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News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.
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Boeing Moves To Take Over Vought
Boeing announced today that it has agreed to acquire the business and operations conducted by Vought Aircraft Industries at its North Charleston, S.C.
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GIV, GV Reach Flight-hour Milestones
The Gulfstream GIV and GV fleets recently achieved significant flight-hour milestones, with both airplane fleets logging more than 4.6 million hours combin
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Airbus Launches Program To Improve Flight Data Recovery
Airbus has launched a study for improving flight data recovery, including extended data transmission for commercial airliners, the company announced last w
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French Investigators Conclude Air France Flight 447 Did Not Break Apart in Flight
The condition of the wreckage recovered from that Ai
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Embraer embarks on next phase of 450/500 program
Embraer engineers have begun the next phase in development of the Legacy 450 midlight and Legacy 500 midsize jets, having completed the joint definition ph
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Yemenia A310 Crashes, 152 Feared Dead
A Yemenia (Yemen Airways) Airbus A310-300 crashed into the Indian Ocean, just north of the Comoros Island
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Pilot Report: Airbus A380
Airbus engineers are never satisfied, and customers of the European airframe builder should have only one response...
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Higher-mtow Airbus ACJ Gets EASA OK
The Airbus Corporate Jetliner (ACJ) received EASA approval for a new mtow of 76.5 metric tons (168,700 pounds), one metric ton more than was previously ava
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ATR eyes U.S. market as it preps -600 for flight
As Franco-Italian turboprop maker ATR readies for the first flight of its new 600 Series this month, the company finds itself in a “comfortable position” b
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Next Superjet likely a stretch
The next variation of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 will almost certainly involve a stretch of the existing 95-seat baseline platform, leaving the once highly an
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First An-148 Enters Service
Ukrainian airline AeroSvit launched passenger service with the first Antonov An-148-100 regional jet on a June 2 flight between Borispol International Airp
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Mitsubishi hitting its stride in march toward first flight
Development of Mitsubishi Aircraft’s MRJ regional jet continues on schedule, as some 800 engineers, designers and subcontractors in Nagoya, Japan, work to
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EASA Suspends Eclipse 500 Type Certificate
The European Aviation Safety Agency earlier this month suspended the European type certificate (TC) held by bankrupt Eclipse Aviation.
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In the works: Cessna-Citation CJ4
Cessna joined the wings and fuselage of the third CJ4 in mid-May, marking major assembly of the first CJ4 in Cessna’s new assembly line using production to
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In the works:Dornier Seaplane-Seastar
Dornier Seaplane exhibited its all-composite Seastar amphibian at the Canadian Business Aviation Association show in Montreal in late May, showing off fres
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In the works: Epic Aircraft-Elegance, Genesis
At the Sun ’n’ Fun Fly-In in Lakeland, Fla., in April, Epic Aircraft launched a pair of turbine twins.
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Bombardier’s Toronto Plant Averts Strike
Workers at Bombardier’s de Havilland plant in north Toronto ratified a new three-year labor contract yesterday, averting a strike that stood to affect 2,75
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Cirrus Jet vision Resumes Flying
As Cirrus Aircraft’s prototype Vision jet single resumes flight testing with a new Garmin G1000 avionics suite, some buyers seeking refunds of deposits for
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First Gulfstream G250 Is Taking Shape
The first Gulfstream G250 super-midsize business jet had its Honeywell HTF7250G engines mounted on June 1 at Israel Aerospace Industries’ factory in Tel Av
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Spectrum Completes First S.40 Fuselage
Spectrum Aeronautical sister company Rocky Mountain Composites completed a test article version of the all-composite S.40 Freedom midsize jet fuselage at i
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Aerion Formal Launch in Late 2010?
Aerion last month at the Paris Air Show said it is nearing a decision on an aerospace manufacturing partner to lead the development and production of its s
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Dassault embraces green technology
With an eye toward ever-increasing environmental awareness, Dassault Aviation is aiming for 2020 entry into service for new technologies that will reduce t
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Qantas Slashes 787-9 Order, Delays Deliveries
The Qantas Group has reduced its firm order for 65 Boeing 787-9s by 15 airplanes, delayed first delivery of the type by three years and suspended delivery
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Klapmeier Team Vying To Buy Cirrus Jet Program
Alan Klapmeier, chairman of Cirrus Aircraft, has formed a team to raise funds to try to buy the Vision SF50 single-engine jet program from majority Cirrus
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Aerion Formal Launch Set for Late Next Year
Aerion this week at the Paris Air Show said it is nearing a decision on an aerospace manufacturing partner to lead the development and production of its su
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TP400 nears Fadec trials, certification
Engine consortium Europrop International (EPI) is now just 300 test hours away from certification of its 11,000-shp TP400 turboprop for the Airbus A400M mi
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Hermes 90 targets U.S. forces
Hermes 90, the latest member of Elbit’s UAV family, is on show here at Paris for the first time.
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Tanker protagonists square off for round three of U.S. bid
Battle lines were drawn here this week for round three of the Great Tanker War.
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IAI tanker program advances
While Boeing and Northrop Grumman/EADS prepare to lock horns again for the U.S.
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C Series supply chain locked; focus turns to production prep
Bombardier has moved into the next stage in the development of its new C Series aircraft, having secured the supply chain and completed the selection of al
