All news – Page 2754
-
News
Legacy 650 receives HALTO certification from Brazil
Embraer has received High Altitude Landing and Takeoff Operation (HALTO) certification for the Legacy 650 business jet from the Brazilian civil aviation...
-
News
India unveils Mars ambition
India has become the latest nation to unveil its ambition for a Mars mission. The country will place a small spacecraft in orbit around Mars in 2013, Prime...
-
News
NASA announces new mission to Mars
As NASA's Curiosity rover roams across the Martian surface, the space agency is already looking towards its next mission to the red planet. Announced...
-
News
Curiosity performs rock analysis experiment
The Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity, has used one of its main instruments for the first time. The chemistry and camera instrument, or ChemCam, vaporised...
-
News
Inquiry details confusion behind 777 airprox with C-17s
US investigators have detailed the confused co-ordination between air traffic controllers that led to a close encounter between an American Airlines Boeing...
-
News
Inactive transponder hid departing 757 from Atlanta radar
Investigators have determined that a Delta Air Lines Boeing 757-200 was involved in three losses of separation within a few minutes of departing Atlanta,...
-
News
Focus on visual approach put A319 on wrong runway
Pilots of an Air France Airbus A319 erroneously landed on the wrong runway at Casablanca after accepting a visual approach and failing to notice that the...
-
News
Firefly expresses interest in ATR's potential 90-seat turboprop
Malaysia Airlines turboprop operator Firefly is keen to be a launch customer for ATR's potential 90-seat turboprop, still under analysis, and is in talks...
-
NewsMi-38 sets new world altitude record
The Mi-38 has set a new world altitude record for a helicopter in its class, reaching a height of over 28,000ft ...
-
NewsNeil Armstrong, test pilot and first person on moon, dies
Neil Armstrong, former US Navy and NASA test pilot who became the first person to walk on the moon, has died at the age of 82. In addition to the...
-
News
Indian EMB-145 AEW&C arrives in Bengaluru
India's first Embraer EMB-145 airborne early warning and control aircraft has arrived in Bengaluru following a flight from Brazil ...
-
NewsCessna Citation Ten max Mach increased to 0.935
Cessna has increased the speed of its Citation Ten business jet, which the company claims will make it the fastest civil aircraft in the world. The...
-
NewsEglin F-35s fly 200th sortie
Pilots at Eglin AFB, Florida, have completed their first 200 sorties with the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter ...
-
NewsUS Navy to supply Australia with refurbished jammers for EA-18Gs
The US Navy (USN) will dip into its own inventory to supply Australia with the ALQ-99 jammer pods it needs for its future Boeing EA-18G fleet. The southwest...
-
NewsFocus on visual approach put A319 on wrong runway
Pilots of an Air France Airbus A319 erroneously landed on the wrong runway at Casablanca after accepting a visual approach and failing to notice that the...
-
NewsIN FOCUS: Another year of busy activities for the three major global alliances
It has been another year of busy activities for the three major global alliances. Alongside the continued expansion of joint ventures by members within the alliances, there have been a number of new recruits and a few departures.
-
NewsPICTURE: First Tranche 3 Eurofighter takes shape
BAE Systems has completed work on the front fuselage for the first Tranche 3 Eurofighter Typhoon ...
-
News
USA proposes Maverick sale to Indonesia
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has notified congress of a possible sale of 18 Raytheon AGM-65K2 Maverick missiles to Indonesia. The...
-
NewsPerth's new domestic terminal to open in early 2013
Construction of Perth's new domestic terminal, scheduled to open in early 2013, is almost complete. The terminal, the first to be built in Perth in...
-
NewsNASA announces completion of first new commercial crew milestone
NASA has announced the on-time completion of the first milestone under NASA's commercial crew integrated capability (CCiCap) programme, meant to stimulate...