All Europe news – Page 538
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PICTURE: Boeing's 737 Max arrives for Farnborough debut
The Boeing 737 Max 8 arrived at Farnborough on 6 July ahead of its debut at this year's international air show.
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Metal Master begins engine ground runs on Flaris LAR-1 personal jet
Polish engineering company Metal Master has started engine ground runs on the Williams International FJ33-5A-powered Flaris LAR-1 personal jet, and is preparing the five-seat single for its first flight in the third quarter
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FARNBOROUGH: Airbus battles to get A400M back on track
Airbus’s military transport aircraft unit will arrive at the Farnborough air show amid an unwelcome gearbox crisis linked to its poster-child A400M – a model for which adding promised tactical capabilities was already proving harder than expected.
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NewsPilatus delivers 1,400th PC-12
Pilatus has delivered its 1,400th PC-12, around 22 years after the first example of the single-engined turboprop entered service.
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FARNBOROUGH: Bionic design emerges from Airbus 3D printers
Machining aircraft parts out of giant metal billets is time-consuming, wasteful of material and very expensive – but still, for the most part, necessary. Despite significant advances in the past two decades, autoclave-cured composite parts remain usually more expensive to build than metallic equivalents. Additive manufacturing – so-called 3D printing ...
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NewsNetJets takes delivery of milestone Latitude
Fractional ownership company NetJets has taken delivery of its first Cessna Citation Latitude, and added a further 50 options to its 2012 order for 150 of the midsize business jets.
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Capital Air Ambulance plots European expansion
Capital Air Ambulance, the UK’s largest fixed-wing medical evacuation company, is planning to grow its share of the European market by expanding its fleet and operational bases.
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Ross Aviation relaunches with the acquisition of six FBOs
US fixed-base operator (FBO) chain Ross Aviation has been resurrected by its former owner, two years after the company was snapped-up by business aviation services provider Landmark Aviation for an undisclosed sum.
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NewsPiper M500 nears European approval, with M600 to follow
Piper Aircraft is confident it will secure long-awaited European Aviation Safety Agency certification for its M500 single-engined turboprop in July, ending a 20-month wait for approval.
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SITA OnAir to assist Rolls-Royce engine health monitoring
Rolls-Royce has chosen SITAONAIR technology to collate and distribute engine health monitoring data.
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FARNBOROUGH: Airbus sets stage for A350-2000 launch decision
Only one piece remains missing in the long-term portfolios of Airbus and Boeing widebody products as the two companies enter the Farnborough air show – and it could remain purposefully obscure for at least a while longer.
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INTERVIEW: Air BP in São Paulo prepares to fuel the Olympics
As Brazil enters the run-up to the Olympics, Air BP prepares to support the games through aviation fuelling. Eliana Mendes is Air BP’s operations manager at Guarulhos International airport, the main airport serving São Paulo. She is one of the few women in this role in the country.
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FARNBOROUGH: ANA 787-9 to appear in flying display
An All Nippon Airways’ Boeing 787-9 aircraft will appear in the flying display at the Farnborough air show, the first time a Japanese carrier has made a flight demonstration at the show.
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Wreckage of missing Il-76 found on Siberian hillside
Search teams in Siberia have found the wreckage of an Ilyushin Il-76 transport which vanished while conducting firefighting operations in the Irkutsk region.
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FARNBOROUGH: In space, two years can take forever - or go by in a flash
In space, two years can take a very long time – or it can go by in a flash, depending on one’s perspective. As seen from the European Space Agency’s mission control centre in Darmstadt, Germany, the past couple of years have been elongated by many a nail-biting eternity as ...
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S7 launches CFM56 support venture with SR Technics
Russia's S7 Engineering has opened an engine repair shop in Moscow in partnership with SR Technics.
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Heathrow third runway still deliverable by 2026: Davies
London Heathrow's proposed third runway could still be built by 2026 if the next UK prime minister made a decision "quickly", in the view of Howard Davies, who chaired the Airports Commission.
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Opinion
OPINION: How will UK aerospace fare, post-Brexit?
Most of UK aerospace – along with the rest of industry – campaigned against it. But on 23 June the people spoke, and after more than four decades of membership, the nation will begin negotiations to leave the European Union. The 52% to 48% vote surprised pundits and has claimed ...
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F-35 arrivals raise expectations for bumper RIAT
For three days in early July, a normally sleepy air base in the Gloucestershire countryside will become one of the busiest in the UK, as military aircraft from around the globe descend for the annual showcase that is the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT).
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NewsAirbus to test automatic boom mode for A330 MRTT
With its advanced boom refuelling system for the A330 multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) having achieved full operational capability, Airbus Defence & Space has turned its attention to trialling an automatic mode for the fly-by-wire controlled structure.