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NewsNASA puts avionics contract out to tender for its Ares I crew launch
NASA has launched a competition to provide avionics for its new Ares I crew launch...
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Great Slave receives first Eagle Single Bell 212s
Ontario-based Great Slave Helicopters has received the first twin-turbine Bell 212s converted to single-engine...
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Goodrich picked to provide HF120 controls
Goodrich is to supply the integrated control system for the GE Honda HF120 engine that will power the HondaJet ...
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Used C-130s to contest US Air Force's combat tanker deal
An opportunity to sell 115 turboprop tankers to the US Air Force has sparked potential bids from prime contractors based on refurbishing retired Lockheed...
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Recent US ruway incursion incidents
Recent US runway incursion incidents include: 6 May 2007, Los Angeles International airport: a Virgin Atlantic Airbus A340-600 carrying 172 passengers...
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GOL prepares for Varig long haul fleet replacement
Gol will invite Airbus and Boeing before year-end to present offers to renew the long-haul fleet of its VRG Linhas Aereas (Varig) division, which the Brazilian...
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Aeroflot pushes Sukhoi to expand Superjet 100 family
Aeroflot is pushing Sukhoi to expand the Superjet 100 (SSJ) family with the introduction of a 130-seat stretch and a 70-seater shrink. Aeroflot holds...
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Atlas Air studies move to smaller widebody freighters
A strategy that could see all-Boeing 747 cargo operator Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings acquire mid-size widebody freighters is under preliminary consideration...
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NewsIsrael's Bedek Aviation plans to develop cargo conversion for Airbus A340
Bedek Aviation Group has emerged as potentially the first company to launch a cargo conversion for...
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Aeroflot to take 787s as Boeing agrees Russian pact
Boeing has detailed the co-operation agreements reached with Sukhoi and Russia's United Aircraft (OAK) after acknowledging an initial pact under which flag...
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Pictures: First Tupolev Tu-204 for Cubana prepared for delivery
The first Tupolev Tu-204 for Cuba's Cubana is among several of the twinjet airliners being...
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NewsPictures: Near-miss at San Francisco runway intersection
A controller's error led two aircraft at San Francisco International airport - one landing and one taking off - to come within an estimated 9m (30ft) of...
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NewsLean, mean, Dream machine - The Boeing 787 takes shape
The world's most advanced civil aircraft production line is taking shape in Seattle, as the 787 begins the final lap of its journey to first flight
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Green sky thinking - carbon credits and the propfan comeback?
Will spiralling fuel costs and the prospect of carbon credits signal the return of the propfan? Engine makers are dusting off some old concepts