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June 20, 2007

News From Paris: Cessna Books BIG NetJets Order

Deal For 97 Planes Worth More Than $1 Billion

Cessna Aircraft Company announced Wednesday at the Paris Air Show that NetJets, already the company's largest Citation customer, has signed a deal to further increase its fleet by another 96 Citation business jets. The order includes 50 Encore+, 37 XLS+ and nine Citation X aircraft... and totals more than $1 billion.

FAA Certification Expected Later This Year

AgustaWestland told ANN Wednesday the AW119 Ke (Koala enhanced) helicopter was awarded EASA certification during a ceremony held Wednesday at the Paris Air Show. The certification process was performed by ENAC (Italian Airworthiness Authority) under EASA task allocation.

Twin Otters Heading To The Mideast

Viking Air Limited, which recently restarted the production-line for its 20-passenger DHC-6 Twin Otter as the "Series 400," recently received a firm order for 10 aircraft from Emirates Advanced Investments (EAI) headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The contract was signed by the two companies at the Paris Air Show this week.

ANN Special Feature: David Sakrison, Chasing the Ghost Birds - 06.20.07

ANN's Paul Plack talks with veteran aviation writer David Sakrison, author of Chasing the Ghost Birds, a new book which chronicles what has been termed "the conservation equivalent of puttin

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AD NUMBER: 2007-12-21 MANUFACTURER: Hawker Beechcraft Corporation SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2007-12-21 SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) to supersede AD 2006-26-08, which applies to all Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) Model 390 airplanes.

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Cyber Defense Systems announced this week the company has received an Experimental Airworthiness Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration.