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FlightGlobal’s Sustainability at Farnborough programme - day 1
Every day during Farnborough 2022 FlightGlobal is producing daily programmes focused on the hottest topic of the show – sustainability.
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NewsPICTURE: C295 makes first test flight with anti-ship missile
Airbus Military's C295 has been flown for the first time carrying an MBDA Marte Mk2/S anti-ship missile ...
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FARNBOROUGH: BAE Systems tests UAV auto-control system on Jetstream
BAE Systems is flying a modified Jetstream regional turboprop to test automatic flight control systems for unmanned air vehicles, which can fly - and in...
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Germany to extend operations with Heron 1 UAV
Germany is to continue using Israel Aerospace Industries Heron 1 unmanned air vehicles in Afghanistan until October 2014 under a two-year contract extension...
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NewsPICTURES: First flying A350 nears final assembly
Airbus's first flying A350-900 prototype is nearing final assembly after its forward fuselage arrived at the line in Toulouse. The 21m (69ft) section,...
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NewsBoeing makes progress on 737 Max backlog
Boeing's latest single-aisle product, the 737 Max, entered the industry's premier event this year faced with high - and perhaps even impossible - expectations.
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NewsFAA should have issued GE CF6 directive in 2006: NTSB
The US National Transportation Safety Board says an engine fire on an American Airlines Boeing 767-300ER in February would not have occurred had the Federal...
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NewsBurned FDR sets back Dana MD-83 dual-engine failure probe
Investigators probing the fatal Dana Air Boeing MD-83 approach crash to Lagos face a substantial hurdle to explain an apparent dual-engine failure on the...
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NewsGE: CMCs may yield 1.5% fuel burn cut in Leap engines
Lightweight, high-temperature ceramic matrix composites will play a key role in the long-term evolution of CFM's Leap-X turbofan engine, ultimately yielding...
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NewsSnecma prepares dual fan factories for Leap engines
By 2019, Snecma will be producing one CFM Leap engine composite fan blade every 30 minutes, or 32,000 per year, from two identical manufacturing centres...
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NewsPICTURE: Pilot injured as OV-10 Bronco crashes in Cotswolds
An inquiry has been launched after a vintage OV-10 Bronco crashed at Cotswold Airport ...
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NewsUnited cites fleet flexibility for 150 jet order
United Airlines will have the option to keep its fleet size flat, or even reduce it, following today's order for 150 Boeing 737s.
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NewsUnited Airlines orders 150 Boeing 737s
United Airlines has placed an order for 150 Boeing 737s, including 100 of the re-engined 737 Max 9. The order, which includes 50 current generation...
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FARNBOROUGH: Airbus wrestles with A350 wing drilling
Airbus is aiming to deliver the wing for the first flying A350-900 to the final assembly line in October, but is still assessing whether additional cautiousness...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Boeing charts course for 787-10 launch
Even after eight years of development, delays and attempted recovery, Boeing still is not quite ready to share the 787's spotlight with another widebody...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Cathay A350-1000 deal redraws big-twin battle lines
Cathay Pacific has redrawn the battle lines of the transatlantic 'big twin' rivalry, giving the stagnated Airbus A350-1000 programme a long-awaited confidence...
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: AirAsia boss confirms talks for 100 CSeries CS300
AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes has confirmed that he is in preliminary talks to buy up to 100 Bombardier CSeries CS300 jets in a 160-seat configuration. "We...
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FARNBOROUGH: Viking evaluates market for DHC-5 Buffalo relaunch
Viking Air is looking to relaunch production on the de Havilland DHC-5 Buffalo following strong interest in an upgraded version from existing operators of...
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FARNBOROUGH: Boeing details 787 ecoDemonstrator technologies
Boeing will trial various composite components and flightdeck management technologies on its 787-8 ecoDemonstrator aircraft when flight tests begin next...
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FARNBOROUGH: EADS Astrium models secure military satellite
EADS Astrium (OE13) showed a model of what it claims is the world's most sophisticated satellite for secure military communications. The company's Paradigm...