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Magazine Issue

NBAA: ShowNews Day 1

VOL. 1 NO. 1 November 17, 2015

Aircraft

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Embraer Adds Range to Legacy 450

Nov 16, 2015
Embraer’s newly certified Legacy 450 will receive an increase of max range from 2,500 nm to 2,900 nm with four passengers, giving the twinjet New York-Los Angeles nonstop flight capability.
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Second PC-24 Prototype Flies

Nov 16, 2015
Pilatus flew its second PC-24 twinjet prototype on the eve of NBAA – even taking advantage of the time difference with Europe to have a photograph ready to display at its pre-scheduled Monday press conference.
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Gulfstream G500 On Schedule for 2018 Entry Into Service

Nov 17, 2015
The $43.5 million G500, Gulfstream’s long-awaited replacement for the $41 million G450, is making its NBAA debut only six months after its first flight.
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Lineage 1000E Has Long Legs

Nov 17, 2015
Embraer’s Lineage 1000E was showing off its extended range last Saturday, flying nonstop from New Jersey’s Teterboro Airport to Las Vegas, departing with a reduced fuel load to meet the Teterboro weight restriction of 100,000 lb.
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Textron Flexes ‘Midwestern Swagger’ Showcasing Newest Bizjets At NBAA

Nov 16, 2015
Textron Aviation is betting on the larger end of the business-jet market with two new aircraft: the Citation Longitude and the Citation Hemisphere.
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Embraer Modifies Fuel Tank, Increases Range of Legacy 450

Nov 16, 2015
Embraer’s newly certified Legacy 450 will receive an increase of max range from 2,500 nm to 2,900 nm with four passengers, giving the twinjet New York-Los Angeles nonstop flight capability.
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Gulfstream G500 On Track For 2018 Deliveries

Nov 17, 2015
The $43.5 million G500, Gulfstream’s long-awaited replacement for the $41 million G450, is making its NBAA debut only six months after its first flight.

News

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Elliott Unveils Beechjet Refurb Program

Nov 17, 2015
Elliott Aviation has launched a 400E program, a refurbishment program for Beechjet 400A and Hawker 400XP twin-engine corporate aircraft.
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Rules Eased For Business Jets To Cuba

Nov 17, 2015
True capitalists are always looking for new ways to expand business, and with the tropical chill there now warming, U.S. business leaders – and the aircraft that carry them – are pointing south to Cuba, that Communist white-beach bastion, and market, seemingly frozen in time.
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Liebherr Aerospace Highlights Systems Technology Expertise

Nov 17, 2015
Liebherr Aerospace is exhibiting state-of-the-art systems and components from its product lines at this year’s show.
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Elliott Aviation Showcases Its Capabilities

Nov 17, 2015
Highlighting its presence at this year’s convention, Elliott Aviation is introducing the 400E, a fully modified business jet it describes as “the next generation of Beechjet 400A/Hawker 400XP upgrade.”
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Acceptance Grows of JetFuelX’s Fuel Tool

Nov 17, 2015
JetFuelX’s free information technology fuel management tool for turbine aircraft owners and corporate flight departments is gaining widespread acceptance, having signed up its 2,000th aircraft this fall.
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Kimberly-Clark Develops Aviation Products

Nov 18, 2015
Kimberly-Clark has long been known for Kleenex facial tissue, Huggies diapers and Scott paper towels, but its industrial division has a long history in business aviation.
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Lektro Launches a Hybrid Tug

Nov 17, 2015
Lektro, which is now celebrating its 70th year in business, is introducing a hybrid electric tug capable of running on electricity only or with a fuel-versatile diesel engine for use where there is limited or no charging infrastructure.
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MSB Design Offers Hi-Lo Tables for Gulfstream G500 and G600

Nov 17, 2015
Canada-based precision engineering company MSB Design is showcasing its Hi-Lo conference tables here at NBAA. The tables were specifically designed for the Gulfstream G500 and G600 and will be offered as an initial specification option.
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Nextant Eyes Super-Midsize and Large-Cabin Jets

Nov 17, 2015
Nextant Aerospace, best known for its fast-growing Nextant 400XTi light-jet remanufacture of the Beechjet 400A or 400XP, is now “studying engineering…
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Honeywell Trims 10-Year Business Jet Forecast

Nov 17, 2015
Over the next 10 years, Honeywell Aerospace is forecasting demand for up to 9,200 new business jet deliveries at a value of $270 billion, a decline of 3% to 5% in value over its 2014 forecast.
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GE Takes On PT6 Engine With Advanced Turboprop

Nov 17, 2015
General Electric is launching a family of advanced turboprop (ATP) engines following its selection by Textron to power the company’s newly disclosed next-generation single-engine turboprop aircraft.
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Raisbeck Adds Swept Props for King Air 350

Nov 17, 2015
In addition to swept props, Raisbeck’s King Air offerings include aft body strakes, enhanced leading edges, high flotation landing gear doors, and a ram air recovery system.
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Airbus Corporate Jets Expands Support Network

