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HAI: Sikorsky upgrades S-92 with new B-model variant
Sikorsky has launched a new B-model variant of its S-92 heavy-twin helicopter, featuring improved levels of cockpit automation and a cabin capable of serving multiple missions.
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Delta encourages Boeing to launch NMA
Delta Air Lines chief executive Ed Bastian is encouraging Boeing to launch its proposed New Mid-market Airplane (NMA).
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NewsBA compromises on red wings for retro BEA A319
While British Airways predecessor BEA’s aircraft featured distinctive all-red wing surfaces, technical considerations prevented the same being applied to BA’s retro-livery Airbus A319.
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HAI: Kopter SH09 arrives in Sicily for flight tests
The third prototype of Kopter's SH09 light-single helicopter has arrived in Sicily, where the company hopes favourable weather conditions will enable accelerated flight testing leading to type certification in 2020.
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Brakes applied after commercial orders glut
January is traditionally a quiet month for commercial aircraft sales, and 2019 did not break from this trend. Information from Cirium’s Fleets Analyzer shows there were 27 new orders recorded during the month, along with 11 cancellations, leaving a net total of 16.
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HAI: Sikorsky launches drive to develop urban air taxi technology
Sikorsky has entered the urban air mobility segment with a campaign aimed at collaborating with other companies to develop technologies and infrastructure needed to make intra-city air taxis a reality.
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HAI: Honeywell trims five-year civil helicopter forecast
Honeywell has trimmed its five-year turbine-powered civil helicopter demand forecast to 4,000 units, down 5% from last year's forecast due largely to a sagging Latin American market.
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Carlyle Group backs Nordam restructuring efforts
Carlyle Group is to provide funding to restructuring US-based Nordam to enable the aerostructures manufacturer and repair provider to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
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PICTURES: Inside Comac's C919 assembly line
Comac is targeting to get three more C919 prototypes flying this year, bringing it to a fleet of six aircraft engaged in flight tests, as it works towards getting the narrowbody type certificated in 2020.
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RETROSPECTIVE: How Concorde's flight impeded UK axe
First flight of the BAC-Aerospatiale Concorde became an influential consideration when, just two weeks later, the UK attorney general outlined to the government its chances of cancelling the UK's role in the supersonic programme.
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RETROSPECTIVE: Andre Turcat – the pilot who first flew Concorde
This article, written by former Sud Aviation chief test pilot, Andre Turcat, was published in Flight International’s issue of 21 October 2003,to mark Concorde’s retirement from service. Turcat flew Concorde 001 F-WTSS on its first flight on 2 March 1969, and headed the French side of the flight test programme. ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Supersonic projects speed towards Concorde's successor
Almost exactly 20 years after the Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde's final revenue flight from New York touched down in London in October 2003, a commercial jet will once again cross the Atlantic at speeds faster than sound. At least that is the ambition of Tom Vice, chief executive of Aerion, one of ...
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NewsRETROSPECTIVE: Concorde as viewed from the flightdeck
Capt Ron "R E" Gillman described Concorde as a "magnificent achievement" in this assessment of its handling qualities first published in Flight in January 1976 to mark the aircraft's entry into service
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NewsRETROSPECTIVE: How Flight reported Concorde's 1969 first flight
The world had to wait a long time for Concorde to fly. And when it did, Flight International celebrated with a three-page spread of pictures accompanied by bi-lingual verse by the poet Robert Gordon.
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Rolls-Royce will not 'waste' more time on Brexit: chief
UK engine maker Rolls-Royce has "wasted" enough resources on Brexit preparations in drawing up contingencies for a potential no-deal departure from the EU, in the view of chief executive Warren East.
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OpinionOPINION: Concorde still sets the pace, 50 years from first flight
"From the beginning of time until about 1840, the distance a man could travel between getting up and going to bed was about 75 miles… then technology produced the aeroplane, and today a man can travel 7,000 miles in his waking hours. When the supersonic era is inaugurated this 12h ...
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Safran to build additional Leap MRO shops
Safran is planning to establish two additional engine overhaul facilities by 2023 to handle shop visits for the Leap engines built by CFM International, its joint venture with GE Aviation.
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Rolls-Royce foresees broad applications for UltraFan
Rolls-Royce foresees a range of potential applications for its UltraFan future engine programme, despite the UK manufacturer's withdrawal of its bid to power Boeing's proposed New Mid-market Airplane.
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China Southern converts two 777-300ER orders to 777Fs
China Southern Airlines has converted an order for two Boeing 777-300ERs to 777-200LR Freighters.
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Rolls-Royce 'open' to potential partnership on NMA engine: chief
Rolls-Royce is not ruling out the possibility that it might partner with another engine manufacturer to power Boeing's New Mid-market Airplane.