The lead of the story is this: A federal judge in Portland has engineered the revival of bankrupt Epic Air by forcing Chinese and Americans, in the words of a lead creditor, into "an ideal cross between...
Wooaa! Epic Air Latest Developments (hint: it ain't done yet)The original plan called for the new factory and airport to be open in mid-2010, but Cessna says construction has yet to start and the aim now is to have the factory and airport open next year. via...
Skycatcher China Factory Plans Delayed to 2011I recently wrote about how a Chinese state owned airplane manufacturer (an AVIC subsidiary) is trying to buy the assets of Epic Aircraft, now bankrupt, in order to jump start the manufacturing of a...
Epic Aircraft and China - UpdateBeijing-based Deer Jet has taken delivery of China's first Boeing Business Jet. via flightglobal.com A Boeing Business Jet - for the non initiated, a BBJ - is nothing else than a smallish airliner...
Think BigWhy would a state-owned Chinese aerospace giant want the tangled remains of a tiny kit-built aircraft company that crashed last year in Bend? That mystery hung over a Portland Chapter 7 bankruptcy...
China Tries to Buy Yet Another GA Manufacturer That Went Belly UpThe Sky’s the Limit for China’s DIY Aviators By Michele Travierso chuck_squatriglia@wired.com"> December 27, 2009 | 11:55 pm...
My Story on Wired.com - The Sky’s the Limit for China’s DIY Aviators | From: AutopiaChina will deliver eight domestically designed private business aircraft to Laos next year, in its latest effort to find a niche in the international aviation market. The Xiaoying 500, or "Eaglet 500...
Chinese first GA aircrafts exported to Laos