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Adam Aircraft Announces First Flight of A700 Serial Number 004 Print E-mail
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Monday, 24 September 2007

Second Conforming Aircraft Added to Certification Program

Atlanta, Georgia, September 24, 2007 — Adam Aircraft today announced the first flight of A700 Serial Number 004, the second conforming aircraft which will be used for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) flight-testing. The very successful 1.3 hour first flight occurred Friday, August 24, 2007 out of Centennial Airport (KAPA), Englewood, Colorado. According to flight crew Pilot in Command Jim Jones and David Hayes, Second in Command, "The aircraft flew very well and demonstrated excellent controllability and handling."

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Adam Aircraft Defines Innovation with New Production Process and Customer Support Network Print E-mail
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Monday, 24 September 2007

Innovative All Composite Aircraft

Atlanta, Georgia, September 24, 2007 — Adam Aircraft continues to see a strong future with a healthy backlog and plans to produce over 1,000 aircraft in next decade. During the 60th Annual National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Meeting and Convention at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia, Adam Aircraft Chairman and CEO John Wolf and President Duncan Koerbel recapped the latest progress and detailed the initiatives in place to make the innovative all composite aircraft company a world leader in production and customer support.

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Cessna Citation Mustang Gaining Global Momentum Print E-mail
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Sunday, 23 September 2007

Atlanta, September 23, 2007 – With more than 350 aircraft on order – one-third of which will go to Europe-based customers – the Citation Mustang continues to gain global momentum for Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company.

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Eclipse Aviation Opens Customer Training Center at Double Eagle II Airport Print E-mail
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Thursday, 13 September 2007

Company delivers on commitments to invest in Albuquerque’s west side, and to provide a superior pilot training facility

ALBUQUERQUE, NM — September 13, 2007 — Eclipse Aviation, manufacturer of the world’s first very light jet (VLJ), today held a grand opening ceremony for its Customer Training Center, the company’s first facility at Double Eagle II Airport (KAEG). Eclipse Aviation has committed to an extensive pilot training curriculum that will prepare customers for real world operations of their Eclipse 500, and this building will help the company to deliver this superior training program.

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Cessna Delivers First Citation Mustang in Europe Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 05 September 2007

Farnborough, U.K., September 5, 2007 – Entrepreneur Jane Howell has become the first European customer to take delivery of a Citation Mustang, the new-generation entry level business jet designed by Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company.

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Holy Turbine Fuel Batman Epic Sales Go Stratospheric Print E-mail
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Saturday, 01 September 2007

August 1, 2007, Bend, Oregon—Epic Aircraft booked more than $40,000,000 of new aircraft sales during this year’s AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Earlier in the year Epic released sales figures of more than $23,000,000 from the 7-day Sun ‘n Fun fly-in in Lakeland, Florida. The numbers come from signed contracts with nonrefundable deposits toward the purchase of Epic Aircraft.

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Eclipse Aviation Auctions Eclipse 500 for More than 1 8 Million Print E-mail
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Monday, 27 August 2007

Company names Morten Wagner as winner of auction

ALBUQUERQUE, NM — August 27, 2007 — Eclipse Aviation, manufacturer of the world’s first very light jet (VLJ), today announced the winner of its Eclipse 500 auction through the company’s private label online marketplace powered by eBay. The auction concluded when Morten Wagner of Denmark placed his winning bid of $1,833,945 at 2:00 a.m. his time on August 11, 2007. Wagner plans to accept his Eclipse 500 at the company’s headquarters in Albuquerque this week.

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Spectrum Aeronautical Enhances Performance of its Independence S-33 Print E-mail
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Friday, 10 August 2007

Accelerates its Mid-size Freedom S-40 Certification Schedule

Carlsbad, CA, August 10, 2007 - Linden Blue, Chairman of Spectrum Aeronautical, LLC, today announced significant performance improvements to the S-33 “Independence” and that the company will also accelerate the FAA Type Certification program for its new mid-sized light jet, the model S-40 “Freedom.

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