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China Jet 9-7-09

 -- State-owned Aviation Industry Corp. of China, or AVIC, unveiled Tuesday its design for a single-aisle commercial jet to break the Airbus and Boeing Co. duopoly in the production of large aircraft. At a trade show in Hong Kong, the Agence France Presse reported the new Chinese regional jet, the C919, will sit 190 people and be ready for service by 2016. Much of its initial customers are expected to be domestic, as more Chinese take to flying for cross-country travel due to the great distances and poor highway and rail infrastructure, experts have said. Chinese media reports have estimated that the country's airlines would need a total of 1,600 new passenger jets by the year 2020 and 3,000 by 2050, at a cost of hundreds of billions of dollars, AFP reported. Airbus is a unit of European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. .MarketWatch, Inc.

DIAMOND DA42L360 TWIN CERTIFIED  7-24-09

Diamond Aircraft Industries Inc. has received Transport Canada certification for its Lycoming IO360 powered DA42 L360. The STC permits production of new aircraft as well as factory retrofit of previously delivered TAE powered DA42-TDI Twin Stars. The new DA42 L360 will be on display, alongside the Austro Engine powered DA42 NG, at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh from July 27 to August 2. For more information about the DA42 L360, visit www.DiamondAircraft.com/aircraft/da42/.

Warbirds 7-9-09

EAA Warbirds of America has confirmed several very unique and rare warbirds will be attending EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2009. Owner Ron Fagen of Granite Falls, Minnesota, has registered a Lockheed P-38 Lightning, a Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, along with a North American P-51 Mustang. The P-38 and P-40 are considered very rare these days, with only a few examples of each type flying in the United States.

Float Plane Has Hard Landing Near Brainerd MN.  6-14-09

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Piper Sold to Asia-Based Finance House

American Capital has sold its 100 percent interest in Piper Aircraft to Imprimis, a corporate finance and management company with offices in Bangkok, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam. Imprimis Managing Partner Stephen Berger said, "Imprimis sees this acquisition as a perfect fit as we develop plans for Piper's continued growth in its existing markets and for significant expansion within the Asian markets where much of our focus lies." He also said that Imprimis had been looking for some time to invest in an aviation company. Piper's Bass said, "Imprimis' commitment to grow Piper in both existing and emerging markets comes at a time when we are poised to enter a new era in aviation history."