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Posted by Benet Wilson at 11/2/2009 9:16 AM CST

While 45 percent of fixed-base operations have confirmed drops in their traffic this year, 68 percent have noticed a recent pick-up in activity, according to the latest Credit Suisse Business Jet Market Update, reports The Weekly of Business Aviation (subscribers only). Another 45 percent have noticed an uptick in business in the past two months, the report said.

Embraer has put Wichita-based business aircraft manufacturers directly in its crosshairs, reports the Wichita Eagle. Over the next 10 years, Embraer could take as much as 15 to 20 percent of the market away from Cessna Aircraft, Hawker Beechcraft and Bombardier Learjet, Teal Group analyst Richard Aboulafia told the Eagle.

Airpark expert Dave Sclair did an informal survey where he found there’s a significant segment of people involved in general aviation "who are finding themselves in the enviable positions of being able to take advantage of the plight of those who may not have fared as well during the current recessionary period," reports General Aviation News.

NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center is currently testing the X-48B, an experimental airplane with a blended wing-body aircraft reports Wired's Autopia blog. The U.S. Air Force recently held an open house at Edwards Air Force Base to allow outsiders to take a peek at the plane

Nine of 11 passengers aboard a Cessna Caravan that was forced to land in Brazil's Itui River have been founc, reports USA Today. One person is still missing and one may have died, it added.

The AOPA Pilot blog posts about how Eddie Kisfaludy is using his Cherokee Six for oceanic research. And the All Things Aviation blog writes about William Busnell Stout, inventor of the all-metal aircraft in the United States.

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