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NewsBlue Origin to conduct pad-abort test for New Shepard
Blue Origin plans to conduct a pad-abort test in the summer of 2012, a crucial milestone in qualifying the company's New Shepard vehicle for human spaceflight....
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NewsXcor adds 3 new payload integrators to Lynx spacecraft programme
Xcor Aerospace has named three more payload integrators as the suborbital vehicle maker prepares to enter flight tests later this year. Spain's EMXYS,...
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NewsLoss of control risk behind proposed 737 wiring change
Three reports of pilots failing to manually activate air data sensor heating systems on Next Generation Boeing 737 aircraft have prompted the US Federal...
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NewsItalian A319 crash probe advises review of approach charts
Italian investigators are advising thorough checks on approach and navigation charts, after finding that those used by the crew of a crashed Wind Jet aircraft...
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ANALYSIS: Google looking to make big impact on airline distribution
Google spent less than $2bn to buy 79 businesses in 2011, the largest being its $700m cash purchase of flight data specialist ITA Software.
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NewsIN FOCUS: Rolls-Royce steps up work on three-shaft engine technologies
Rolls-Royce may be losing its foothold in the high-volume narrowbody engine market, but when it comes to high-value big-twin powerplants the UK-based manufacturer is going from strength to strength.
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NewsEstonian to ditch CRJs as it signs for more Embraers
Estonian Air has confirmed that it will replace its Bombardier CRJs with Embraer regional jets, just a year after taking delivery of the Canadian-built type.
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NewsIN FOCUS: General Electric builds cold-weather engine testing facility in Winnipeg, Canada
On 1 February, a major relocation and expansion of General Electric's engine icing infrastructure crystallised with the inauguration of a 11,200m2 test facility at Winnipeg in Canada's Manitoba province.
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NewsNTSB calls for safety upgrades for Boeing 737 cabin, pilot seats
Passengers and pilots in a series of survivable Boeing 737 crashes may have been injured by approved cabin overhead systems or crew seat belt restraints...
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NewsThai Airways posts Bt10.2bn net loss for 2011
Thai Airways International fell sharply into the red in 2011, recording a net loss of Bt10.2 billion ($335 million) for the period ending 31 December, down...
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Eurocopter seals first new civil helicopter sale in Bangladesh
Bangladesh helicopter operator R&R Aviation has ordered two Eurocopter EC130 B4 helicopters configured for the emergency medical services (EMS) role.
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NewsGeneral Atomics tests sense-and-avoid radar
General Atomics - Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has successfully flight tested a sense-and-avoid radar aboard a Twin Otter test bed. The Due Regard active...
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NewsSPACEFLIGHT: Partners look to enhance Vega
For evidence that winners have friends, look no further than Vega. As soon as Europe's new small launcher made its spectacularly successful maiden flight, Italian space agency head Enrico Saggese received a call from German counterpart Johann-Dietrich Woerner who, along with his congratulations, expressed enthusiasm that his agency, DL, might ...
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NewsICAO to consider new safety standards for air transport of lithium batteries
The International Civil Aviation Organisation is to consider new safety standards for air transport of lithium batteries in the wake of increased concern over the potential for in-flight fires.
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NewsAirbus discloses details of first A350 engine flight
First flight of the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB aboard a dedicated Airbus A380 flying testbed brought the engine to "the edge of the flight envelope of the A350"...
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NewsSingapore explores KC-135 replacement options
Singapore has a requirement for six airborne tankers to replace its ageing Boeing KC-135s, but appears to be in only the early stages of examining its alternatives, with a formal request for information yet to be released.
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UK government supports EASA flight time rules
UK minister of state for transport Theresa Villiers has supported the proposed flight time regulations put forward by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), saying that new rules would offer a "significant safety gain" for UK passengers.
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Embraer advances window for re-engined E-Jet to 2016
Embraer now says a re-engined E-Jet could become available as early as 2016, or two years earlier than originally announced.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Soaring demand drives Airbus to plug freighter gap
Airbus's decision last week to launch a passenger-to-freighter conversion programme for its A330 twinjet was long overdue. The airframer's own global market...
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High speed and late touchdown led Embraer 190 to overrun
Just 490m (1,610ft) of runway remained by the time an AeroRepublica Embraer 190's main gear touched down at Santa Marta, before the twinjet overran and came to a halt in the sea.