All aerospace news – Page 384
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PICTURES: The far side of the Moon and a new space race?
For those who wonder at the cosmos, this has been a week for awe. NASA opened the year with a close fly-by of the most distant object yet visited by a spacecraft. China followed suit with an audacious, and successful, soft landing on the far side of the Moon.
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Monarch Aircraft Engineering enters administration
UK maintenance provider Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) has entered administration within days of announcing a partial sale of the business.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: What operators have to say about the A320neo
Nearly three years on from first delivery, the Airbus A320neo family is, in sales terms, an undoubted success story. More than 60 operators have the aircraft in service.
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NewsPICTURE: Ukraine takes first repurposed H225s
Airbus Helicopters has delivered its first two H225s to Ukraine's interior ministry, with another pair due to be transferred "in the coming weeks".
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LHT appoints new technical-operations chief
Soren Stark has replaced Thomas Stuger as Lufthansa Technik's executive board member for technical operations, logistics and IT.
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Air Works to review operational processes after MRO lapses
Indian MRO provider Air Works says it is conducting an internal investigation into its operational processes after India's Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) found that the company had released aircraft back to operators without properly rectifying defects.
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Sukhoi inks tentative Thai deal covering six Superjet 100s
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft has signed a trilateral letter of intent covering the delivery of six Superjet 100s with Thai Kom Airlines and maintenance firm Wishv.
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NewsTHE YEAR AHEAD: 2019 aerospace outlook
All we ever know for sure about the future is that it will look a lot like the past, only different – or maybe very different, depending on the timescale and interim events. That makes forecasting a black art best left to fortune tellers, charlatans and consultants. But in the ...
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PICTURE: China produces CR929 composite forward fuselage
China has produced the first composite forward fuselage prototype for the in-development CRAIC CR929 widebody.
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Lack of spares grounds 15 Air India jets: New Delhi
The Indian government has revealed that 15 aircraft from Air India's fleet have been grounded due to lack of engines and spares.
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PICTURES: SB-1 Defiant breaks cover
Sikorsky and Boeing have unveiled the SB-1 Defiant helicopter, providing a pair of images showing the rotorcraft from the front and rear.
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PICTURE: Leonardo TH-119 trainer helicopter makes first flight
The Leonardo TH-119 IFR training helicopter completed its first test flight at the company’s Philadelphia, Pennsylvania plant on 20 December.
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Condor starts MRO checks at ex-Air Berlin hangar in Dusseldorf
German leisure airline Condor has established a maintenance operation in a Dusseldorf hangar previously occupied by now-defunct Air Berlin.
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Airbus prepares first A321neo with larger luggage bins
Airbus is aiming to deliver its first A320neo-family jet with the larger overhead luggage bins early next year.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Push to create UAV air traffic control system gathers momentum
Advances in technology, improved designs and imaginative applications have led small unmanned air systems – frequently referred to by regulators and users by the popular term “drones” – to be increasingly seen as ready for widespread civil use. But while they are generally regarded, from a capability point of view, ...
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ANALYSIS: For Thales, drone air traffic control is a long game
Thales's acquisition of a start-up with novel radar technology underscores its commitment to safe operation of unmanned systems
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RETROSPECTIVE: 50 years since Apollo 8’s historic lunar mission
Fifty years ago this month, a manned spacecraft blasted off on what Flight International called "the greatest technical experiment ever made – in terms of effort and money", when three US astronauts became the first human beings to slip the surly bonds of Earth.
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MHIAEL eyes growth through engine component, MRO work
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Aero Engines (MHIAEL) sees a twin path for growth, as it contributes high value parts to major engine programmes, and looks to expand its MRO operations.
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StandardAero to be sold to Carlyle Group
Carlyle Group is to acquire US maintenance specialist StandardAero from private equity firm Veritas Capital.