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News'Business as usual' despite Chapter 11 bankruptcy - Hawker Beechcraft
Senior company executives say it is "business as usual" at Hawker Beechcraft, which on 3 May opted to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in an attempt to eliminate more than $2.5 billion of debt, restructure its balance sheet and renegotiate contracts with its suppliers.
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Satellite imagery provider DigitalGlobe rejects takeover by rival GeoEye
Commercial satellite Earth imagery provider DigitalGlobe has formally turned down an offer from rival GeoEye to buy the company for $17 per share in a combination...
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NewsUS GA safety slips
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says that in 2011 there were "marked increases" in accidents involving "on-demand Part 135 operations", mostly air taxi flights.
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NewsMissing Superjet vanished in vicinity of mountain
Investigators state that the Sukhoi Superjet 100 missing in Indonesia had been on its second demonstration flight of the day when it disappeared.
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NewsPICTURES: Swiss pilots fly next-generation Gripen
Swiss pilots have made new test flights with Saab's Gripen F development aircraft, supporting the nation's planned procurement of the type ...
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NewsSuperjet reported missing during Indonesia demo flight
Reports from Russia indicate that a Sukhoi Superjet 100 is missing in Indonesia.
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Sharkskin is only really slippery on a shark
Engineers looking for nano-scale inspiration should be looking to nature.
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Skin friction challenge demands active drag control
On all three key fronts in aviation's battle against fuel burn - aircraft weight, engine efficiency and drag - there are promising applications of nanomaterials.
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NewsIN FOCUS: Business aviation special report 2012
Business aviation’s innovative spark remains undimmed, despite the dark times it has endured. Ahead of the sector’s European showcase, EBACE in Geneva, we explore the evolving product lines of major manufacturers and new sales models pioneered by Victor and The Jet Business.
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Europe and North America vie for low-cost-carrier fleet dominance
Two-thirds of the 3,500 mainline airliners, regional jets and turboprops in service with low-cost cost airlines serve the two prime and mature LCC markets...
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NewsRizon adds Challenger 605, readies Saudi base
Business aviation services provider Rizon Jet is poised to announce the placement of an aircraft in Riyadh, after signing an operation and management contract for a third Bombardier Challenger 605.
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NewsOverloading caused 2010 crash of NZ skydiver aircraft: commission
The Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand (CAA) has issued a final report about the crash of a Pacific Aerospace Industries FU-24 aircraft at Fox Glacier...
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India’s Rustom 1 reaches 50km flight milestone in test flight
India's Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) Rustom 1 unmanned air system is still undergoing testing and recently completed its 14th successful...
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NewsAustralia axes C-130H fleet in sweeping defence cuts
The Royal Australian Air Force's Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules will be retired early as Canberra trims its defence spending ...
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NewsUSAF moves closer to solving Raptor oxygen woes, whistle-blower pilots won’t be punished
The US Air Force will not punish two F-22 Raptor pilots who publicly spoke out about problems with the Lockheed Martin-built aircraft's oxygen system, a...
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NewsIN FOCUS: P&W doubts readiness of key technology for CFM engine
Pratt & Whitney remains doubtful about the maturity of ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) for aircraft engines even as a competitor prepares to mass produce...
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NewsSpaceX completes Dragon layout concept trials
SpaceX has finished the seventh major funding milestone under NASA's second commercial crew development programme (CCDev II), the crew accommodation concept...
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NewsDelta second stage chosen as SLS interim
Boeing's Delta cryogenic second stage (DCSS) has been selected as the interim upper stage for the first two flights of the Space Launch System (SLS), according...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Business aviation safety performance over 20 years
Business jets' global fatal accident rate last year fell to one per 5,000 aircraft, equalling a record set in 2009 and continuing a positive trend in the sector's safety statistics
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Qatar Airways awards future pilot supply contract to CTC Aviation
Qatar Airways has selected airline training organisation CTC Aviation to supply pilots for its expanding fleet. The deal will see the Gulf carrier...