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Helicopters

China’s Avicopter, part of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC)  group, flew its AC313 prototype heavy-lift helicopter for the first time on March 18 from its Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, facility. The 13.8 tonne AC313 flew for about half an hour in company with a chase Changhe Z-8 and AS350 Squirrel, televised live on China

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The first customer delivered Bell 429, N911ED, began EMS operations in late March with Mercy One Air Ambulance in Des Moines, Iowa. The 429 performed its first medical mission on March 29 when it was tasked to respond to a car accident involving a police vehicle late in the afternoon. A male police officer was

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The EA500 Eclipse has received a new lease on life with Eclipse Aerospace launching a retrofit upgrade for  the very light jet. Named the Total Eclipse, the upgrade is designed to fix a number of issues with EA500s. The aircraft will be certified for flight into known icing condition, a service ceiling of 41,000ft, and

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Polish company PZL Swidnik and Pilatus have signed a 10 year agreement which will see PZL assemble PC-12 fuselages and wing cells from the second half of 2011. Under the arrangement, Pilatus will continue to produce detail parts in Stans for assembly at PZL’s facilities in Lublin, southeast of Warsaw. The Swiss airframer added that

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Hawker Pacific and the Shanghai Airport Authority have officially opened a new joint venture fixed base operation at at Shanghai’s Hongquiao airport. The 3100sq m full service FBO operation offers a large lounge, five offices, theatre and conference facilities for customers as well as a rest and service area for crew. Initially, FBO services will

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Gulfstream Aerospace has announced that a second G250 has entered flight testing, with the aircraft making its first flight from Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport on March 24. “We are very pleased with the progress that we’ve made,” said Pres Henne, senior vice president, programs, engineering and test, Gulfstream. “Both aircraft have performed wonderfully. We

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