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BOEING
787 COMPLETES FIRST FLIGHT
 At
10:28 a.m. local time on Tuesday, the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner took
off from Snohomish County Airport in Everett, Wash., into cloudy skies,
before a crowd of about 16,000. The flight was scheduled to last about
four hours, but after three hours spent circling above Puget Sound, with
weather deteriorating, the crew touched down with a smooth landing at
Boeing Field, in Seattle. The test pilots performed a long list of basic
tests and systems checks, and they reported that the airplane flew
beautifully, with "no surprises." Five more copies of the 787 will be
used in the flight test program, which is expected to take about nine
months, with first deliveries late in 2010. The company said it has
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FIRST
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A few days after the first
extended test flight of its G650 large executive jet, Gulfstream flew
the super-midsize G250 for the first time. Whereas the first flight of
the G650 on Nov. 25 was cut short by a vibrating gear door, the G250
flight went as planned, taking off from Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv
for a flight lasting three hours and 21 minutes. The aircraft is being
developed in partnership with Israel Aircraft Industries. "The G250
performed extremely well, just as we expected," Pres Henne, Gulfstream's
senior vice president, programs, engineering and test, said in a news
release. Meanwhile, Airbus is celebrating the long-awaited first flight
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PHENOM
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Embraer says U.S. deliveries of its Phenom 300
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type certification on Monday. The FAA nod came 10 days after Brazilian
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NETJETS
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The fallout from
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announced the giant fractional operator is canceling $2.6 billion worth
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EFFORTS
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Enterprises announced this week that its biomass fuel, designed
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as a test fuel. "With this approval, we can begin full-scale testing
with industry stakeholders," said Mary Rusek, president and co-owner of
Swift. Extensive testing of aircraft fuel systems, engines and materials
compatibility must take place before 100SF can be fully certified as
airworthy. Rusek said once testing is complete, the fuel will be
comparably priced to other GA fuels and more efficient. Also this week,
13 major airlines signed on to work with two producers of
alternative jet fuel, AltAir Fuels and Rentech. "Our intention as an
airline industry is to continue to do our part by supporting the use of
alternative fuels," said Glenn Tilton, CEO of United Airlines and
chairman of the Air Transport Association. "We urge the U.S. government
and the investment community also to do their part to further support
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nonbinding, but ATA said they lay "critical groundwork for negotiations
over specific alternative-fuels purchase agreements." More...
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