All Engines news – Page 119
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News
Airbus ends 2015 with over 1,000 orders
Airbus took net orders for 1,036 aircraft last year, comfortably above rival Boeing's total of 768.
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Opinion
OPINION: Why aviation won't reach environmental Utopia
Our special report this week highlights the fraught nature of the relationship between aviation and the planet: flying is not environmentally friendly, and there is no easy way around that. It is difficult to avoid the conclusion, then, that new thinking is needed.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Europe gears up for intensive Clean Sky push
As preparations continue for the second phase of Europe’s Clean Sky technology development initiative, the first phase has reached its “most intensive” period – in terms of what has been achieved and what is about to be demonstrated.
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OBITUARY: Andre Turcat, first man to fly Concorde
Andre Turcat made his reputation as the first Concorde pilot. In retirement, he remained one of the supersonic transport’s greatest supporters
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Our 2015 forecasts revisited – spot-on or way, way off?
Forecasting is a rough game, but here at Flight we're always up for a challenge – or are we just too foolish to know when to quit? Our 2015 calls, in retrospect
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NewsForecasts 2016: What's on approach for the year ahead?
Are we on the cusp of a personal jet age? Is the civil tiltrotor doomed? Do the big Gulf carriers need yet more aircraft? Will Boeing and Northrop Grumman do a takeover tango and can Rolls-Royce carry on as we know it? And, is anybody going to the Moon? Time ...
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NewsFirst A320neo delivery slips to 2016
Airbus will not be delivering its first A320neo this year, after the airframer and initial delivery customer Lufthansa opted to delay its introduction.
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Mitsubishi to beef up MRJ fuselage and wings
Mitsubishi Aircraft will strengthen the MRJ regional jet’s airframe and upgrade its software, following an announcement last week about a year-long delay to the aircraft’s delivery schedule.
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NewsSecond Bell 525 takes flight
After completing a series of ground checks, Bell Helicopter’s second 525 flight test vehicle has lifted off in Amarillo, Texas.
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Mitsubishi delays MRJ deliveries by a year
Mitsubishi Aircraft is to delay the first delivery of the MRJ regional airliner by around a year, to mid-2018.
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Embraer sets 25 February rollout for new E-Jet
Embraer has announced plans to reveal the first E190 E2 test aircraft to the public on 25 February in a ceremony staged at company's final assembly complex in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil.
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Boeing faces up to $36m in fines for skipped deadlines
Boeing has agreed to pay at least $12 million and make more than a dozen internal management changes to settle a string of complaints by the US Federal Aviation Administration over failing to follow through on safety enforcement actions.
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NewsEmbraer KC-390 to rival turboprops in Canadian FWSAR comp
Embraer will put forward an ambitious bid to replace Canada’s antiquated fixed-wing search-and-rescue fleets, offering its in-development KC-390 military transport for the role.
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NewsSpaceX Falcon 9 booster achieves epic vertical landing
SpaceX has pulled of a monumental feat in aerospace engineering by landing its upgraded first-stage Falcon 9 rocket booster at Cape Canaveral, Florida, while successfully putting 11 Orbcomm communications satellites on orbit.
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Airbus delays first A320neo delivery to IndiGo
Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo is unlikely to receive its first Airbus A320neo this year, following an unspecified delay in the delivery schedule.
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NewsSecond Bell 525 joins test campaign with three following in 2016
Bell Helicopter’s initial 525 Relentless flying prototype now has a companion on its test and certification campaign with Flight Test Vehicle-2 (FTV-2) joining the programme last week, the airframer confirms.
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NewsTransport Canada announces type certification for CSeries
Canada’s Minister of Transport Marc Garneau announced the Bombardier CSeries CS100 has received type certification in a 18 December ceremony at Bombardier’s assembly line in Mirabel, Quebec.
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Mitsubishi to review MRJ test and delivery schedule
Mitsubishi Aircraft is reviewing the development schedule for the MRJ regional jet, following the commencement of flight-testing.
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