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NewsKazan composites plant to produce Superjet parts
Russia's United Aircraft is to begin producing composite parts of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 at a new Kazan plant from the winter of 2013. The facility,...
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UN mandates terrain-awareness avionics on helicopters
United Nations representatives are mandating the carriage of terrain-awareness and ground-proximity warning systems on helicopters operating under its banner. The...
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NewsIsraeli pilots rescued after F-16I crash
An Israeli air force F-16I crashed in the Mediterranean sea off the coast of the Gaza Strip during a training flight on 7 July ...
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NewsThai Airways cancels A380 plan for London route
Thai Airways has cancelled plans to deploy Airbus A380 aircraft on one of its two daily Bangkok-London Heathrow services. The carrier, which was due...
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Asiana pilot landing crashed aircraft was new to 777
The pilot in charge of landing Asiana Airlines' Boeing 777-200ER at the San Francisco airport on 7 July was relatively new to the aircraft type and had only...
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NewsPICTURES: Crashed Asiana 777 flew “significantly” below target speed on approach
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) confirms on 7 July that the pilots of Asiana Airlines flight 214 flew slower than the target approach...
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Asiana says tail strike started fire aboard doomed 777-200ER
Asiana Airlines says the tail strike suffered by the Boeing 777-200ER aircraft that crashed at San Francisco International Airport on 6 July started a fire aboard the aircraft. "We...
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NewsAsiana confirms Flight 214 manifest, pledges to cooperate with investigation
Asiana Airlines has confirmed the manifest for Flight 214 that crashed on the San Francisco Airport runway on 6 July included 291 passengers and 16 cabin...
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NewsAsiana 777-200ER crashes at San Francisco airport
An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777-200ER crashed at San Francisco airport on 6 July, but early reports indicate all passengers and crew survived. The crash occurred...
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NewsOperators face scrapping aircraft as FAA tightens business jet noise rules
New rules coming into effect by end-2015 will prevent operation of older aircraft that fail to meet tough decibel limits
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Saudia to fly nonstop from home nation to Madrid
Saudia will start operating direct flights from Saudi Arabia to Madrid on 29 October. At present, the carrier operates four weekly flights that link...
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NewsProton M failure flags up unreliability of Russian space programme
The post-mortem is under way on the spectacular 2 July Proton M rocket failure at Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which destroyed the launch vehicle and its payload of three of Russia's Glonass navigation satellites.
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Airbus under no pressure to offer higher-density A320
Airbus insists it is under no obligation to offer greater accommodation on the A320neo, having secured a tentative order for the type from budget carrier...
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NewsRAF to receive sixth Shadow surveillance aircraft
The UK is to take delivery of a sixth Shadow R1 intelligence aircraft before the end of the month, it has emerged ...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Is there room for so many players in civil simulator manufacturing?
Can the civil aviation market sustain so many flight simulator manufacturers? Three companies are behind 92% of the equipment on the market, but several new entrants are keen to take a share
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NewsPICTURES: How Netra UAVs helped Indian disaster relief effort
India's Ideaforge has released images showing the Netra UAV's involvement in disaster relief operations ...
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NewsIN FOCUS: UAV engineers can learn from bumblebees, the masters of lift
Engineers are looking at taking inspiration from nature to support the development of small unmanned systems, such as a 'robobee' ...
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NewsLondon Mayor Boris Johnson opens Emirates' Aviation Experience
Emirates has officially opened its Aviation Experience attraction in Greenwich, London in a bid to "put something back" into the city.
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NewsPICTURE: Firefly takes delivery of first ATR 72-600
Malaysia Airlines subsidiary Firefly has taken delivery of its first ATR 72-600 at a ceremony in Toulouse. The aircraft is the first from an order...
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Eurocopter takes Canada to court over coast guard procurement
Eurocopter and the Canadian government are at legal loggerheads over the latter's procurement exercise to replace its...