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NewsSecond X-47B flies
The second and final Northrop Grumman X-47B has successfully taken flight at Edwards AFB in California ...
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UK CAA workshop aims to boost GA safety
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has completed a workshop with a number of general aviation associations aimed at developing a partnership to advance...
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NewsUK clears Hawk T2s, Tucanos for return to training duties
The UK Royal Air Force is to resume normal flight activities with its BAE Systems Hawk T2s and Shorts Tucano T1 basic trainers ...
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Arab League sanctions to hit Syria flights
Commercial flights from Syria to Arab League member states are to be banned under a list of sanctions imposed on the country in connection with ongoing civil...
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Eurocopter inaugurates logistics platform
Eurocopter has inaugurated its new logistics platform at its industrial site in Marignane, France, marking the end of a two-year programme to re-engineer...
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NewsNBAA: The old BARR is back
Business aviation operators and advocates are touting victory over unnecessary government intrusion after President Barack Obama signed the Consolidated...
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Air Berlin Technik supports Emirates A380 in Munich
Air Berlin Technik is providing line maintenance for Emirates' Airbus A380s in Munich. The maintenance company has been supporting the Gulf carrier's...
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Freight traffic slides further in October
Air freight levels continued to slide in October as fresh figures from IATA released today show cargo traffic nearly 5% down on the same month last year.
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NewsAustralia saves six F-111s, offers seven, buries 23
Australia is offering to loan seven retired General Dynamics F-111 aircraft to Australian museums and other organisations, while it has buried another 23 aircraft in a landfill.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Why Embraer’s narrowbody call could be smart move
Embraer's decision not to follow Bombardier into a head-to-head fight with mainline airliner manufacturers and concentrate on developing an enhanced, re-engined E-Jet instead has been well received by analysts and rivals.
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Australia offers four stored C-130H transports to Indonesia
Australia has offered to give Indonesia four Lockheed Martin C-130H transport aircraft that have been in storage since 2009. "The offer is subject...
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NewsIN FOCUS: A flight test of Antonov's An-158 regional jet
Antonov moved on from its Soviet origins and embraced 21st-century aircraft design with the highly modern An-148 regional jet - a stretched version of which, the An-158, was certified earlier this year. In this exclusive flight-test report, we put the longer variant through its paces
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NewsHuman power sheds light on winglets
Experience with low-powered aircraft aerodynamics gained during the 1970s and 1980s - by engineering teams in the USA, Europe and Japan bidding to win Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) prizes for human-powered aircraft (HPA) - is widely credited with paving the way for high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned systems.
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NewsFirst Thai Airways A380 enters final assembly line
Thai Airways' first Airbus A380 aircraft has entered the final assembly line in Toulouse, France.
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Royal New Zealand Air Force opens A109 simulator centre
New Zealand has commissioned a flight simulator centre to train pilots for the AgustaWestland A109 light utility helicopter.
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Diamond Aircraft’s DA42-NG to debut in Australia
Hakwer Pacific has announced that Diamond Aircraft's DA42-NG will be making its first visit to Australia.
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NewsHebei Aviation Investment inks deal for 10 ARJ21s
Hebei Aviation Investment Group has inked an agreement with the Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (Comac) to purchase 10 Comac ARJ21 regional jets. The...
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Lufthansa tightens belt despite cost saving success
Lufthansa is cutting back investment due to the uncertain economic environment, despite the fact its "Climb 2011" cost reduction programme has created more...
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Fokker wins component MRO business in Peru
Peruvian regional airline LC Busre has contracted Fokker services to provide component support for its Bombardier Dash 8 turboprops.
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NewsHeathrow asks carriers to halve capacity to mitigate strike effects
Heathrow Airport has asked all carriers to halve capacity on flights due to arrive on 30 November in the face of potentially crippling strike action by UK...