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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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A380 Is EASA’s Biggest Certification Challenge
“It’s not a special process and we are following the same principles that we would for a small aircraft.
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Yak-130 seeks role in combat training
Among the many military trainers exhibited here at Le Bourget, the Russian Yakovlev Yak-130 light twinjet can justly claim to represent a totally new gener
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Crane really puts brakes on
Crane Aerospace & Electronics is here (Hall 5 Stand G17) celebrating its selection by EADS CASA to supply the braking and antiskid system for the Airbus A4
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Boeing to spring for record in 777-200LR
The Boeing 777-200LR, the world’s longest range commercial airplane, completed its first intercontinental flight last Friday as it arrived here at Le Bourg
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King Air set for special missions
Making its first flight just days before the show, the Beechcraft King Air 350ER special mission aircraft is making a debut appearance here at Le Bourget.
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Yak/Irkut to assemble 12 Yak-130s
The Yakovlev design bureau plans to build another 12 examples of the Yak-130 advanced trainer, which is on display in the static park here, during the next
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Eclipse Aviation Reveals Design Changes
In a letter sent yesterday to Eclipse 500 buyers, Eclipse Aviation outlined design changes to help the very light twinjet achieve promised performance goal
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Effect of Grob SPn Crash on Cert. Schedule Unclear
It wasn’t immediately clear how the Grob SPn light business jet program will be affected by yesterday’s crash of the second prototype near the company’s ai
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Paris crowds in awe as A380 takes a bow
The mammoth A380 made a triumphal arrival on the Paris Air Show’s center stage here yesterday morning.
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Grob springs bizjet surprise
The world of business aviation woke up to a surprise here at the Paris Air Show today with the unforeseen launch of a highly versatile new private jet.
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Global 5000 claims transatlantic record
Engaging in some preshow one-upmanship, Canadian business jet manufacturer Bombardier on Saturday celebrated a transatlantic speed record for its long-rang
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Newest Falcon flies the Dassault nest
Dassault’s new Falcon 7X, which is making its public debut this week in Paris, will fly in this morning’s aerial display scheduled during the official visi
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Eclipse Comes Clean on Confounding Problems
Eclipse Aviation is facing further issues in its effort to begin deliveries of its very light jet and sent a 12-page letter to customers November 14 outlin
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Rafales continue to bolster French services
With one carrier-borne squadron already operational, deliveries to the French air force well under way, an impressive range of weapons already qualified an
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Cimber Aviation adds ATR 72s to cargo conversion
Denmark’s Cimber Aviation Group has won a contract with Avions de Transport Regional to perform E Class cargo conversions for the ATR 72.
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Dunlop Gives ATR 72 Extra Brake Life
An extended brake service life of up to 40 percent is offered to ATR 72 operators as a result of close collaboration between Dunlop Aerospace Braking Syste
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China supplying Dreamliner parts
Boeing has signed the first firm contract with Chinese suppliers to build parts for the new 787 Dreamliner.
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Honeywell brakes and wheels to go on Air New Zealand’s fleet of 747-400s
Honeywell’s airline support and aftermarket business gained more momentum here Sunday when the Phoenix, Arizona-based company landed a deal to supply Air N
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AFI and LHT call truce to work jointly on A380
Air France Industries (AFI) and Lufthansa Technik (LHT) are joining forces in Airbus A380 component support, the two companies announced at Paris Charles d
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Embraer 195 makes its world airshow debut here
The largest member of Embraer’s E-Jet line of single-aisle airplanes is making its international airshow debut here in Paris, only a week after the Brazili
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Upgrade of British Nimrods getting back on track
BAE Systems today issued an upbeat description of progress with the previously troubled upgrade of the Nimrod MRA.4 maritime patrol plane for the UK Royal
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Boeing Delivers First GLS-equipped 737-800
Boeing has delivered its first 737-800 equipped with a new type of GPS-based landing system developed by Rockwell Collins.
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Collins permits A380 to talk to itself
Rockwell Collins continues to increase its presence aboard the Airbus A380, most recently by securing multimillion-dollar contracts to supply the avionics
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Russian RJ cockpit on show
Here at the Paris Air show on Monday, Sukhoi unveiled a mockup of its Russian Regional Jet (RRJ) forward fuselage section, including the new flight deck su
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Typhoon partners debate multiroles
Progress in the Eurofighter Typhoon program remains slow, although steady.
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Bedek boosts 747 freighter conversions
As the Paris show opened, Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) announced a significant boost to the 747-400 freighter conversion program conducted by its subsi
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Dreamliner contract to Doncasters
The Doncasters Group, headquartered in Melbourne, UK, recently signed its largest single contract in its 226-year history to produce turbo-machinery for th
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Barco Cockpit Upgrade for An-124 Freighter
Barco’s flat-screen cockpit displays have performed well during flight tests of the newly upgraded An-124-100M-150, according to the Belgium-headquartered
