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NewsAirbus turns to Boeing partner Aviation Partners for A320 Enhanced winglets after rejecting in-house and Winglet Tech designs
Airbus has turned to Boeing's winglet supplier Aviation Partners to help it develop the upgrade for the A320 family, after other designs failed to achieve enough of a performance gain during testing.
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Air traffic controllers launch European 'just culture' campaign to shield aviation staff from criminal prosecution from accident investigation findings
Air traffic controllers are to launch a sustained, long-term campaign to convince resistant lawmakers within European member states of the merits of a Europe-wide establishment of "just culture".
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Initial UK aviation safety findings show no technical faults in December Morecambe Bay crashed Eurocopter Dauphin
Initial readings from the flight data recorder (FDR) from the Eurocopter AS365N Dauphin that crashed into the Irish Sea on 27 December killing all seven people on board indicate there was nothing technically wrong with the helicopter when it hit the water, according to a UK Air Accident Investigation Branch ...
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NewsSpace tourism with Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo set for 2009 lift-off with up to 50 flights in year one
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo (SS2) suborbital rocket glider may begin commercial operations in 2009, says the space tourism provider's chief pilot Stephen Johnson. The Scaled Composites-designed vehicle will have inclined pilot seats, but no fly-by-wire, he says in an exclusive first interview with Flight International.
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Airbus hastens XWB supplier plan
Manufacturer accelerates selection of systems for A350 to enable partners to participate in joint definition phase
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Boeing scraps 787's wireless IFE
Manufacturer makes last-minute change to twinjet's cabin specification, but refutes claim over delivery delays
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India seeks Russian help with combat helicopter
New Delhi wants to develop 10t battlefield machine rather than buy Mil aircraft
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Will China start space race?
The USA has two opposing options following anti-satellite weapon test. One is to decide to develop its own capability
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Indian aerospace: India's jet set
The global business aviation boom has not passed India by, but can the country's infrastructure cope with the flourishing demand?Siva Govindasamy / Singapore