All Safety News – Page 793
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NewsPICTURES - Cirrus unveils single-engine personal jet
Cirrus Design has taken the wraps off its first jet, and the manufacturer of the popular SR22 piston-single light aircraft is bracing for a major sales boost.
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Canada unveils TCAS mandate
Canada is requiring operators to equip their aircraft with collision avoidance equipment in an effort to reduce the risk of mid-air collisions. "The...
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American Eagle ERJ touches down with gear retracted
American Eagle has alerted pilots of its Embraer ERJ-145 family about potential issues with the regional jet's landing gear following a wheels-up landing...
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CAE signs up to train pilots in India
CAE is to provide pilot training in India under separate memoranda of understanding with the Airports Authority of...
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ATR plans major take-off improvement for ATR 72
ATR has begun testing a procedure that could improve take-off performance by up to 20% and lead to new sales to...
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No evidence of mechanical failure on crashed Kenya Airways Boeing 737
Cameroonian investigators say that a preliminary assessment of flight-data recorder information from the Kenya Airways Boeing 737-800 that crashed in May...
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EU predictive maintenance project makes prognosis
The European Union's Technologies and Techniques for New Maintenance (TATEM) concepts project has completed its...
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Nano-sensor for astronaut safety passes space test
A nanotechnology-based electronic device that could lead to tiny environmental sensors for manned spacecraft has been successfully tested in space. The...
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Emission impossible?
Reducing climate-altering emissions will be far from straightforward for aircraft manufacturers and regulators, who will be forced to make some difficult choices in the next 10 years
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Governments 'drag feet' over air traffic
Often cited as offering a quick win to detract from a lack of breakthroughs in the hardware department, the pace of efforts to improve air traffic management...
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Harnessing aviation emissions: A European approach
Europe's plan to hold aviation accountable for its part in global warming has, as expected, come up against stiff opposition. Even at its outset, 2007...
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Aviation and the environment: key milestones
1969 Pratt & Whitney's JT9D is the first high bypass ratio jet engine to power a civil widebody aircraft - the Boeing 747-100. 1970 The USA establishes...
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US FAA opts for an all-encompassing policy
The US Federal Aviation Administration continues to insist on an environmental aviation policy that is all-encompassing, driven by consensus and based on...