All Fixed-wing articles – Page 633
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RIAT: PICTURES: Royal Navy flypast marks 100 years of history
"Fly Navy 100" celebrations at the Royal International Air Tattoo will include mass flypasts of fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters ...
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RIAT: Vulcan XH558 arrives for weekend display
Avro Vulcan XH558 has arrived at Fairford to take part in this weekend's Royal International Air Tattoo, in front of an expected 160,000 spectators ...
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NewsFormer F-35 worker sues Lockheed, alleges software lapses
A newly unsealed lawsuit accuses Lockheed Martin of developing corrupt and possibly dangerous software for the F-35 Joint Strike...
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Flight schools: Diamond in the rough for Diamond
Diamond Aircraft Diamond Aircraft expects US certification of its Austro-powered DA42 NG later this year PRODUCTION Fleet footed The...
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NewsBREAKING NEWS 16 July 1969: PICTURES & VIDEO: Lift off! Moon-bound astronauts depart Earth on Apollo 11
Apollo 11's three astronauts lifted off today at 09:32 local time aboard their Saturn V rocket on the historic mission to make the first manned landing on the Moon
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Senate F-22 vote delayed in bizarre twist
Months of sparring over the Lockheed Martin F-22's future took a bizarre twist when a key vote in the US Senate on 15 July was delayed by at least a week...
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Elbit to open Israeli F-16 mission training centre
Elbit Systems is to establish a mission training centre for the Israeli air force's Lockheed Martin F-16C/D and F-16I fighter pilots, under a private finance...
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Diamond: DA42s shone during RAF's Iraq mission
Two UK Royal Air Force-registered Diamond DA42 surveillance aircraft logged 2,000h on their operational debut over Iraq ...
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New problems threaten India's Tejas light combat aircraft
India's homegrown Tejas light combat aircraft is unlikely to be qualified by December 2010 as currently planned, with the date for its initial operational...
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Indonesian Aerospace to develop CN-235 for anti-submarine role
Indonesian Aerospace (IaE) plans to develop an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) variant of the CN-235 turboprop and hopes to offer the aircraft to countries...
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Indian military aircraft crash rate reaches one a month
An average of one fixed-wing military aircraft crashed every month in India during the past three years, with the country's defence minister telling parliament...
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NewsPICTURES: Boeing delivers first C-17 for NATO-led Heavy Airlift Wing
The first of three C-17 strategic transports on order for 12 NATO and Partnership for Peace nations has been delivered ...
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New request moves Israel closer to JSF order
The Israeli air force has issued an updated request for proposal for the purchase of an initial 25 Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters ...
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PICTURES: Israel receives first four T-6A 'Efroni' trainers
The Israeli air force has received its first four of 25 Beechcraft T-6 turboprop trainers ...
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UK outlines plans for new Strategic Defence Review
The UK is to conduct a new Strategic Defence Review from next year, defence secretary Bob Ainsworth has announced ...
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RAF Typhoon drops first Paveway IV precision-guided bomb
BAE Systems and Raytheon Systems Ltd have dropped the first Paveway IV weapon from a Eurofighter Typhoon ...
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NewsPICTURES: UK's first FSTA tanker arrives in Spain for conversion
The first Airbus A330-200 for the UK's Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft programme has landed at Airbus Military's Getafe site near Madrid for conversion ...
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Working week: Registering success in the Isle of Man
Registering success in the Isle of Man Since its launch two years ago the Isle of Man aircraft registry has gone from strength to strength, attracting...
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NewsUPDATED: Vulcan soars after CAA issues new permit to fly
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has accepted a revised application, allowing Avro Vulcan XH558 to resume flight activities ...