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MAKS: Berkut targets light helicopter market
A Russian start-up helicopter manufacturer has produced a two-seat co-axial helicopter, aiming to break into the light helicopter market currently dominated by the Robinson R-22 and R-44.
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New Zealand struggles with Seasprite sustainment
New Zealand is finding its five Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite helicopters increasingly difficult to maintain, a new report has revealed ...
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United-Continental to inject $550m into fleet upgrades
Improving the passenger experience is firmly on United Airlines' radar as the US major announced it is injecting $550 million into upgrading its fleet, including...
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NewsPICTURE: PAK-FA flameout embarrasses Sukhoi
An engine problem forced Sukhoi's second prototype PAK-FA to abort its take-off run at the MAKS air show on 21 August ...
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NewsUK signs £1bn deal for Chinook HC6 fleet
The UK has signed a £1 billion ($1.65 billion) contract to acquire an additional 14 Boeing CH-47 Chinook transport helicopters ...
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Old fashioned weaponary now greatest threat to war zone helicopter survivability
The shooting down of a Chinook earlier this month suggests that it is easier to protect helicopters from advanced smart weapons than from bullets and RPGs
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Seabird starts flight tests of new Seekers
Australia's Seabird Aviation has launched the flight test programmes of two new versions of its Seeker patrol and surveillance aircraft.
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NewsMAKS: TsKB Progress flight tests new twin-turboprop
Samara, Russia-based TsKB Progress, better known as the producer of the Soyuz rocket, has produced a fifth Rysachok twin-turboprop utility aircraft, which...
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NewsUK's Joint Helicopter Command keeps focus on Afghanistan
Despite the budget cuts facing the UK's defence forces, its rotorcraft activities continue to secure fresh investment ...
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Baltic Aviation Academy wins Israeli approval for 737 training
Lithuania-based Baltic Aviation Academy has received an approval certificate to operate type rating training for Boeing 737 aircraft from the Israeli Civil...
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IndiGo to launch international services on 1 September
Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo will enter the international market with the launch of seven services to Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore and Thailand.
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MAS to start new regional carrier called Sapphire
Malaysian Airline System (MAS) is planning a new regional airline named Sapphire, which will use Boeing 737 aircraft now operated by its Firefly unit.
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First A350 keel beam transferred to St Nazaire
Airbus's St Nazaire, France, plant has received the first keel beam for the A350-900, a section which - for the first time - has been integrated with the aft lower fuselage shell as a single component
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NewsCrew did not survive First Air 737-200 crash
None of the crew members of the First Air Boeing 737-200 which crashed in the Canadian Arctic survived the accident, but three survivors are still being
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Taiwan’s AIDC balances defence and commercial work
Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation is the sort of company one would be unlikely to find in the West, with a finger in virtually every aspect of aircraft development and construction, from avionics to engines and complete airframes.
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Thai Smile Air to start domestic services from July 2012
Thai Smile Air will start services to domestic destinations such as Ubon Ratchathani, Khon Kaen, Chiang Rai and Surat Thani from July 2012, with international...
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MAKS: Expanded Ulyanovsk to host MRO and airframer facilities
Construction is set to begin next year on the infrastructure for an extensive aerospace facility at Russia's Ulyanovsk Vostochny airport which will house...
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Chartered 737 crashes in northern Canada
Police in Canada have reported survivors from among 15 occupants of a chartered Boeing 737 which crashed in the north of the country.
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NewsRed Arrows pilot killed as Hawk crashes at UK show
A BAE Systems Hawk T1 aircraft from the Royal Air Force's Red Arrows aerobatic display team has crashed, killing its pilot ...
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MAKS: Volga-Dnepr details new modernised An-124 variant
Russian outsize freight specialist Volga-Dnepr has reached another development agreement to modernise the Antonov An-124, this time into a version designated...