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Analysis‘Differences training’ under scrutiny after 737 Max crashes
The recent pair of fatal Boeing 737 Max crashes has cast a light on pilots’ type rating training
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Lauda's darkest day echoes in 737 Max crisis
Late motor-racing champion Niki Lauda will be associated not just with his airline entrepreneurship but with an investigation which resulted in scrutiny of design assumptions, and the adequacy of testing and certification methods, similar to that now being given to the Boeing 737 Max.
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AnalysisIn U-Tapao, a growth opportunity for Thai Technical
The air at U-Tapao airport was abuzz in early May, and deputy director of Thai Technical’s aircraft overhaul department there, Catipod Keadmonkong, was on a mission.
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ANALYSIS: Lockheed closes in on LM-100J approval
Lockheed Martin is nearing certification for its LM-100J commercial freighter, with a little over a week of flight testing remaining.
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ANALYSIS: Gulfstream aims to perfect portfolio with G600
The Gulfstream G600 felt like a rocket as it zipped south at nearly the speed of sound during a demonstration flight in March.
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ANALYSIS: The five realities of Thailand's aerospace push
Thailand is poised to be a major hub for the aerospace industry, with advantages such as existing links to the automobile and electronics industry, and competitive wages.
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ANALYSIS: Bombardier builds momentum as new Globals near delivery
Bombardier set the bar high for itself and competitors at least year's EBACE when it unveiled the Global 5500 and 6500 programme, which it had surprisingly kept secret from the industry's prying eyes.
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ANALYSIS: Business aircraft in the works
As recovery gathers pace across the business aircraft industry, manufacturers are working hard to bring a range of new and revamped models to market, aiming to stimulate customer demand and bolster their orderbooks. We review the state of play for the key programmes that are set to arrive on the ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Rolls-Royce's vision of a hybrid future
Short of a revolution in battery technology, electric flight is going to be a mixed affair
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ANALYSIS: Electric flight rules in cruise
Rolls-Royce (R-R) is not alone in anticipating the advent of practicable electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) – transportation. In this vision, small quadcopter or tiltrotor aircraft able to carry one to four people may bring benefits of speed and even reduced emissions to local or regional transport, supplementing and ...
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ANALYSIS: P&W and CFM boost output despite supply-chain stress
The two major narrowbody aircraft engine makers have successfully accelerated production in recent months, though they are still battling with supply-chain stress. CFM International and competitor Pratt & Whitney (P&W) more than doubled output of their latest-generation turbofans – CFM's Leap and P&W's PW1000G – in the first quarter of ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Engine makers prep for next narrowbody launch
The uncertain status of Boeing’s proposed new mid-market airplane (NMA) has likewise left unanswered questions about the engine that might theoretically power the next narrowbody.
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ANALYSIS: Australia takes its Tigers to sea
The Australian Army has entered a new era with the deployment of four Airbus Helicopters Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopters aboard the navy's HMAS Canberra as part of the vessel’s voyage through Southeast Asia.
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ANALYSIS: VTOL UAV makers zero in on naval requirements
UAV makers see significant potential in the Asia-Pacific for small, unmanned vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) systems that can be deployed from warships.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Tackling the scourge of illegal charter
The highly-publicised fatal crash on 21 January of the Piper Malibu PA46-310P carrying Premiership footballer Emiliano Sala has propelled the practice of illegal or “grey” chartering – where aircraft that have not been approved for paying passengers are used for air taxi services – into the spotlight.
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AnalysisATM makeover takes on ad-hoc post-Brexit uncertainty
Since so many business aircraft movements are ad-hoc, they often have to fit into the air traffic management system at short notice. In Europe, right now, air traffic management has its difficulties – and Brexit looms, throwing a shadow of uncertainty over operations between the UK, the largest single European hub for business aviation movements, as well as the continent.
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ANALYSIS: High-tech radar hunts for missing A380 fan debris
French investigators have detailed the extensive efforts to hunt for engine fragments which fell from an Air France Airbus A380 over southern Greenland nearly 20 months ago.
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ANALYSIS: Superjet fire puts focus on evacuation threat
Survivability analysis of the Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet 100 accident at Moscow will inevitably examine the effect of passengers’ stopping to retrieve cabin luggage during evacuation.
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ANALYSIS: US Navy's stealth fighters find new and evolving roles
US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) may have declared the Lockheed Martin F-35C initial operational capable in February 2019, but the evolution of the stealth fighter – and its US Marine Corps (USMC) cousin, the F-35B – is far from over.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Boeing CEO defends MCAS and addresses pilot procedures
Boeing’s chief executive faced an onslaught of questions on 29 April about the 737 Max and the internal processes that developed the flight control system suspected of contributing to the deaths of 346 people.