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February 26, 2007

Airbus Opens New Alabama Engineering Center

Facility Will Work On A350XWB, KC-30 Tanker

Airbus' upcoming A350XWB medium-range widebody and the Northrop Grumman KC-30 Advanced Tanker will soon have a decidedly American flavor, as Airbus North America formally dedicated its new engineering center in Mobile, AL.

First Flight Scheduled Later This Year

JetBird AG reports a number of key milestones have been achieved in the design and manufacturing program for the Embraer Phenom 100 very light jet (VLJ). The first Phenom 100 test flight is expected in mid-2007.

ANN Special Feature: Andrew Hamblin, Expedition Aircraft - 02.26.07

ANN's Paul Plack talks with Andrew Hamblin of Expedition aircraft about the company's two new back-country planes, expected to be certified later this year.

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Divorced: Eclipse And Avidyne Part Ways

While it may come as no surprise to a great many people following the intensive development of the Eclipse 500 VLJ, ANN can now divulge something that has been in the works for a while... the "divorce" of Eclipse Aviation and Avidyne.