Cessna Aircraft Company, announced today at the Paris Air Show it has put into operation the 5,000th Citation business jet – a Citation X – accounting for nearly half of all jets delivered by US manufacturers.

Just after reporting an emergency after take-off a Cessna Citation 550 that was carrying donated organs and a medical transplant team crashed into Lake Michigan killing all six people aboard the airplane. The pilot had reported the aircraft was experiencing a "trim runaway" before the jet disappeared off the radar screen. There were six people on board the aircraft.  Witnesses to Monday's crash said the airplane rolled inverted before it hit the water.

Englewood, Colorado - Adam Aircraft today announced several important milestones for the A700 AdamJet certification program. The first fully conforming A700, Serial Number 003, joined the flight program with its first flight on April 9, 2007. Since first flight, testing has focused on the evaluation of the production configuration of flight controls, landing gear system, avionics, and data acquisition system used for flight testing.

GREAT FALLS, Mont. – Another fatal crash for the famed Canadian forces aerobatic team – this time in Great Falls, Montana as the team practised for a weekend air show.