All Airframers news – Page 67
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NewsNew Airbus Beluga loading system tested with German CH-53 helicopter
Airbus has undertaken verification tests of a loading system intended for lifting outsize military cargo onto the A300-600ST Beluga transport, as the airframer begins offering the type for third-party services. The five Beluga aircraft – developed to carry Airbus aircraft structures and assemblies between the airframer’s manufacturing facilities – are ...
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NewsDe Havilland plans new assembly site near Calgary, Dash 8 and Twin Otter reboot unsettled
De Havilland Canada has revealed plans to build a massive new manufacturing site near Calgary where it will assemble aircraft including its newly launched DHC-515 water bomber.
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NewsBoeing CEO still confident in Max 7’s certification in 2022
Boeing chief executive David Calhoun remains optimistic the Federal Aviation Administration will certificate the 737 Max 7 before year-end – and before a critical regulatory change.
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NewsAzul to remove 12 E195s from passenger-aircraft service
Brazilian discount airline Azul will remove 12 Embraer 195s from its fleet of passenger aircraft before the end of 2022, moving to sell some of the jets and convert others to freighters.
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NewsAirlines will need larger jets like updated A380: Emirates’ Clark
Emirates Airline president Tim Clark fears the industry’s shift away from the largest aircraft types could leave carriers short on seats in the coming decades, potentially leading to “enormously high fares”.
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NewsBoeing and Wisk outline their concept for air taxi flights
Boeing and partner Wisk Aero have broadly defined requirements they view as needed for the unmanned electric air taxi concept to become reality. The companies on 20 September released a 64-page report predicting how an air taxi system – known as urban air mobility (UAM) – would actually work. The ...
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NewsSierra Nevada joins Bell’s ‘high-speed vertical take-off and landing’ project
Defence contractor Sierra Nevada will design mission systems for a high-speed vertical take-off and landing (HSVTOL) aircraft concept being developed by Bell.
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NewsEviation’s Alice completes high-speed taxi test, ‘final’ step before flight
Electric aircraft developer Eviation has released video of its Alice prototype completing a high-speed taxi test ahead of its planned first flight.
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NewsBoeing still pausing 737 production as it works through supply troubles
Boeing is still periodically pausing 737 production due component shortages and other supply chain problems.
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NewsHeart details dimensions of ES-30 as Swedish start-up pushes ahead with 30-seater
Heart Aerospace’s ES-30 will be more than twice as heavy as the previously proposed ES-19, with a wingspan that also grows by nearly one-third, according to the manufacturer’s preliminary data.
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NewsEngine makers sound downbeat on supersonic, leaving Boom in a bind
In the wake of Rolls-Royce’s departure from Boom Supersonic’s Overture programme, three additional propulsion specialists have indicated they have no interest in developing powerplants for supersonic civilian aircraft, leaving fresh questions about who will supply the jet’s engines.
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NewsGulfstream amped up software testing to meet FAA’s post-Max oversight
Gulfstream completed comprehensive “model-based” software validation to clear FAA’s new hurdles for software approval.
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NewsFAA and EASA approve Gulfstream’s G500/G600 software fix
The fix addresses a problem that has prevented G500s and G600s from landing if wind gusts exceed 5kt.
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NewsBoeing lands fewer orders in August but deliveries increase as 787 shipments resume
Boeing’s order activity ticked down in August following a strong July, with the company booking deals for 30 aircraft and logging cancellations for four jets last month.
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NewsAnalysts warn small aerospace suppliers could topple amid recovery
More small aerospace suppliers could fail under economy pressure as the aerospace industry recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic.
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NewsCollins to ship 1MW motor to P&WC this month as hybrid project progresses
Collins Aerospace plans this month to ship a 1MW electric motor to Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC), advancing a project to demonstrate a hybrid-electric-modified De Havilland Canada Dash 8.
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NewsUnited commits to Eve air taxi order with $15m investment
United Airlines has disclosed a $15 million investment in electric air taxi developer Eve and conditionally agreed to purchase 200 of Eve’s in-development aircraft.
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NewsEmbraer touts E-Jets as ‘perfect complement’ for Malaysian operators
Embraer has identified what it believes is a “mismatch” in capacity and demand among Malaysia carriers, and is touting its E2 twinjet family as the “perfect complement” to the airlines’ current fleets.
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NewsRolls-Royce exits Boom’s supersonic airliner project
Rolls-Royce has ended its involvement in a project by Boom Supersonic to develop a faster-than-sound passenger airliner, leaving unclear the powerplant options available to Boom.
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NewsBombardier testing second, larger flight demonstrator of blended-wing-body concept
Bombardier has started flight testing a second, larger unmanned demonstrator of a conceptual blended-wing-body aircraft, expanding an effort the company says could inform the design of a radically different large-cabin business jet in future.