All aerospace news – Page 1105
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Airbus A350XWB Aircraft Profile
The A350-800 will be the second and smallest version of Airbus' new family when it enters service in mid-2014
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NewsFAA floats caveats in advance of NASA study release
The US FAA today questioned the accuracy and timeliness of the NASA surveys, which involved phone calls to pilots asking them to recall over the past 2- to 3-months if they’d encountered certain safety issues, for example runway incursions.
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Airservices Australia develops air traffic management initiatives to reduce aviation’s enivronmental footprint
Australian air traffic services provider Airservices Australia is developing a number of new air traffic management initiatives designed to reduce aviation's...
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United first to tout iPod integration with IFE system
United Airlines has become the first airline to publicly tout its ability to let premium passengers play music and video content from their own Apple iPod...
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NASA's Moon mission could see major change in concept of operations
NASA is studying a major change to its Moon mission plan to cut the time its Orion crew exploration vehicle has to loiter in low Earth orbit in anticipation...
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Briefings 1/1/08
US MILITARY EYES BETTER UNMANNED SYSTEMS ROADMAP The US Department of Defense's latest 25-year roadmap for unmanned systems calls for better integration...
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2008 forecast: The year progress must be made in space
The year ahead is set to either be a record breaker or will see major programmes unravel, with the European Space Agency, NASA, California based-Space Exploration...
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2008 forecast: ADS-B rulemaking could create new funding model
The FAA is set to mandate an equipment buy that could cost airlines and operators up to $7.5bn by 2020 john croft
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2008 forecast: Safety standards in a minority of states will remain low
Safety and Security Waiting for change As far as safety is concerned, the worst offending states and airlines show no sign of improving, at least...
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Comment - Safety: soft talk, big stick
Sanctions against states that fail to oversee airline safety standards will not work unless they hurt. If they are not applied as intended they might as well not be applied at all
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Landmark deal for Encore FBO
Encore FBO and private-equity firm GTCR Golder Rauner have entered...
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EADS has long road to 2020 Vision
Airbus is entering 2008 well on its way to achieving one of the most troublesome targets in its Power8 cost-cutting plan - picking preferred bidders for...
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Navaid confusion and CRM failure led to Mahan Air A310’s low approach
Investigators have found that a Mahan Air crew's incorrect interpretation of navigation data, reinforced by poor cockpit communication, led an Airbus A310-300...
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Qantas accidentally pumped nitrogen into aircraft’s oxygen tanks
It has emerged that Qantas was forced to inspect a large portion of its fleet and notify other airlines after an incident last year when engineers at Melbourne...