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Fancraft technology could drive CityHawk flying car
Urban Aeronautics subsidiary Metro Skyways plans to develop a four-passenger, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) flying car using its parent company's Fancraft technology.
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ANALYSIS: MoM poses next question for Boeing presence in Washington cluster
Spread over about 71,000sq miles2, the state of Washington is home to diverse climates, with the Cascade mountains dividing a temperate rainforest in the west and semi-arid steppe in the east. It is also home to a diverse aerospace industry – anchored by Boeing.
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ROTORCRAFT: Bell 429s to perform Indonesian calibration work
Bell Helicopter has delivered two Bell 429s to Carpediem Mandiri, which will be used for the flight calibration department of Indonesia's transport ministry.
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ROTORCRAFT: Airbus expects strong decade for civilian helicopters
Airbus Helicopters is confident of delivering 1,000 new civilian helicopters in the coming decade in the Asia-Pacific.
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ROTORCRAFT: Flight Ascend sees strong Asia helicopter growth
Flight Ascend Consultancy says that Asia-Pacific's civilian helicopter fleet has grown 65% in the last decade.
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ROTORCRAFT: New show creates forum for helicopter sector
The inaugural Rotorcraft Asia event in Singapore brings together stakeholders in the Asia-Pacific's civilian helicopter market
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Russian aerospace centre tests overwing-engine design
Russian analysts have conducted windtunnel tests on an overwing-engine aircraft design which is intended to reduce noise.
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NewsVIDEO: Boeing begins 737 Max 9 flight testing after "sporty" first flight
Boeing has begun roughly eight months of flight testing on the 737 Max 9 to focus on validating the aerodynamic and environmental system changes compared to the smaller variant.
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Spirit parked A320neos due to known engine problem
Spirit Airlines has parked three Airbus A320neos due to a known, fleet-wide problem with a carbon air-seal within the PW1100G geared turbofan engines, Pratt & Whitney tells FlightGlobal.
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CAAC clears Lufthansa Technik for ACJ319 MRO work
Lufthansa Technik has obtained Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) approval to operate as a maintenance station for the Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ319 aircraft.
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Cathay to replace or upgrade poor quality A350 business seats
Cathay Pacific will replace all the business class seats on some of its Airbus A350s and undertake extensive modifications on others, due to "seat and surface finishing defects."
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NewsLeonardo's AW139M targets Czech opportunity
As the Czech Republic draws closer to releasing a request for proposals (RFP) for a new fleet of multirole rotorcraft, Leonardo says its AW139M is fully compliant with the nation's technical, performance and cost requirements.
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EASA confirms A321neo Leap as quiet as PW1100G
Updated European certification data has confirmed that the noise level of the CFM International Leap-1A engine is comparable to that of the rival Pratt & Whitney PW1100G.
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HAECO to design interiors for VIP ARJ21s
HAECO Private Jet Solutions (HAECO PJS) has entered an agreement with Comac to provide initial design work related to VIP interiors for the ARJ21 aircraft.
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Irkut confirms need to reinforce MC-21 wing
Russian airframer Irkut confirms it will need to strengthen the wing of the MC-21-300 twinjet after it failed a destructive test before reaching ultimate load.
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Swiss complete helicopter whiteout trials of LIDAR pilot aid
The Swiss air force has completed tests of a new system to help helicopter pilots cope with low-visibility situations such as whiteout.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: What predictive maintenance can offer in a big-data era
The time has arrived and the technology is available – airlines need only embrace it. That’s the message delivered by experts of predictive maintenance, a subject long discussed by the civil aviation industry, but one that for years seemed one step removed – a goal for the future, not a ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Half-century milestone marks 737's enduring appeal
Mike Lombardi is looking for an unusual aircraft model, but distractions come easily in the bowels of the Bellevue, Washington office building where Boeing keeps its corporate archive.
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BA to revamp Club World seats as part of investment plans
British Airways will roll out a new seat for its Club World business cabin in 2019 as part of a wider £400 million ($500 million) revamp of the product, the first results of which will be implemented later this year.
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Paid contentINSIGHT FROM FLIGHTGLOBAL: How the air cargo market is in transition
The recent data from IATA for the whole year of 2016 saw cargo traffic rise by 3.8% in freight tonne-kilometres (FTK), against a 5.3% increase in capacity measured in available tonne kilometres. This encouraging growth was compared to the anaemic 2.3% rise in 2015 and the past decade’s average annual ...