All aerospace news – Page 816
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NASA plans tests for Discovery
NASA will begin tests on Discovery's external fuel tank sometime after 15 December, the US space agency says. Engineers are still meeting to determine...
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NewsRolls denies that it knew about Trent 900 weakness
Clarifying details about the oil feed problem that caused the uncontained Rolls-Royce Trent 900 failure on a Qantas Airbus A380 in November, the engine manufacturer says: "It is not true that we knew about a problem in the A and B versions of the engine and went on to correct ...
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NewsSpaceX, NASA launch new era of spaceflight
SpaceX's Dragon capsule became the first successful commercial space vehicle when it lifted off aboard the California-based company's Falcon 9 on a mission co-sponsored by NASA and was recovered from its Pacific Ocean splashdown hours later.
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NewsCathay unveils new long-haul business class seat
Cathay Pacific Airways has unveiled a new business class seat for its long-haul flights, and plans to roll out the new product offering on its Airbus A330...
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Continental fits all international 777s with flat-bed seats
Continental Airlines says all of its Boeing 777 long-haul international flights now feature new 'BusinessFirst' class flat-bed seats.
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Opinion
Comment: End of a stand-off
In taking the bold step of avoiding a new-product strategy, Airbus sets in train a long-postponed game-theory exercise of which indefinite status quo is the only impossible result
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Interview
Working Week: Frank Brenner
Frank Brenner, director of the business unit control centre of air navigation service provider DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung, traces his choice of career to the tower of Stuttgart airport after growing up in its shadow.
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NewsAB25: anniversary reflections from Sir Richard Branson
"I would like to think we have brought some glamour back to air travel that was not there 25 years ago"
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Opinion
Comment: No place to hide
A range of new security technologies waiting for recognition have the potential simultaneously to improve the airport experience for passengers and outwit potential terrorists.
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Proton crash set back for Russian GLONASS programme
The Russian government has formed an investigative committee to review the 5 December launch failure of a Proton rocket that ultimately destroyed three navigational...
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SpaceX-NASA launch postponed
The maiden flight of SpaceX's Dragon capsule originally planned for 7 Decemeber has been postponed due to a crack in the engine nozzle on the rocket's second...
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NewsUSAF welcomes home X-37B space plane
The U.S. Air Force is evaluating the performance and condition of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-1), the reusable space plane that lifted off in April...
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Larger CSeries CS500 would be "ideal" for Southwest: AirInsight
Bombardier should add a 150-seat, single-class CS500 with 32in pitch to its CSeries family, as such an aircraft would be "highly competitive" and provide...
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NewsAB25: anniversary reflections from Juergen Weber
"The pressure on the industry to consolidate has become acut in Europe and elsewhere"
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Investigators analyse data recorders from crashed Tu-154
Investigators have retrieved two of the three flight recorders from the Dagestan Airlines Tupolev Tu-154M which crashed at Moscow Domodedovo yesterday.
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Discovery launch pushed back again, now looking to February
With NASA engineers still unable to determine the cause of cracks on space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank, the launch has been pushed back to 3 February...
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Overhaul of US Airways' A330-300s to begin next fall
US Airways in about nine months will begin retrofitting its Airbus A330-300s with the same new business-class product that it offers on its A330-200s.
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Alaska expands intra-state Gogo in-flight Internet access
Alaska Airlines says Aircell's Gogo in-flight Internet service is now available on its flights from Southeast Alaska north to Anchorage and Fairbanks.
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Vemina Aviaprestige wins EASA approval for interior MRO
EASA has granted Vemina Aviaprestige, a Moscow-based cabin completions centre for business and VIP aircraft, Part 145 approval to provide interior equipment...
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Multiple systems failures on QF32 after engine blow-out
Multiple systems issues plagued the crew of the Qantas Airways Airbus A380, which was forced to make an emergency landing in Singapore on 4 November after...