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New PD-14 test facility nears completion
United Engine’s Perm Motors division expects to start powerplant tests at a new facility next year.
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Top 100 aerospace manufacturers hit by fall in revenues and profits in 2015
As is often the case, this year’s ranking of the world’s largest aerospace manufacturers by revenue has a familiar feel, with the top eight companies staying in the same position as last year and only small movements throughout most of the list. The industry is dominated by big beasts and ...
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OpinionOPINION: Why go-arounds may need simplifying post-EK521
Go-arounds are considered an unexceptional part of day-to-day airline operations, to the point where tabloids treating them as newsworthy dramas can expect to attract a measure of scorn.
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C919 pushes on with static tests in prep for first flight
Comac says static strength tests for its C919 programme are slightly behind schedule, but that the team is still on track to complete the required tests by the end of the year, which will give an indication of whether the first flight can go ahead.
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MRJ sensor investigation holds up US ferry flight
Mitsubishi Aircraft says the anomalies detected on its MRJ regional jet prototype are not due to faulty systems, but that it is nonetheless working to “uncover the cause” that forced it to abort two attempts to fly the aircraft to the US late last month.
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Bombardier slashes CSeries ramp-up on engine delay
Bombardier will deliver less than half of the CSeries family aircraft as expected this year due to production ramp-up delays by the engine supplier, the Canadian manufacturer says.
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TAP MRO arm retrofits sharklets to corporate A319
Portuguese-based TAP Maintenance & Engineering has retrofitted an Airbus A319 executive jet with ‘sharklet’ wing-tips, the first such modification for the corporate type.
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LHT to service 'more than 100' EasyJet A320s in Malta
UK low-cost carrier EasyJet has awarded Lufthansa Technik a contract to conduct base maintenance on Airbus A320-family jets in Malta.
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Québec completes $1bn investment in CSeries
Bombardier has received the second and last $500 million installment of a $1 billion investment by the Québec government to own a 49.5% share of the CSeries Aircraft Limited Partnership (CSALP) joint venture with the Montreal-based manufacturer.
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OpinionOPINION: What aircraft designers should learn from Joe Sutter
In a 2009 interview with FlightGlobal, the late former Boeing 747 chief engineer, Joe Sutter, cautioned about reliance on computer-assisted design tools in aircraft development. “There should not be an over-emphasis on what computers tell you, because they only tell you what you tell them to tell you,” he said.
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An-225 revival proposed in new Antonov-China pact
Ukrainian aircraft designer Antonov has agreed to cooperate with a Hong Kong-based Chinese company, intending first to revive production of a partially-assembled An-225 freighter and then restore series production.
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Boeing 747 designer Sutter dies at 95
Boeing engineer and aircraft designer Joe Sutter, who achieved aviation icon status as the “Father of the 747”, died on 30 August. He was 95.
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PICTURE: Thai takes first A350
Thai Airways has taken delivery of its first of 12 Airbus A350s.
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Embraer flies third E190-E2 prototype
A third E190-E2 aircraft has joined Embraer’s three-month-old flight test programme.
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MRJ aborts ferry flight to US twice in two days
Mitsubishi Aircraft made two failed attempts to ferry its first MRJ regional jet prototype to the US over the weekend, due to issues with the aircraft's air management system.
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MRJ in final prep for US ferry flight
Mitsubishi Aircraft has obtained approval from the relevant authorities for a ferry flight of its MRJ regional jet to the US, and is in the final stages of preparing for the voyage.
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Russian researchers to test damage-sensitive coating
Russian aerospace researchers are planning to test a coating designed to indicate areas of microscopic damage to composite aerostructures.
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GE orders gear change to prevent 787 engine shutdown
About 600 Boeing 787 engines will be modified by the end of the year to correct a transfer gearbox problem suspected in several in-flight shutdowns.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: UAC chief looks to build on MC-21 with new widebody
In a Hollywood version of the Russian commercial aviation story, the last 15 years fits the narrative of a classic comeback script, with the final act – the unlikely-yet-somehow-triumphant entry-into-service of a Russian-Chinese widebody around 2025 – still to be written.
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ANALYSIS: Superjet primed for home stretch after false starts
At some point in the next 12 months, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) will be ready to give the Superjet programme a gift rarely bestowed in the modern aviation industry: a second chance.