With final ground tests nearing completion in Toulouse, the first Airbus A350 test aircraft appears to be just days away from its first flight, which would initiate a flight-test program that is expected to last about a year. MSN001 was scheduled to perform high-speed taxi tests and high-power engine runs at the end of last week, after the aircraft's Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines had been powered up for the first time June 2.

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In 2012, there were 11,261 private jets registered for use in the U.S. and 7,997 in the rest of the world. Embraer has produced a significant number of those jets, so I am intimately familiar with the private aviation landscape. Few issues are as important to private jet owners and their pilots as ensuring the ability to safely and efficiently navigate from airport to airport without delay or restriction.

In the June 3 article, “Automated 777 Line Delivers Big Improvements” (page 37) paint designations should have read BMS 10-60 standard gray and BMS 10-42 body coat.

Turkey wants to shape itself into a major aerospace and defense exporter in the coming years. Last year, the country's A&D sector exported $1.28 billion worth of armored vehicles, small patrol boats, electronic warfare and air defense systems. While this represents a small fraction of Turkey's exports each year, its growth is no small part of the government's strategy to become of the world's largest exporters as well as one of the 10 strongest economic world powers by 2023.

Aircraft replacements hold big implications for airline, parts and maintenance businesses.