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PICTURES: Sanswire makes engine progress for its airship
Airship development joint venture Sanswire -TAO has completed testing of its STS-111's propulsion system at 9,000ft...
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Australia charges Emirates with cargo price fixing
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will haul Dubai-based Emirates into court over alleged price fixing between 2002 and 2006.
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NewsSpanair MD-82 crash: Pilots twice failed to check flap setting
Investigators of last year's fatal Spanair Boeing MD-82 crash have disclosed that the pilots' failure to carry out proper flap and slat position checks contributed...
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Libyan inks deal to bring OnAir connectivity to new A320s
Libyan Airlines has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with OnAir to install the Airbus/SITA joint venture's in-flight mobile connectivity services...
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NewsNATCA ousted from Hudson investigation for breaching protocol
The NTSB has removed Natca as a party to its investigation of an 8 August mid-air collision between an air taxi sightseeing helicopter and a general aviation aircraft near New York City
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Embraer's E-Jets cargo door fix ends repetitive inspections
US FAA officials are proposing to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Embraer 170/190 aircraft after the Brazilian manufacturer developed a modification...
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Malaysian soon to trial credit card authentication service
Malaysian Airlines will shortly begin trialling a real-time, handheld credit card authentication service during flight, in a move that is expected to reduce...
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FAA: no knee-jerk reaction to 'Wild West' Hudson corridor
The US Federal Aviation Administration is taking a metered response to the 8...
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This Week's briefings
The pilot of the Eurocopter AS350 tour helicopter that collided with a Piper PA-32 over New...
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NewsAirbus A350 could be equipped with automatic emergency descent system
Airbus is considering equipping the A350 XWB with an automated system that would put the aircraft into an unaided emergency descent if it detected unsafe...
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Boeing to bolster 737 windscreens for bird protection
Boeing will increase the bird strike tolerance of its newly remodeled next-generation Boeing 737. According to a statement issued by windscreen manufacturer...
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Portable IFE firm e.Digital sees revenues drop in fiscal 1Q
Portable in-flight entertainment (IFE) specialist e.Digital narrowed its fiscal first quarter net loss to $570,000 compared to the $669,000 loss it recorded...
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Garuda open to having investors in parts of its MRO business
Garuda Indonesia wants to maintain full-ownership of its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) business GMF AeroAsia but is open to having strategic investors...
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Virgin Blue to end codeshare partnership with United
Australia's Virgin Blue plans to discontinue its codeshare with United Airlines as it prepares to implement a more comprehensive partnership with Delta Air...
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Virgin America to debut new 'best of web' category on Red
A new "best of the web" category will go live on Virgin America's Red touch-screen, seat-back in-flight entertainment systems in September.
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Taiwan's EGAT to do heavy checks for Lufthansa Cargo
Germany's Lufthansa Cargo and Taiwanese maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) firm Evergreen Aviation Technologies (EGAT) have signed airframe heavy maintenance...
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UGVs could be used as wildfire fighting trail blazers
Texas A&M, which doubles as the state of Texas agency for emergency response, recently completed a study on wildland robotic firefighting with Lockheed Martin...
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AUVSI: Harris showcases hand-held video receiver
At one-tenth the weight of existing tactical video receivers, the United States Marine Corps has a new battlefield intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance...
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California lawmakers to vote on wildlife mitigation bill
The California State Assembly is soon expected to vote on legislation to grant airports immunity from state law to remove wildlife threatening passenger...