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November 13, 2015

Learjet 75 Sets World Speed Record Across the U.S.

This Flight Marks 50 Years Since Aircraft Pioneer Clay Lacy's Historic Transcontinental Speed Record In A Learjet 23 Aircraft

The high-performance Bombardier Learjet 75 aircraft has set a world speed record in its class, flying round trip between New York and Los Angeles. The flight, piloted by two members of Bombardier's flight operations demonstration team, Ed Hillis and Jeff Triphahn, was staged to mark the 50th anniversary of Clay Lacy's 1965 record-setting transcontinental round-trip flight. To date, aircraft in the Learjet family have accumulated 111 world speed records.

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Bell Sees Slow Recovery In Commercial Helicopter Market

Outlook Has Worsened Over The Past Six Months

Bell Helicopter officials say that the commercial helicopter market may not see significant recovery until sometime in the first half of 2017.

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GE Opens Middle East Aviation Technology Center

Facility Located At Dubai Airport Free Zone

GE has opened their Middle East Aviation Technology Center to support customers’ operations by leveraging data analytics, domain experience and software capabilities to increase productivity, maximize performance and minimize downtime for customers using GE’s platform for the Industrial Internet.

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Bell Helicopter Signs LOI With Horizon International Flight Academy

HIFA Will Become First Middle East Authorized Bell Training Center

A Letter of Intent (LOI) has been signed between Bell Helicopter and Horizon International Flight Academy to become the first Bell Helicopter authorized training center in the Middle East.

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VistaJet Challenger 350 Sets World Speed Record

Flight From Napa Valley To The Cayman Islands Was Completed In Five Hours And Five Minutes

A Bombardier Challenger 350 aircraft has set a world speed record in its class, flying from Napa Valley to the Cayman Islands - a distance of 2,774 miles in five hours and five minutes.

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P&WC Focuses On New Engines, Applications, Enhanced Operating Metrics

Company Has Certified More Than 36 Turboshaft Models In The Past Fifty Years

Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. said at the Dubai Air Show that it is continuing to focus on bringing new and innovative engines to the market, finding new applications for its existing engine families and constantly improving the operating metrics of its in-service fleet.

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EASA Drafts Regulations For Single-Engine Commercial Air Transport

GAMA Calls Action An 'Important Milestone'

GAMA has released a statement regarding EASA's issuance of Opinion 06/2015 that contains a regulatory framework that would allow Commercial Air Transport (CAT) operations using single-engine turbine aeroplanes at night and in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC). Europe is the last major aviation region of the world that does not permit widespread commercial operations in single-engine airplanes.

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Honeywell Signs Engine Contract With Marenco Swisshelicopter

HTS900 Engine Will Power The Aircraft

Honeywell Aerospace has signed a contract to supply its next-generation HTS900 engine to Marenco Swisshelicopter.

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Garmin, PWC Offer King Air Aircraft Upgrade Incentives

Substantial Savings Possible When Upgrading Avionics And Engines Simultaneously

Garmin International and Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) have announced new incentives to provide King Air aircraft owners and operators significant savings on the G1000 Integrated Flight Deck and qualifying P&WC engine upgrades. The upgrade incentives apply to a broad range of King Air aircraft models.

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