All aerospace news – Page 1015
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Gear problems vex Bombardier CRJs
US officials are investigating left main landing gear failures on two types of Bombardier regional jets on two separate occasions this week, incidents that...
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Sleep surrender
Sleep is essential to human health and well-being. Yet since the late 1940s, when airlines began flying pressurised propeller aircraft across the Atlantic...
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NewsNeeleman's Azul takes flight in Brazil
Brazilian domestic carrier Azul today inaugurated Embraer E-Jet service from Viracopos airport in Campinas to Salvador de Bahia. The event marks founder...
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Delta to launch Gogo tomorrow; details equipage plan for Northwest
Delta Air Lines has unveiled plans to launch Aircell's Gogo in-flight Internet service tomorrow and laid out a strategy for equipping merger partner Northwest...
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DC-9 depressurised after ramp crew covered up tug strike
US investigators have determined that ground staff covered up an accident in which a vehicle damaged a McDonnell Douglas DC-9's fuselage, and allowed the...
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Sanswire-Tao flight tests vector thrust unmanned airship
A segmented unmanned airship design that uses a single swivelling engine technology enabling vectoring thrust has completed a series of flight tests.
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V-STAR UAV completes wind tunnel testing
Frontline Aerospace has announced that its unmanned air vehicle, Vertical take-off and landing Swift Tactical...
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NewsAirbus testing rules tightened after Etihad A340-600 smash
Airbus has tightened its procedures after the testing accident in November last year which destroyed a brand-new A340-600 days before delivery to Etihad...
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NewsWORLD EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: SpaceShipTwo mothership runway trial
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo mothership WhiteKnightTwo moved down runway 30 during a low speed taxi trial at Mojave air and spaceport on...
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Investor CAI fixes date to relaunch Alitalia
Italian investor group Compagnia Aerea Italiana (CAI) will relaunch Alitalia formally on 13 January 2009, by which time a foreign partner will have been...
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Pratt, China Eastern to open CFM56 MRO facility in '09
A new engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) business being established in Shanghai under a joint venture between Pratt & Whitney (P&W) and China...
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Aer Lingus tells Government: Ryanair offer is 'pathetic'
Irish flag-carrier Aer Lingus has scorned budget rival Ryanair's takeover proposal, following a meeting with the country's transport ministry to discuss...
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ANA might seek compensation for latest 787 delay
All Nippon Airways (ANA), the launch customer for the Boeing 787, might seek compensation from Boeing for the latest delay in the 787 programme. ANA...
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UK plans multi-million dollar Moon mission study
The British National Space Centre has announced a call for industry bids for a nine-month phase A study of its proposed...
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NewsNASA considers June 2018 Altair Lunar Lander in-orbit trial
NASA's Altair lunar lander could have its first test flight on the Ares V-Y launch in June 2018...
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Fresh delays hit Dutch military airlift expansion
All three projects intended to increase the transport capacity of the Royal Netherlands Air Force have suffered fresh delays ...
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NewsNASA sets out Ares V cargo launch vehicle development plan
NASA has detailed its plans to spend at least $68 million until 2013 on the development of the largest rocket ever, its proposed Ares...