Content Archive: July 2008
Show keeps tight safety rein on display pilots
More than 50 years ago, the English Channel coastline near Selsey Bill was the location of two record-setting flights, and now this south coast of England
Boeing, Airbus try to strike outsourcing balance
Boeing and Airbus are still looking for the right balance in outsourcing, or at least for the right way to run the massively outsourced production organiza
A320 cargo pact restores Russia’s ties to EADS
The June 5 signing of a contract for work on Airbus A320 cargo conversion program appears to have restored Russia’s position as a full partner in Europe’s
FBOs
TAG Aviation gears up for Farnborough
Farnborough Airport may be packed with an odd assortment of aircraft for this week’s show, but ordinarily it is strictly business.
Aircraft
KnAAPO starts work on fifth-gen fighter
Sukhoi’s Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Industrial Association (KnAAPO) has started manufacturing the first development prototypes of an advanced fifth-genera
Aircraft
Superjet team optimistic despite delays
Sukhoi (Hall 1 Stand E9) has come to the Farnborough show elated at having begun flight trials for its Superjet 100 airliner.
Aircraft
Bombardier reacts to surging backlog
At the Finmeccanica exhibit here at Farnborough (Outside OE2) visitors once again can find Alenia Aermacchi’s M-346 lead-in fighter trainer.
Manpaby Tom Withingtond threat increases as weapons fall into hostile hands
The statistics are sobering: as many as 700,000 anti-aircraft missiles for man-portable air defense systems (Manpads) have been manufactured since the 1970
Son of Apollo takes shape
Next year will mark the fortieth anniversary of man first setting foot on the Moon.
Fuel prices, scarce credit could depress lease rates
Recent demand for younger airliners has ensured lease market buoyancy, but rental rates could fall if more operators release capacity or collapse under the
