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NewsPictures: Rockwell B-1 lifted from Diego Garcia runway after wheels-up landing forced base closure
In early May Flight reported on the US Air Force Rockwell B-1B strategic bomber that closed the runway of an Indian Ocean US military base for three days after a wheels-up landing - here are exclusive pictures of how they lifted it off.
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NewsPicture: Boeing flies Little Bird unmanned helicopter over Arizona for 20min
Boeing yesterday revealed it sucessfully completed a test flight last month of its Boeing unmanned Little Bird demonstrator, a modified MD Helicopters 530F, without a safety pilot on board
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NewsPictures: US aviation safety investigators find insulation failed to stop Malaysian carrier Transmile's May Boeing 727 wing explosion
An investigation of the 4 May explosion of a Transmile Airlines Boeing 727-200 freighter’s left wing during towing at Bangalore airport has found evidence of damaged wiring and electrical arcing within the wing’s fuel tank.
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NewsBoeing 20-year market forecast sees more retirements, fewer regional jets
Boeing’s latest 20-year forecast predicts a $2,600 billion global market for around 27,200 aircraft – about 5% more aircraft than it expected in last year’s outlook due to accelerated retirement rates driven by rising fuel prices.
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Former Honeywell Aerospace chief Bob Johnson to lead Dubai's DAE
Newly-created Middle Eastern aeronautical services company Dubai Aerospace Enterprise has named former Honeywell Aerospace chief Bob Johnson as its chief executive (CEO).
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Pictures: Google founders' aviation company sued in Boeing 767 luxury conversion lawsuit
The two co-founders of internet search engine Google are embroiled in a legal dispute over the design of the interior for an ongoing luxury conversion of a Boeing 767.
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Boeing quadruples Airbus first half order tally with 493 aircraft booked
Boeing secured orders for 493 aircraft over the first half of this year, four times the number recorded by European rival Airbus over the same period.
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Renamed Gamesa Aeronautica to help design Boeing 747-8
Aernnova, the new name for Spain’s Gamesa Aeronautica, is to help design fuselage and wing sections for Boeing’s 747-8, under a contract scheduled to expire in the middle of 2008.
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NewsPictures: Osprey, Mig-29 OVT and IJT among first arrivals at Farnborough
The first aircraft have started arriving at the UK's Farnborough air field, ahead of next week's Farnborough International air show.
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NewsIrish Air France feeder airline CityJet to acquire 23 ex-Northwest Airlines' Mesaba BAe Avro RJ85s
Air France-KLM feeder CityJet is expected to detail a planned acquisition of 23 British Aerospace Avro RJ85s, formerly operated for Northwest Airlines by regional carrier Mesaba, within a few days.
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Executive changes fail to sway Airbus customers
Delay and indecision continue to tarnish airframer’s badly damaged credibility
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NewsPicture: Boeing plans plain grey natural laminar flow nacelles for 787s in bid to reduce fuel burn
Boeing plans to reduce airframe drag on the 787 by standardising on a specific thickness of grey paint for the engine inlet, to preserve natural laminar and boost range.
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NewsEADS co-CEO Tom Enders tightens grip at Toulouse, junks Forgeard's de luxe office
One of Tom Enders’ first actions after taking ultimate responsibility for running Airbus was to hand Nöel Forgeard’s lavish office in Toulouse back to Airbus management. After becoming EADS co-chief executive with Enders last June, Forgeard had visited his former fiefdom at least once every two weeks.
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NewsUK highlights perils to air traffic surveillance of growing wind turbine 'farms'
Air traffic surveillance can be severely degraded unless planners are required to consider aircraft safety, says UK CAA study into wind farms
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NewsDelays to 'improved' Dassault Falcon 7X programme as range upgrades incorporated, but customers remain ‘happy’
Delays to 7X programme as range upgrades are incorporated into aircraft, although customers remain ‘happy’
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End of an era for RAF as last English Electric PR9 Canberra bows out after 55 years
The UK Royal Air Force has retired its last English Electric Canberra PR9 photographic reconnaissance aircraft from active service after 55 years of operations.
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NewsRolls-Royce mulls three-shaft narrowbody engine, in belief that high fuel prices favour more complex architecture
High fuel costs could prompt Rolls-Royce to offer a three-shaft turbofan to power the new-generation, 150-seat narrowbody airliner families that Airbus and Boeing are widely expected to introduce in the second half of the next decade
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NewsGermany, Italy and Sweden hold project talks on 'Agile' advanced UAV in bid to beat French-led Neuron
Germany is discussing with Italy and Sweden the possible launch of a multinational advanced unmanned air vehicle effort that could demonstrate many capabilities years ahead of the French-led Neuron, which is not expected to enter flight testing until 2011.