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16 min ago | Flight Global

in Focus: Embraer set for decade of international expansion

If the 1990s were when a struggling Embraer secured its future with the ERJ family of regional jets, and the 2000s all about E-Jets and the breakthrough into business aviation, this decade is likely to be characterised by Embraer's development of an industrial footprint beyond Brazil and a third significant arm of its business - military aviation.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Aircraft, Embraer Aircraft, Embraer ERJ 135, Embraer Legacy 600, Embraer Legacy 450, Embraer Phenom 100, Embraer ERJ 145

4 hrs ago | Ohio.com

Dreams take flight on entrepreneurship field trip

Eighth grader students from the National Inventors Hall of Fame School, Center for Stern Learning, inspect a Cessna 150 while learning about entrepreneurship during a visit to the American Winds Flight Academy on Tuesday in Akron.

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Related Topix: Cessna 150, Aircraft, Cessna Aircraft, Akron, OH

Tue May 22, 2012

Examiner.com

Silver Airways selected as new air provider for Tupelo

After months of searching and rejecting bids from other providers, the U.S. Department of Transportation today selected Silver Airways as the air service provider for the Tupelo Regional Airport.

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Related Topix: Flying, Life, Hobbies, Cessna 150, Aircraft, Cessna Aircraft

Reuters

Analysis: Golden age or bubble? Plane-makers walk the line

When Greece faced a tense, massive debt restructuring earlier this year, an entrepreneur used iPads to connect 100,000 bondholders, saving billions.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Aircraft, Boeing 787, Boeing 737, Airbus Aircraft, Airbus A320

The Wichita Eagle

Cessna offers single-engine aircraft safety education initiative

Cessna Aircraft has launched an aircraft safety education initiative for owners and operators of 172 and 182 single-engine airplanes.

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Related Topix: Aircraft, Cessna Aircraft, Cessna 172, Aerospace-Defense

Flight Global

Working Week Yves Rossy

I've always wanted to fly since I was a child. My inspiration has always been to make my dream come true.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Airbus Aircraft, Airbus A320, Aircraft

Daily Monitor

Chinese firm leased obsolete aircraft for Air Tanzania

China Sonangol International Holdings Ltd, the Chinese government investment firm, has been plunged into fresh controversy following revelation that it procured obsolete aircraft for the Tanzanian flag carrier.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Tanzania, Commercial Aircraft, Aircraft, Airbus Aircraft, Airbus A320

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Interview: AirChive.com and the Man Behind It

Airline Reporter was founded in July 2008 to provide industry-wide news on a consistent level.

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Related Topix: Blog News, Boeing 747, Commercial Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Aircraft, Boeing 787, Airbus A380, Airbus Aircraft

Mon May 21, 2012

Canada.com

Vancouver partnership plans to get more people flying private

The relay, which began on Aug. 24, 2011 in Cape Spear, N.L., ends in Vancouver Tuesday, May 22 and fully recreated the original Man In Motion cross-country tour, spanning 12,000 kilometres coast-to-coast. About 7,000 medal-bearers took part, collectively covering an average of 40 to 80 km a day.

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Related Topix: Aircraft, Embraer Aircraft, Embraer Phenom 100, Bombardier Aircraft, Bombardier Global 5000, Embraer Phenom 300

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

European Aeronautic Defence and Space NV Exec Insights: A380 and Cost Improvement

On Wednesday, European Aeronautic Defence and Space NV reported its first quarter earnings and discussed the following topics in its earnings conference call.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Airbus Aircraft, Aircraft, Airbus A380, Airbus A350, Airbus A330

Star Tribune

Dueling the aircraft near-duopolies

New entrants to the regional and world jet markets are struggling to take off. Long term, the betting is on China.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Boeing 737, Aircraft, Airbus Aircraft, Airbus A320

AVHerald

Saudia A320 at Cairo on May 20th 2012, bird strike

A Saudi Arabian Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration HZ-AS17 performing flight SV-311 from Riyadh to Cairo , was on approach to Cairo when a bird impacted the leading edge of the left hand wing.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Aircraft, Airbus Aircraft, Airbus A320, World News, Middle East, Saudi Arabia

Flight Global

Thailand's Advance Aviation to boost Gulfstream fleet

Thailand business jet and helicopter charter firm Advance Aviation plans to add three Gulfstream G200 aircraft over the next three years.

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Related Topix: Gulfstream V, Aircraft, Gulfstream Aircraft

Sun May 20, 2012

TCPalm

Stuart Jet Center

Photo by Hobie Hiler Stuart Jet Center's Kevin Doherty uses a Jet Porter to move a Gulfstream IV to a hanger at Stuart Jet Center in Stuart.

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Related Topix: Gulfstream IV, Aircraft, Gulfstream Aircraft, Stuart, FL, Martin County, FL

Tajikistan News.Net

4 dead in Trinidad road crash; top judge injured

A confrontation early Wednesday morning that may have begun at a Pembroke Pines nightclub ended with one man dead and another injured in a Hollywood neighborhood, according to police.

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Related Topix: Pembroke Pines, FL, Pop/Rock, Robin Gibb, Commercial Aircraft, Aircraft, Airbus A380, Airbus Aircraft

The Jackson Citizen Patriot

Ezra Eby Elementary School students who learn multiplication tables soar to new heights

MLive.com Ezra Eby Elementary School third grade teacher Brandon Morrow, left, lands his Cessna airplane at Napoleon airport Saturday afternoon after giving his student Alejandro Jimenez, 9, and Jimenez's sister Jennifer, 12, a plane ride Saturday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Aircraft, Cessna Aircraft, Cessna 172

Yahoo!

More than 400 jobs to go at Qantas

Qantas is expected to announce it is shedding more than 400 jobs in its engineering department as it closes down its heavy maintenance base at Tullamarine Airport.

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Related Topix: Boeing 747, Commercial Aircraft, Boeing Aircraft, Aircraft, Airbus A380, Airbus Aircraft, Boeing 737, Airbus A330

The Clarion-Ledger

Book Review: 'Flat Spin' a thrilling debut

Flat Spin, the title of this debut thriller by David Freed is the name of a complex and risky flight maneuver that only the most accomplished pilots should attempt, so it's no surprise that the hero of the story, Cordell Logan, is a first-rate aviator.

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Related Topix: Aircraft, Cessna 172, Cessna Aircraft

Desert Sun

Tourism-centric economy holding steady

Desert Jet's Cessna Citation Encore arrives at Bermuda Dunes Airport an hour before leaving with passengers on a private charter flight to the Pacific Northwest.

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Related Topix: Aircraft, Cessna Citation Encore, Cessna Aircraft, Thermal, CA, Chapman University, Financial Markets, Indio, CA, Riverside County, CA

Fredericksburg.com

Imagine a day that soars, start to finish

Paco de Lucia lived up to his billing as one of the world's top flamenco guitarists during a recent show in New Mexico.

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Related Topix: Kirtland Air Force Base, US Military, US Air Force, Cessna 150, Aircraft, Cessna Aircraft

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