Nov 17, 2015
Airbus is enhancing the way it cares for corporate jet customers and operators by expanding the capabilities and reach of its service center network.
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MU-2 Product Support Strengthens Safety Culture With New Programs

Nov 17, 2015
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America is launching two new safety-focused programs in the first quarter of 2016 – the next version of the MU-2 icing video and certification of a new angle-of-attack system for the turboprop twin.
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CAT for a Coast-to-Coast King Air

Nov 17, 2015
Commuter Air Technology is taking orders – and offering show discounts – for its new CAT 350ME, a maximum-endurance King Air that can travel coast-to-coast or across the Atlantic nonstop with enhanced payload capabilities to boot.
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Gimme Five – Propeller Blades, That Is – Says Pilatus

Nov 17, 2015
A new Hartzell Propeller five-blade, carbon-fiber, swept-tip prop will maximize performance of the 1,300-strong Pilatus PC-12 fleet and provide the foundation for a more far-reaching upgrade announced on the eve of this year’s show.
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Shanghai Hawker Pacific Had Record October

Nov 17, 2015
While Western observers believe the Chinese market for business aviation has all but collapsed under the weight of the government’s anti-corruption campaign, there is another side to the picture: Flying activity there might be at record levels.
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Asian Sky Group Lowers Regional Forecast

Nov 17, 2015
ASG had previously forecast single-digit growth at the upper end in early 2015, but it now appears that annual growth may be just under 5%, half of what the Hong Kong-based consultancy and brokerage had earlier predicted.

Connectivity

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Gogo Launches 4G Air-to-Ground Capability for Bizav

Nov 17, 2015
Gogo Business Aviation says operators of business jets who equip with its new Biz 4G air-to-ground connectivity service, announced Oct. 14 and available in early 2017, will get the “speed they need to power their digital lifestyles without skipping a beat.”
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Lufthansa Technik Installing Ka-Broadband Internet On VIP Aircraft

Nov 17, 2015
Starting in early 2016, Lufthansa Technik will install Ka-band satellite communication technology aboard several VIP aircraft.
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Gogo Delivers on NetJets Contract

Nov 17, 2015
Gogo Business Aviation rolls into NBAA 2015 as it begins delivery of 650 Gogo inflight entertainment and connectivity systems to fractional giant NetJets.

Avionics

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Rockwell Collins Looks Fore and Aft

Nov 17, 2015
In a flat market for new aircraft, the best place to focus your resources is on the aftermarket, believes Craig Olson, Rockwell Collins’ vice president and general manager for business and regional aviation.

FBO News

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The State of FBOs: Déjà Vu All Over Again?

Nov 17, 2015
The famous mangled quotation attributed to the late New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra might apply to the tepid state of the FBO industry for this year and last. And yet, there are signs that this service industry is improving slowly but steadily in some quarters.

VIP Completions

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VIP Completions Busy, But For How Long?

Nov 17, 2015
The VIP large aircraft industry is busy. But exactly how busy, and for how long depends on who is being queried.
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Three Completion Projects Underway For AMAC Aerospace

Nov 17, 2015
AMAC is one of the busier cabin completion, refurbishment and MRO centers with three completion projects currently under way as well as three refurbishments.
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Greenpoint Sees Technology Driving Completion and Refurbishment

Nov 17, 2015
Evaluating the completion and refurbishment industry, Greenpoint Technologies sees “positive signs” with outfitted BBJ747-8s already being delivered to customers, and deliveries of completed BBJ787s expected to begin as early as next year.
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GDC Investing in the Future

Nov 17, 2015
GDC Technics is both busy and actively investing in what it believes is long-term market growth for cabin completion and refurbishment and MRO work.
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Lufthansa Technik Wins Royal Jet BBJs

Nov 17, 2015
Lufthansa Technik has been selected by Royal Jet to complete two Boeing 737-700 BBJ VIP aircraft as the Abu Dhabi-based private charter company expands its fleet.
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Inairvation Wins First Customer, Launches Retrofits

Nov 17, 2015
Activity has picked up at Inairvation as it wins supersonic business jet designer Aerion as its first customer for integrated cabins, and names three partners to offer complete integrated cabin retrofits for Bombardier Global Express/5000/6000 aircraft.
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Wheels Up Predicts 50% Growth in 2016

Nov 17, 2015
Wheels Up predicts a 50% boost in revenue next year and an 80% increase in revenue flight hours. The company has been in operation only for 837 days, "really proving that anything can happen in America."

Forecast

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Demand for the Biggest Jets Is Slowing

Nov 17, 2015
The business-aviation market will continue to track upward over the next five years, although billings may decrease or remain flat, according to market analysts.

NBAA-BACE

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Gulfstream Announces Range Increase For G600

Oct 15, 2018
Gulfstream Aerospace has announced the second range increase for its new $57.9 million G600 business jet since its introduction.