Cessna Aircraft has signed a strategic agreement with the China Aviation Industry General Aircraft (CAIGA) Company for final assembly, sales and customer support of Cessna Caravans in China for the Chinese market. What does that mean exactly? Cessna wants to make it very clear: Caravans for the Chinese market will continue to be manufactured in …
Monthly Archive: May 2012
ATR Marks Delivery of 1,000th Turboprop – Things With Wings
ATR today celebrated the delivery of its 1,000th turboprop. The aircraft, MSN999 (MSN1000 has already been delivered) goes to Air Nostrum. It is the airline’s second ATR 72-600; the first was delivered last week. The formal change of ownership is actually not planned until early next week (the first five of ten Air Nostrum -600s …
USAF Still Lacks ‘Smoking Gun’ For F-22 Hypoxic Events – Aviation Week
The U.S. Air Force is narrowing its focus on new combinations of factors as it explores hypoxia events that claimed the life of one F-22 pilot and plagued the fleet for more than a year. Service officials remain frustrated, that a “smoking gun” for the cause is still elusive despite an extraordinary effort to enlist …