or any portion thereof, (ii) you must preserve all copyright and other proprietary notices included in any downloaded Digital Material, and (iii) you must comply in all respects with the use restrictions set forth below and in the Informa Privacy Policy and the Informa Terms of Use (the “Use Restrictions”), each of which is hereby incorporated by reference. Any use not in accordance with, and any failure to comply fully with, the Use Restrictions is expressly prohibited by law, and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the maximum possible extent. You may not modify, publish, license, transmit (including by way of email, facsimile or other electronic means), transfer, sell, reproduce (including by copying or posting on any network computer), create derivative works from, display, store, or in any way exploit, broadcast, disseminate or distribute, in any format or media of any kind, any of the Digital Material, in whole or in part, without the express prior written consent of Informa. -
Smartsky Networks
SmartSky Networks We are SmartSky ready SmartSky Key Features Satcom Direct® and SmartSky Networks have teamed up to deliver • 4G LTE beamforming-based the new standard for air-to-ground (ATG) connectivity. With blazing- wireless technology fast 4G LTE technology, you get a low-latency, airborne Wi-Fi • More than 10 times the speed connection that delivers streaming video, responsive internet access, and 20 times the bandwidth of email, voice calls, and text messaging – in real-time, at speeds rivaling the current industry standard ATG that of terrestrial broadband connections. network SmartSky leverages the proven performance of a 4G LTE • SmartSky LiTE™ available for light beamforming-based wireless platform with the most substantial jets, turboprops radio spectrum ever deployed in the aviation industry - all built upon the low-latency foundation of a secured air-to-ground network. • Multi-GB data throughput Satcom Direct is the exclusive distribution partner for SmartSky • Real-time content streaming Networks, which includes our world class provisioning and support • VoIP calling with your smartphone services. Be among the first to be SmartSky ready by scheduling your installation on light or large business aircraft and selecting an • Video calling and conferencing introductory subscription plan to get you onboard. Estimating your monthly data usage SmartSky delivers a true 4G LTE experience enabling you to stream video in real-time plus talk, text, email, game and surf the web on multiple devices, simultaneously. 30 Enterprise Estimated 20 hours of streaming/ Corporate month* Supports 10 25+ hours Supports 30 hours or less 0 0 15GB 25GB Data included with each subscription plan (GB) Note: Streaming a good quality video uses roughly 300 MB/hour or more. -
2014 Annual Report Textron’S Global Network of Businesses
2014 ANNUAL REPORT TEXTRON’S GLOBAL NETWORK OF BUSINESSES BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON SYSTEMS TEXTRON AVIATION INDUSTRIAL FINANCE Bell Helicopter is one of the Textron Systems’ businesses Textron Aviation is home to Our Industrial segment offers Our Finance segment, leading suppliers of provide innovative solutions the iconic Beechcraft, three main product lines: operated by Textron helicopters and related spare to the defense, aerospace Cessna and Hawker brands, fuel systems and functional Financial Corporation (TFC), parts and services in the and general aviation and continues to lead components produced by is a commercial finance world. Bell is the pioneer of markets. Product lines general aviation through two Kautex; specialized vehicles business that provides the revolutionary tiltrotor include unmanned systems, principal lines of business: and equipment manufactured financing solutions for aircraft and has delivered armored vehicles, advanced aircraft sales and aftermarket. by the Textron Specialized purchasers of Textron more than 35,000 aircraft to marine craft, intelligent Aircraft sales include Vehicles businesses and products, primarily Textron customers around the world. battlefield and surveillance business jet, turboprop and Jacobsen; and tools and Aviation aircraft and Bell Greater than 29% of all systems, intelligence piston aircraft, as well as test equipment made by helicopters. For more than helicopters in operation software solutions, piston special mission and military the Textron Tools & Test five decades, TFC has played today carry the Bell brand, engines, simulation, training aircraft. Aftermarket includes companies. a key role for Textron including both military and and other defense and parts sales, maintenance, customers around the globe. commercial applications. aviation mission support inspection and repair products and services. -
Bell Helicopter, Textron Airland and Textron Aviation to Highlight Special Mission & Defense Products at Marrakech 2016
