All Aircraft programmes articles – Page 606
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NewsPratt & Whitney Canada selected for White Knight II engines
Pratt & Whitney Canada's PW308 turbofan engine is to power Virgin...
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NewsAirbus A350 could benefit from EU noise research
The Airbus A350 is the first European airliner expected to benefit from the European...
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DARPA expects quick results from BioFuels programme
The first samples of jet fuel produced from agricultural oils will be available within weeks, says the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Two...
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Transformed Boeing welcomes 787 roll-out
PiVOTAL AIRCRAFT GRAHAM WARWICK WASHINGTON DC Boeing reinvents the airliner US manufacturer's 787 programme has set revolutionary standards for...
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The Boeing 787 Deamliner timeline
1995 Airbus launches A330-200, usurping the 767-300ER, which had led the mid-size, long-range widebody market. 1997 Boeing launches 767-400ER "double-stretch"...
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Mike Bair - the man behind the 787
mike bair The man leading the 787 is one of a long line of Boeing engineers turned executives. Having joined the company in 1979 as an engineer on...
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Alan Mulally - a legacy at Boeing
Alan mulally Out of the roll-out spotlight was the man who steered Boeing clear of its production problems, through the wake of 9/11 to the 787's launch....
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Poorest performers can improve
countries Poorest performers can improve Recent history shows that states which, like Indonesia, have had a consistently bad safety record compared...
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Opinion
Comment: Boeing back on form with 787
The entire aircraft industry, with the exception of Toulouse, can rejoice that the public debut of the first fully assembled 787 finds Boeing back in peak...
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Sukhoi studies advanced composites for stretched Superjet
Russian airframer Sukhoi is investigating the use of advanced composite materials on a future stretch variant of the Sukhoi...
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NGL Prime awarded future launcher contracts
The Astrium, Finmeccanica joint venture NGL Prime has finally received two contracts from the European Space Agency...
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Europe agrees draft proposals for ADS-B surveillance programme
Europe has agreed on the objectives of a programme to introduce automatic...
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Headlines briefing
ACQUISITION Private equity firm The Carlyle Group is to acquire Arinc from its current shareholders, which include several...
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NewsPICTURES: Boeing rolls out 787
Boeing unveiled the first assembled 787 on 8 July, opening factory doors to view the twinjet after a one-hour ceremony before 16,000 people seated on the production line and thousands more watching by satellite around the world.
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NewsQatar Airways 787 order revealed by logo on aircraft at premiere
A350 delays allow Boeing to offer early deliveries to bridge airline's looming capacity gap
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Cockpit techs to aid runway incursion problem
New guidance on electronic flight bags and widespread concern about runway incursions are spurring industry efforts to develop cockpit-based safety systems