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2025 is off to a strong start for Embraer Executive Jets, with first-quarter deliveries rising 28% compared to the same period in 2024. The company delivered 23 aircraft in Q1, up from 18 last year. This included two Phenom 100s and 12 Phenom 300s—one of the best-selling business jets since its debut in 2009—along with three Praetor 500s and six Praetor 600s, marking an increase in midsize jet deliveries. Read more at bit.ly/3XQSHi1 ... See MoreSee Less

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Between April 9 and 14, 1985, a team from Allison (now part of Rolls-Royce plc) set 15 records in a Sikorsky S-76 Mark II, leased from Petroleum Helicopters, to demonstrate the reliability and performance of the Allison engines. Over two days, the crew established records in speed, distance, and altitude, covering over 7,000 miles across the United States and Canada, including a non-stop flight of 950 miles and a coast-to-coast journey from New York City to Los Angeles in 19 hours (with three fuel stops). The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) officially recognized 13 of these as world records: 1. Speed over a recognized course 2. Distance without landing 3. Altitude in horizontal flight 4. Time to climb to a specified altitude 5. Speed over a closed circuit 6. Greatest payload lifted to a specified altitude 7. Speed over a straight course 8. Distance over a closed circuit without landing 9. Altitude with payload 10. Time to climb to a specified altitude with payload 11. Speed over a recognized course with payload 12. Distance without landing with payload 13. Altitude in horizontal flight with payloadDo you know if any of these records still stand?📸 The Indianapolis News ... See MoreSee Less

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