All aerospace news – Page 1115
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Fourth spacewalk repairs damaged ISS solar array
Anchored to the end of the orbiter's sensor boom, STS-120 mission specialist Scott Parazynski assesses his repair work as the solar array is fully deployed...
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NewsBoeing rejects shortened 747-8I for Emirates
Boeing has decided to not heed requests by Emirates Airlines and possibly other carriers for a shortened version of the 747-8 Intercontinental.
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Europe's Columbus lab readied for 6 December launch
The European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory has been moved to the launch pad at NASA's...
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Sao Paulo sees four crashes in four days
São Paulo's fixed and rotary-wing corporate aviation community recently suffered the loss of three helicopters in one day, followed three days later by the...
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UK ministries of defence and education to consider funding launchers
The UK government is ready to provide seed-corn funding for indigenous launch vehicle development, for the first time since its Blue Streak ballistic missile...
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Flight survey shows positive attitude towards PMA parts
The PMA bandwagon is beginning to gather pace. Flight Insight's survey of airlines uncovers a positive attitude towards ordering spares from alternative manufacturers
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Dubai 2007: The race is on
Bob Johnson: relishing opportunity INVESTMENT Following the leader The UAE's big two emirates have ambitions to diversify their economies...
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Industry backs Q400 despite SAS withdrawal
Industry confidence is high that the resurgence in demand for turboprops will continue unabated and that residual values for Bombardier's Q400 will remain...
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Spanish 737’s low approach wrecks Katowice airport lighting
Polish investigators are investigating a serious incident in which a Boeing 737-800 chartered from Spanish carrier Air Europa descended far below the approach...
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Dubai 2007: Gulf carriers deliver the goods
Cargo is big business for the Gulf's flag carriers, which are supplementing the enormous capacity offered by the bellies of their passenger fleets with freighter aircraft
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Russia to adopt composite wing and aluminium fuselage for next narrowbody
Russia's next-generation narrowbody airliner, the MS-21, will have a composite wing and empennage married to a fuselage constructed from advanced alloys...
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Business briefings
BOEING PUMPS $7 BILLION INTO SHARES STOCK Boeing is to repurchase up to $7 billion of common stock. The company, which a week ago posted a $1.1 billion...
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Business briefings
SAYING IT BIG ADVERTISING A London advertising business hopes to give new meaning to the term "megasite" with the unveiling on 22 October of a 100...
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Dubai 2007: Privatisation pays for Jordanian aerospace
Jordan's privatisation programme, which has been running for about a decade, is widely viewed as one of the most successful in the Middle Eastern region...
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Boeing may dump sub-par 787 suppliers
Questions about Boeing's revolutionary decentralised 787 production strategy intensified after...