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Pratt & Whitney Canada selected for White Knight II engines
Pratt & Whitney Canada's PW308 turbofan engine is to power Virgin...
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Airbus A350 could benefit from EU noise research
The Airbus A350 is the first European airliner expected to benefit from the European...
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DARPA expects quick results from BioFuels programme
The first samples of jet fuel produced from agricultural oils will be available within weeks, says the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Two...
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JSF to fly following electrical system review
Lockheed Martin plans to resume flight-testing the first F-35...
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The Gamechanger..787
Rarely has a new aircraft attracted - or deserved - as much attention as the Boeing 787. From its thrusting nose via flowing lines to the delicately-rising...
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Transformed Boeing welcomes 787 roll-out
PiVOTAL AIRCRAFT GRAHAM WARWICK WASHINGTON DC Boeing reinvents the airliner US manufacturer's 787 programme has set revolutionary standards for...
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The Boeing 787 Deamliner timeline
1995 Airbus launches A330-200, usurping the 767-300ER, which had led the mid-size, long-range widebody market. 1997 Boeing launches 767-400ER "double-stretch"...
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Mid-sizers outrun super-jumbos
Fragmentation max kingsley-jones london Mid-sizers outrun super-jumbos The unveiling of the 787 in Everett last Sunday represented the end of...
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Alan Mulally - a legacy at Boeing
Alan mulally Out of the roll-out spotlight was the man who steered Boeing clear of its production problems, through the wake of 9/11 to the 787's launch....
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John Leahy - Airbus caught napping by 787
john lEAHY To Airbus's chief salesman John Leahy, the 7E7 looked like another in a long line of Boeing projects that would never see the light of day,...
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Sonic Cruiser - a different Boeing
strategy Max kingsley-jones london How the airline market focus changed Boeing would be a different company today if it had launched any of the...
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Mike Bair - the man behind the 787
mike bair The man leading the 787 is one of a long line of Boeing engineers turned executives. Having joined the company in 1979 as an engineer on...
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So far....So good. World airline safety
Worldwide airline safety has been better, statistically, in the first six months of 2007 than it has ever been for the same period. Although the number of...