⏲ 27 April 2016, 06:30 (CDT) Bell Helicopter, Textron AirLand and Textron Aviation to Highlight Special Mission & Defense Products at Marrakech 2016 Wichita, Kansas (April 27, 2016) – Bell Helicopter, Textron AirLand and Textron Aviation Inc., all Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) companies, today announced their plans for the Marrakech Airshow at the Menara Airport in Marrakesh, Morocco, which runs April 27-April 30, 2016. Textron will be displaying in chalet A8. Bell Helicopter This year, Bell Helicopter is showcasing the Bell 407GXP, equipped by NorthStar Aviation as a light attack helicopter, on static display and the Bell UH-1Y Venom and The Bell AH-1Z Viper models showcasing our military attack and utility helicopters. With over 250 commercial Bell Helicopters being used for military missions in Middle East and Africa, Bell Helicopter is seeing a growing demand in the region specifically for the Bell 407 in a light attack configuration. The Bell 407GXP is the latest best-selling Bell 407 platform, with added value through class leading performance, payload capability and operating economics. The M250 Rolls-Royce engine boosts power and fuel efficiency delivering best in class hot and high performance. The aircraft also features avionics improvements in the weight and balance pages, as well as a transmission time between overhaul (TBO) extension of 500 hours. The Bell UH-1Y utility and Bell AH-1Z attack helicopters continue to perform for the United States Marine Corps, delivering on our promise of technologically advanced aircraft the Marines can rely on to accomplish their challenging missions. The Venom and Viper are a potent, comprehensive duo, designed and manufactured to reduce logistical requirements and marinized to perform for expeditionary forces over land or sea. -
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FASTEN SEATBELTS jaargang 17/1 - januari/februari 2014 IN DIT NUMMER 3 Maastricht Airlines 8 Nothrop B-2 20 jaar 10 HiFly 13 Embraer 450 Legacy 15 Mi-171 VIP 16 Museum Yorktown 18 Luchthavens Texas (deel 1) 20 Fact & Figures 35 Productielijsten Een Aviation Society of Antwerp vzw uitgave Uitgave van Aviation Society of Antwerp vzw Luchthaven Antwerpen Bus 38 B-2100 Antwerpen-Deurne tel 32-3-230.27.31 e-mail [email protected] voorzijde : HB-JJD B757-236 ECAir Brussel 11-12-2013 Yves Deliens Verantwoordelijk uitgever boven : YR-BAZ B737-405 Blue Air Brussel 16-12-2013 Yves Deliens Dirk Buytaert [email protected] onder : D-AEAM A300B4-622RF Maximus Air Cargo / DHL Brussel 13-01-2014 Yves Deliens Redactie Wim Venken [email protected] Eric Nuyens [email protected] Eddie Van Looy [email protected] Yves Deliens [email protected] Rudi Rasker [email protected] ASA online www.asa-be.com COPYRIGHT Alle informatie in deze uitgave is voor persoonlijk ge bruik. Gegevens mogen overgenomen worden mits schriftelijke toestemming van de redactie. De redactie is niet verantwoordelijk voor door derden aangebrachte informatie. Aviation Society of Antwerp vzw 2 Fasten Seatbelts 17/1 - januari/februari 2014 Eddie Van Looy Maastricht Airlines B.V. had Weert als hoofdkwartier. Daar bevond zich Het startkapitaal bedroeg 2,5 miljoen euro, waaronder subsidies van Zomer 2012. Geruchten steken de kop op dat er vanaf Maastricht het kantoor van Hamid Kerboua. In Algerije geboren, was de 56-jarige de gemeente Maastricht en de provincie Limburg. -
The Air League Newsletter
The Air League Newsletter Issue 5: September/October 2014 ABOVE - An image from BAE Systems depicts a possible future stealthy “Transformer” air system, that could combine separate autonomous platforms into one, to carry out extended missions. It was one of a number of visionary developments that the company is examining as part of an evolving future air systems strategy. FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES HIGHLIGHTED he 2014 Farnborough International Airshow once again highlighted the latest developments and technologies in the global aerospace sector, ranging from hybrid and electrically powered aircraft to all-new conventional and unmanned aircraft Tprogrammes, and new variants based on existing programmes. But apart from aircraft, the show also acted as a showcase for a wide cross-section of cutting edge innovation and aeronautical and space activity. It was opened by Prime Minister David Cameron MP who stressed that the government now regarded the aerospace sector as one of the nation’s most important for generating future economic growth. Both Airbus and Boeing had their newest as part of the RAF’s “Seedcorn” initiative to aircraft on display during the trade days – the preserve core ASW crew expertise following the Airbus A350XWB and the stretched Boeing demise of Britain’s own maritime air capability. 787-9. and announced orders and options The P-8A is the only jet-powered long-range MR for over 1,200 aircraft during the show. Both contender that comes close to the performance manufacturers had earlier released revised of the lost Nimrods, though Airbus Military future market forecasts indicating that over the is offering a more affordable option based on next 25 years, the number of new large aircraft the C-295 twin turboprop aircraft.