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is now officially headquartered...</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Smart Aviation prepares for Sovereign deliveries</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/06/29/328969/smart-aviation-prepares-for-sovereign-deliveries.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/06/29/328969/smart-aviation-prepares-for-sovereign-deliveries.html</guid><description>Egyptian charter operator Smart Aviation will take delivery this year of the first two Cessna Citation Sovereigns...</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Unveiled: Researchers reveal pioneering Solar Impulse prototype</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/06/26/328925/unveiled-researchers-reveal-pioneering-solar-impulse-prototype.html</link><guid 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GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Price Induction wins support from Aquitaine region</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/06/23/328702/price-induction-wins-support-from-aquitaine-region.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/06/23/328702/price-induction-wins-support-from-aquitaine-region.html</guid><description>Privately owned French turbofan development company Price Induction is to be at the centre of a new project to develop turbofan propulsion expertise in the...</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Qatar Executive plans to quickly build business jet fleet</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/06/23/328706/qatar-executive-plans-to-quickly-build-business-jet-fleet.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/06/23/328706/qatar-executive-plans-to-quickly-build-business-jet-fleet.html</guid><description>Qatar Airways' new on-demand charter division plans to build rapidly on its initial fleet...</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:04:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Business aviation in brief</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/06/23/328651/business-aviation-in-brief.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/06/23/328651/business-aviation-in-brief.html</guid><description>Cessna has begun a company-wide furlough and a skeleton crew is keeping the airframer afloat as it continues to endure rolling layoffs</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:14:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Helibras to design and build a new helicopter from scratch</title><link>http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/06/23/328688/helibras-to-design-and-build-a-new-helicopter-from-scratch.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2009/06/23/328688/helibras-to-design-and-build-a-new-helicopter-from-scratch.html</guid><description>Eurocopter's 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