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High-Tech Executive Roel Pieper to Form Distribution Company for Eclipse 500 Jet in Eastern Europe Print E-mail
VLJ Manufacturer News
Tuesday, 02 May 2006

Commercial strategy to be focused initially on Russia, Ukraine and Turkey

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — May 02, 2006 — Eclipse Aviation Corporation today announced a partnership with ETIRC Aviation Europe (ETIRC Aviation), a new company that will drive sales and service for the breakthrough Eclipse 500 jet throughout countries such as Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and other CIS states. ETIRC Aviation was founded by Roel Pieper, a former high-tech executive and current venture capitalist.

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Embraer Introduces The Phenom Jets To Europe Print E-mail
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Friday, 28 April 2006

Company’s newest Legacy 600 displayed at EBACE

São José dos Campos, April 28, 2006Embraer will showcase the Phenom 100 and the Phenom 300 interior mock-ups at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE 2006) to kick off the European tour. The newest Legacy 600 will also be exhibited at the international convention to be held May 3-5 in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Adam Aircraft A700 AdamJet Achieves Flight of 41,000 feet at 340 Knots Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 26 April 2006

A700 Very Light Jet Program Continues to Accelerate

Englewood, CO, April 26, 2006—— Today Adam Aircraft announced that the A700 AdamJet flew to 41,000 feet and achieved a true airspeed of 340 knots. The aircraft was crewed by Senior Turbine Test Pilot Ken Sasine and co-pilot Dan Brand.

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Diamond D-JET Continues Flight Testing Print E-mail
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Monday, 24 April 2006
After the successful first flight of its sensational new D-JET on April 18th, Diamond continued with an aggressive flight test program with additional flights on April 19th, 20th and 21st to further expand the speed envelope and continue evaluation of handling characteristics.

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D-JET Completes Successful First Flight Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 18 April 2006
After a series of high speed taxi and rotation tests, Diamond's D-JET S/N 001, lifted off at 17:08 on Tuesday April 18th, 2006. The test was conducted from the London International Airport, home of Diamond's North American operation.
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Adam Aircraft Announces Rob Penrod as Vice President, Manufacturing Print E-mail
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Monday, 17 April 2006

Experienced Composites Manager to Lead Transition to Full-Rate Production on A500 and A700

 

Englewood, CO, April 17, 2006Adam Aircraft announced today the appointment of Rob Penrod as Vice President of Manufacturing. Penrod joins Adam Aircraft from Bell Helicopter. As Director of Operations, he led a business unit of more than 400 employees and annual sales of $600 Million. With cross-functional oversight of manufacturing, tooling, industrial engineering, and quality, Penrod led Bell’s efforts to transition the V-22 Osprey, a complex composite tilt-rotor aircraft, from developmental stages into full-rate production. Prior to joining Bell Helicopter, Penrod spent 19 years with the Aerostructures Corporation of Nashville, Tennessee. Rob has more than 27 years of aerospace experience in manufacturing, quality assurance, program management, marketing, inventory management, and lean methodologies.

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Embraer Extends Phenom 100 Launch Price Offer Print E-mail
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Friday, 07 April 2006

Executive jet’s new price effective in June

São José dos Campos, April 7, 2006Embraer announced today that the launch price of the Phenom 100 will be maintained through May 31, 2006. Effective June 1, 2006, the price of the executive jet will be US$ 2.85 million for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification, in January 2005 economic conditions. The announced launch price was US$ 2.75 million.

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Citation Mustang Program Accumulates More Than 850 Flight Hours Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 04 April 2006

Lakeland, Fla., April 4, 2006 – The Cessna Citation Mustang program continues to move toward certification and first delivery, both scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2006:

The Mustang prototype, serial number 0001 and serial number 0002 have accumulated more than 850 total flight hours.

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