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comfortable fit and the clear audio you expect from Bose. It also
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EMBRAER
LEGACY 500 ROLLS OUT
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Embraer's latest business jet, the Legacy
500, saw daylight on Dec. 23 and the Brazilian planemaker is pinning a
lot of its future in the business jet market on the clean-sheet Legacy
500 and its follow-on, the Legacy 450. As
we reported from EBACE 2008, the new aircraft fill the gap between
its light and lighter Phenom 300 and 100 models and big-cabin 600 and
650 platforms. The rollout occurred at Embraer's headquarters in Sao
Jose dos Campos, Brazil, where the mid and super-midsize 450 and 500
will be built. First flight of this aircraft, the first of three test
articles, is expected by the third quarter of 2012. More...
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GULFSTREAM
ENDS G200 PRODUCTION RUN
The last G200 has rolled off the
production line in Savannah, Ga., Gulfstream said last week. The
business jet was among the first in the super-midsize category when it
was certified in 1998, originally flying as the "Galaxy" before Galaxy
Aerospace was acquired by Gulfstream in 2001. The last jet is the 250th
in the line. The G200 will be replaced in the Gulfstream line by the
all-new G280, which is scheduled to enter service next year.
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The Paperless Enroute
Charting Revolution
Has Begun with Mobile FliteDeck
Data-driven technology is changing the way pilots navigate safely to
their destinations and leading to new opportunities for operational
efficiency. Learn about the evolution of aeronautical charts, the
challenges of paper charts, and the features and benefits of Mobile
FliteDeck, the industry’s first interactive mobile enroute
flight application in "Aviation Transformed," a white
paper from Jeppesen.
Download the white paper.
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HAWKER
BEECHCRAFT SUES OVER USAF CONTRACT
Hawker Beechcraft says the
U.S. Air Force hasn't given a fair shake to its bid to provide up to 55
airplanes for light air support, and on Tuesday, Hawker said it's taking
the argument to federal court. The company said it has asked the Air
Force -- twice -- to explain its choice,
with no response, and late last week the Government Accountability
Office declined Hawker's request to review the decision. The elimination
of Hawker's AT-6 single-engine turboprop leaves only Embraer's Super
Tocano in contention for the contract, which is worth nearly $1 billion.
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PILOT
HIRING MADE EASY?
An Austin, Texas, software firm says it has
taken a lot of the work out of hiring pilots with an algorithm that
sorts through the resumes of thousands of pilots to find those suited to
specific jobs being offered. Pilot
Credentials is now handling FedEx's and Southwest's candidate
screening through a database of potential pilots that allows hiring
managers get the information they need quickly. "It has saved our
recruiters countless hours on the phone," Rocky Calkins, Southwest's
hiring manager, told the Austin American-Statesman. "Being able to streamline
the process has shaved a lot of time off a very time-consuming process."
The company says it will now start marketing the system to other
airlines. More...
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VIDEO:
GOT AN OILY HANGAR FLOOR? THIS STUFF CAN SPRUCE IT UP
 Many of
us dream of a gleaming gray expoxy-coated hangar floor illuminated by
the glare of bright lights. But most of us actually have oil-stained
concrete, dingy from years of abuse. If your floor is stained badly, a
product called ReKrete can help improve it. Aviation Consumer's
Paul Bertorelli demonstrates the product in this brief video.
More...
VIDEO:
F-106 CORN FIELD BOMBER, CONVAIR DELTA DART
 This is
an unusual story. The jet you're looking at is an F-106 Delta Dart. A
storied interceptor in its day, it was built to exceed an Air Force
requirement for 1.9 mach and continuous flight at 57,000 feet. It did
both. And in December 1959, it set a speed record, of 1,525 mph, or
about 2.3 mach, while flying at 40,000 feet. Its pilot at the time,
Major Joseph Rogers, claimed the record might not be accurate. He was
still accelerating, he said, at the time. But this particular jet is
famous for a different reason. More...
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WHERE? YOU TELL US
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