All articles by Jon Hemmerdinger – Page 50
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NewsBeta to develop conventional electric aircraft amid eVTOL regulatory, infrastructure hurdles
Electric aircraft company Beta Technologies has shifted to pursue certification of a conventional fixed-wing electric aircraft – while still developing an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air taxi. The US company has for years been flight testing a conventional fixed-wing electric aircraft as part of its eVTOL programme, which ...
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NewsBoeing’s orders and deliveries slowed in February
Boeing’s commercial aircraft orders and deliveries slowed in February following a strong start to the year the previous month.
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News‘Not a forgings and castings issue’: GE Aerospace CEO addresses supply chain trouble
GE Aerospace chief executive Larry Culp is pushing back against the assertion that engine shortages are primarily why aircraft manufacturers continue struggling to ramp production of narrowbody jets.
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NewsFlair confirms lessor Airborne behind reports of aircraft repossessions
Canadian discount carrier Flair Airlines confirms that “unprecedented action” taken by aircraft lessor Airborne Capital has affected four of its Boeing 737s, amid reports the jets were seized.
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NewsGE Aerospace still eyeing post-reorganisation expansion: CEO
General Electric chief executive Larry Culp still expects engine maker GE Aerospace will expand into new aerospace segments following a reorganisation expected to wrap up next year.
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NewsGE Aerospace testing Leap tweaks to boost durability in dusty regions
GE Aerospace is tweaking some components in CFM International Leap turbofans to address operating issues primarily affecting commercial jets flying in India and the Middle East.
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In depthIAE marks 40th anniversary as V2500 production, maintenance work hums along
Forty years after its founding, IAE International Aero Engines is still producing V2500s, including turbofans for Embraer’s new C-390 military transport, and its maintenance shops are humming, supporting some 3,000 active V2500-powered Airbus A320ceo-family jets.
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NewsSpaceJet test aircraft demolished at Moses Lake
Wrecking crews dismantled one of Mitsubishi Aircraft’s SpaceJet prototype regional jets at Moses Lake on 8 March, physically and symbolically closing a chapter on Japan’s once-ambitious regional jet programme.
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NewsBoeing confirms 767 and KC-46 ‘quality’ problem
Boeing confirms it has identified a “quality issue” affecting production of 767s and 767-based KC-46 military tankers, saying the issue requires it make fixes to production aircraft.
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NewsNTSB investigates runway incident involving American-Air Canada jets in Sarasota
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating yet another close call at a US airport, this time involving two passenger jets at Sarasota-Bradenton in Florida on 16 February.
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NewsP&W lands new contract to support F135 production
Pratt & Whitney (P&W) has landed another contract, this one worth $5.2 billion, to support its production of the F135 engines that power Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
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NewsLockheed resumes F-35 flights following December crash caused by ‘harmonic resonance’
Lockheed Martin has resumed flights of company-owned, new production F-35 fighters following a nearly three-month pause after a crash at Fort Worth in December last year.
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NewsLuxair to take four 737 Max 8s, including pair on lease
Luxembourg’s Luxair has ordered two Boeing 737 Max 8s and signed a deal to lease another pair of the narrowbodies, part of a plan to boost its summer capacity.
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NewsHong Kong’s Greater Bay orders 15 Boeing 737 Max 9s and eyes 787s
Start-up Hong Kong carrier Greater Bay Airlines has ordered 15 Boeing 737 Max 9s and made a “commitment” to order five 787s.
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NewsUS military orders fleet-wide F-35 retrofit to address F135 engine issue
The US government has ordered that all Lockheed Martin F-35s be retrofitted to address a “harmonic resonance” engine issue that forced the recent grounding of some but not all the fifth-generation fighters.
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NewsUniversal Hydrogen completes first flight of hydrogen-powered Dash 8
Start-up Universal Hydrogen has completed first flight of a De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 powered partly by a hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion system.
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NewsAutoFlight flies Prosperity I eVTOL demonstrator on ‘record’ 135nm sortie
Air taxi developer AutoFlight has completed a long-distance flight of its newest demonstrator aircraft, a feat the company says proves the design’s viability and aids its path toward certification.
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NewsMcKenzie succeeds Hyslop as Boeing’s chief engineer
Boeing’s head of commercial aviation engineering Howard McKenzie became the company’s chief engineer on 1 March, succeeding Greg Hyslop, who is set to retire in June.
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NewsBoeing lands $1.2bn contract to develop E-7s for USAF
Boeing will develop two new variants of its 737-based E-7 airborne early warning and control aircraft for the US Air Force under a newly disclosed contract worth up to $1.2 billion.
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NewsFAA examining ‘close call’ at Boston involving Learjet and JetBlue E190
The US Federal Aviation Administration is investigating what it calls another “close call” involving two aircraft coming way too close, this time at Boston Logon International airport.