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FAA addresses freezing rain with new certification standards
Smaller commercial aircraft will be required to meet more stringent standards for operating in icing conditions under a new Federal Aviation Administration rule released today.
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Visual Intelligence creates multi-int payload capability for micro UAVs
Sensor developer Visual Intelligence is in the process of developing an array-based high resolution multispectral geospatial imager that it aims to eventually integrate onto micro unmanned air vehicles.
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Remote tower technology receives final approval
Saab, partnered with the Swedish Air Navigation Service Provider (LFV), have received final operational approval from the Swedish Transport Agency for the remote operation of Örnsköldsvik airport from Sundsvall, Sweden.
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Marshall Aviation Services prepares to offer widebody VIP completions
Marshall Aviation Services – the business and commercial aviation arm of Marshall Aerospace & Defence Group – is planning to offer widebody VIP completions next year from its Cambridge airport base.
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AMAC in-house design team completes first interior completion
Swiss business aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul company, AMAC Aerospace has completed the first interior refurbishment project wholly designed by its in-house design team.
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Ex-SpaceShipOne test pilot critical of hybrid motor in new video
Count the Ansari X-Prize-winning test pilot of SpaceShipOne, Brian Binnie, among the critics of SpaceShipTwo.
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GAMA report: business jets and piston aircraft drive surge in shipments over first 9 months
Business and general aviation aircraft deliveries continued their resurgence during the first nine months, thanks to rising demand for jets and piston-engined types, according to the latest statistics from the General Aviation Manufacturer’s Association.
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Air Berlin chief to step down
Air Berlin's chief executive Wolfgang Prock-Schauer is to step down and be replaced by Stefan Pichler on 1 February 2015.
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At Comac, ambition and challenge are both on a large scale
With the Comac C919, China intends to make its mark in the large airliner business dominated globally by industry heavyweights Airbus and Boeing. The scale of that ambition is evident in the fact that the company dates only to 2008, when it was formed of key businesses drawn from state-owned ...
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Slovakia to operate C-27J Spartans from 2016
Slovakia’s signature of a production contract for two C-27J Spartan medium transports has brought to an end an almost six-year process to finalise the deal with Alenia Aermacchi.
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Optimistic Ryanair hikes full-year profit forecast
Irish budget carrier Ryanair is forecasting a robust winter period, and has sharply raised its profit outlook for the full year following a strong first half.
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SpaceShipTwo broke up after tail feathers moved
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo telemetry data has offered a vital clue to investigators searching for the cause of the fatal 31 October crash while the wreckage appears to rule out an engine or fuel tank malfunction.
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Beijing Capital and Spring seek rights on six routes
Beijing Capital Airlines and Spring Airlines have applied to the Civil Aviation Administration of China(CAAC) to launch six new international services.
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OPINION: Business jet builders must catch up on new designs
A clean sheet of paper can get surprisingly expensive and even risky – especially in the business jet sector. Seven clean-sheet designs of aircraft or families have been unveiled since 2007, when Bombardier launched the composite-skinned Learjet 85. That aircraft is now two years behind schedule and faces an ...
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Branson hedges on SpaceShipTwo future
In his first live remarks since the Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo crash on 31 October, Richard Branson linked the future of the Virgin Galactic space tourism venture to the results of the investigation.
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Few clues on cause of fatal SpaceShipTwo crash
One Scaled Composites test pilot died and another was injured severely after a powered flight of SpaceShipTwo ended in disaster near Mojave, California, for the commercial space tourism venture led by Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic on 31 October.
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SpaceShipTwo crashes during powered test flight
Virgin Galactic confirms the Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo suborbital rocket crashed on 31 October during the first powered test flight in nearly 10 months.
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Russian delivers final US-bought transport helicopter to Afghan army
Russia has delivered the last of 63 Mi-17 transport helicopter purchased by the US Defense Department on behalf of the Afghan National Army.
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Sikorsky challenges Polish utility helicopter tender terms
Sikorsky and subsidiary PZL Mielec have revealed that they will not submit a bid for the Polish armed forces’ 70-strong utility helicopter tender if the terms of the acquisition are not amended.
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Unforgiving void: Spaceflight tragedies remembered
A sobering week in spaceflight saw the first in-flight fatality in a commercial space programme, as Virgin Galactic lost a test pilot with the breakup of its SpaceShipTwo over the Nevada desert, along with a spectacular but non-fatal launch failure of an uncrewed International Space Station resupply mission. After that ...