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Crossville, TN (October 27, 2015) — TAP Publishing Company, based in Crossville, TN, announced that Rachel Hill has been named publisher of its flagship magazine and online market, Trade-A-Plane. Hill joined Trade-A-Plane in 1990, spending more than two decades in advertising sales. Most recently, she served as associate publisher. “Rachel has earned the respect of […]

Pratt & Whitney has awarded Rolls-Royce a $315 million contract to produce LiftSystem equipment for 17 F135-powered short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) F-35B combat aircraft. Announced on 1 May, the propulsion system order covers the delivery of LiftFans, roll posts and three-bearing swivel modules this year for 17 aircraft included in Lockheed Martin’s fourth […]

Bombardier Learjet Aircraft marked the expansion of its Wichita facilities with a groundbreaking ceremony Monday under overcast skies. City, county and state officials, employees and others turned out for the event, near Wichita Mid-Continent Airport. The $52.7 million project will help the site make room for Bombardier’s newest business jet, the Learjet 85, and is […]

At the Kansas headquarters of Hawker Beechcraft, the outlook hasn’t been that sunny lately. Sales are drying up, losses are piling up and bankruptcy seems a distinct possibility. In the soaring spaces of the company’s 40,000-square-foot twin hangars in Delaware, however, the view is decidedly different. Despite its parent company’s financial woes, Hawker Beechcraft’s just-opened […]