All aerospace news – Page 995
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ILFC seeks ways to fund aircraft purchase commitments
International Lease Finance Corp (ILFC) is exploring a number of avenues to fund its aircraft purchase commitments and future maturing obligations, saying...
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FAA may mirror EASA with aircraft exit rule
US FAA officials will consider adopting a new requirement concerning self-help aircraft exits if and when the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) moves...
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Airbus reveals self-powered landing gear, braking concept
Airbus UK has applied for a US patent for an A320 power system that stores the kinetic energy of rotating wheels in order to help retract deploy the landing...
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Japanese investigators look at pilots' handling of crashed MD-11
Japanese investigators are examining how the pilots handled the FedEx Express Boeing MD-11 freighter that crashed on landing at Tokyo Narita airport, and...
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Lufthansa receives Citations for Private Jet business
Lufthansa has taken delivery of the first two commercially operated Cessna...
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AirAsia establishing four new hubs
AirAsia is planning to establish hubs at Phuket in Thailand, Penang in Malaysia and Medan and Bandung in Indonesia to aid its expansion. The low-cost...
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US Airways in final negotiations with Goodrich for EFB contract
US Airways has unveiled Goodrich as the likely supplier of electronic flight bags (EFB) for 20 Airbus A319s as part of a FAA-funded programme to gather runway...
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European suppliers partner with Bombardier on CSeries
Three European companies have been announced as key suppliers to Bombardier on the CSeries programme, less than two weeks after Germany's Lufthansa placed...
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Air India expands SR Technics engine pact to A320s
Air India is extending its powerplant maintenance agreement with SR Technics to include additional CFM International CFM56 engines. The two sides already...
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The sound and the fury: measuring perception of noise
The absence of a common language of reporting, communication and negotiation in relation to aircraft noise is a key obstacle to effective noise management that will become critical as aviation growth outstrips technical and operational gains.
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Flying Colours adds to palette with JetCorp acquisition
Canadian completion and maintenance company Flying Colours has acquired the assets of refurbishment and maintenance...
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NewsFAA grounds large portion of Sikorsky S-92 fleet
The US FAA today grounded the Sikorsky S-92 fleet so that operators can replace certain original hardware thought to be related to the 12 March crash of a Cougar Helicopters S-92 off the coast of Newfoundland
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Distractions frequently cause flapless take-offs, NASA reveals
The main cause of the Spanair Boeing MD-82 fatal accident at Madrid last year - failure to select flaps to the take-off setting - has occurred frequently,...
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NewsInternational Moon mission study to examine crew rescue
Earth and lunar orbit crew rescue using a common docking system will be studied by the world's major space agencies
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CFM ready to tackle open rotor engine architecture
CFM International sees noise mitigation as one of the major technical challenges to be overcome for open rotor to become viable, alongside airframe configuration and meeting certification requirements.
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Back in the windtunnel
John Green is chairman of the science and technology sub-group within...
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Partner’s airport noise triple play
Two universities involved in the partnership for air transport noise...
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Bombardier works towards CSeries design freeze in 2010
Bombardier has further refined the design of its CSeries aircraft, increasing payload by roughly 1,000lb (454kg) in response to customer requests, changing...
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GE ISO acoustic alchemy for open rotor
GE, Snecma and NASA in May plan to begin running a 1/5 scale unducted fan (UDF) rotor on a test rig at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Ohio, an experiment...
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