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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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LHT finishing Challenger 850
Lufthansa Technik is celebrating the arrival at its Hamburg base of the fifth Challenger 850 executive jet.
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ATR benefits from high fuel costs
Sales have been brisk for regional turboprop aircraft manufacturer Avions de Transport Regional, which is here at Farnborough International exhibiting an A
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Dassault Leads SSBJ Research Project
Dassault’s plans for a supersonic business jet are still pretty much alive.
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Black Hawk ‘lite’ for foreign sales
Sikorsky Aircraft yesterday announced plans to develop two new versions of its H-60 Black Hawk aimed at sales outside the U.S.: the International Black Haw
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Skylark mini UAV struts its stuff for potential sales
Launched from a 14,000-foot mountain top, Elbit’s Skylark mini UAV recently climbed to an altitude exceeding 15,000 feet before landing at a designated poi
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FPT increases loiter time for Korean UAV
The FPT Industries division of GKN Aerospace has been selected to supply an ultra-lightweight fuel system for the Korean Smart unmanned air vehicle to help
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Airbus eyes A318 steep landings
Airbus’ A318, and the A318 Elite executive version, are undergoing approval to make 5.5-degree steep approaches, such as that used into London City Airport
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Mandarin To Lease GECAS Embraer RJs
Taipei’s Mandarin Airlines is to lease three Embraer Model 190 and five Model 195 regional jets from GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS).
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Raven B SUAV prepares for special missions duty, exports
Last month AeroVironment’s RQ-11B Raven B small unmanned air vehicle (SUAV) passed its initial operational test and evaluation.
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Alenia, Sukhoi spool-upsupersonic bizjet plans
Research carried out in the field of supersonic transport within the European Commission’s 6th Research Framework Program (FP6) has come into the spotlight
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Availability is the name of the game
British thinking on through-life management of military aircraft and systems is already way ahead of that of most countries.
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Saab 340B Leased to Australia’s Rex
Saab Aircraft Leasing (Chalet C24-26) here on Monday announced that Australian regional airline Regional Express (Rex) has taken an additional Saab 340B on
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Ukraine, Russia cooperate on Antonov
At a time when relations between Russia and Ukraine are at an all time low, an aircraft program may be the key to finding new opportunities for the two nat
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Indian airline GoAir takes 10 Airbus A320s
Indian low-fare airline GoAir inked a deal yesterday with Airbus for 10 CFM-powered A320-family jets and an option for another 10.
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Emirates signs for son of 747 as Boeing gets on sales roll
Boeing has made a start here at Farnborough International toward fulfilling its recent prophecy of airlines spending $2,600 billion, over the next 20 years
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JSF Briefing Soothes the Nerves of Partner Nations
Program officials provided some assurance that the international partners won’t be burdened by U.S. restrictions on technology transfer.
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Bombardier logs new jet sales
Highlighting the rising demand for business jets in Europe, Bombardier Aerospace yesterday announced sales for its two newest models, the Challenger 605 an
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Libya enters new jet age
Airbus placed itself in a position to land the first significant civil aircraft order from a Libyan airline in 30 years when it signed a memorandum of unde
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T-6 dons battlegear for new armed roles
With 319 Beechcraft-built T-6 trainers delivered to date and almost 500,000 flight hours to their credit, Raytheon has concluded that the time is ripe to l
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First Dassault Falcon 7X will go to Serge himself
The first Dassault Falcon 7X is earmarked for delivery to the French group’s patriach Serge Dassault at the beginning of April 2007 in time for his 82nd bi
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Embraer offers Super Tucano in Turkish RFP
Embraer last week formally responded to Turkey’s request for proposals for a new military trainer, offering its Super Tucano for a requirement expected to
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Cargo may be the decider in tanker wars
Described as a “sunrise platform” by Marc Lindsley, Northrop Grumman’s director of business development for the Airbus A330-based KC-30 program, the aircra
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CRJ900 May Grow Yet Again
Bombardier’s proposal to build a three-row stretch follow-on of its 86-seat CRJ900 not only begs the question why, but perhaps more immediately, how.
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Eaton equipment chosen for Embraer Phenom 100 VLJ
Eaton (Hall 4 Stand F12) has been selected by Embraer to provide five packages for Embraer’s Phenom 100 very light jet.
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Japanese enter regional jet market
The Mitsubishi interest in the next generation of regional jets is evident from a model displayed at Hall 2 Stand C17.
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EASA approval means E-195 deliveries begin
The European Aviation Safety Agency has presented Embraer with a type certificate for its E-195 airliner, the largest airplane in its stable and the last m
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Boeing predicts 747-8 freighter preferment
Boeing believes that its latest 747 iteration–the 747-8F–could become the freighter of choice among cargo airlines.
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Air Deccan To Get Honeywell Avionics
Air Deccan has selected Honeywell’s full avionics suite and auxiliary power unit (APU) for the 60 Airbus A320s it has on order, the equipment manufacturer
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Embraer Introduces Bizjet Version of ERJ 190
Embraer, which is already developing two new light jets, announced on the eve of the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition that starts tomorro
