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NewsFARNBOROUGH: EADS losing patience over Talarion
A model of its Talarion unmanned air vehicle is suspended over its hall 4 exhibit. But EADS is not happy hanging around for its home nations to commit to what it calls the "next generation" of unmanned surveillance aircraft.
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FARNBOROUGH: Thomson to be first European 787 operator
Thomson Airways to be first European 787 operator TUI Travel UK leisure carrier Thomson Airways has been told by Boeing that it will be the European...
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VIDEO & PICTURES - FARNBOROUGH: Bloodhound car sniffs out Hampson
The Bloodhound Project, which is looking to build the world's first car to break the 1,000mph (Mach 1.4/1,600km/h) barrier, has unveiled aerostructures fabricator...
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FARNBOROUGH: LAN to sell A318 fleet
LAN Airlines is to sell its 15 Airbus A318s as part of a fleet modernisation which includes dozens more A320-family jets.
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FARNBOROUGH: Brazil's TRIP orders two Embraer 190s
Brazilian regional carrier TRIP Linhas Aereas has ordered two Embraer 190 jets to add to its fleet of six Embraer 175s.
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FARNBOROUGH: First World War dogfights recreated in 'Fighting the Red Baron'
Time has not dulled the mystique or romance of First World War dogfights. Nearly 100 years on, the thought of silk scarves, goggles and biplanes in battle...
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Boeing, Bigelow to build space station by 2015
Boeing and Bigelow Aerospace are teaming up to build a commercial space station system, with a 2015 target for a fully operational station in low Earth orbit...
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FARNBOROUGH: HK Airlines tentatively signs for A350s, A330s
Hong Kong Airlines has tentatively agreed to acquire 15 Airbus A350s as well as another 10 A330s.
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FARNBOROUGH: Eurocopter says Brazil will be fourth home market
Brazil will become Eurocopter's "fourth home country", after France, Germany and Spain, as the helicopter manufacturer ramps up its industrial presence and sales there, predicts chief executive Lutz Bertling.
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FARNBOROUGH: Etihad takes delivery of first A330-200F
Etihad Airways today took delivery of its first Airbus A330-200 freighter, which it plans to deploy on routes to China and Africa from its Abu Dhabi base...
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FARNBOROUGH: Airbus scans air transport future through young eyes
Airbus engineers have painted a picture of an imaginary airliner that embodies the technology and ecological ambitions that passengers in 2050, "or even 2030", could reasonably expect to see.
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This Week briefing
The US National Transportation Safety Board has determined the captain of Continental Airlines flight 1404 that ran off the runway at Denver International airport on 20 December 2008 did not properly control the Boeing 737-500 for crosswind gusts of up to 45kt (83km/h) during the take-off run
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FARNBOROUGH: Airframe cracks get Ultra treatment
Ultra Electronics has launched what it hopes will be a revolution in military airframe maintenance with a system that monitors - in real time, during flight - the development and propagation of cracks in aluminium structures.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Alternative fuel providers confident carbon neutral growth can be achieved
IATA's goal of carbon-neutral growth for the aviation industry in the medium term is achievable, according to representatives of the United Alternative Aviation Fuels Display, which is exhibiting at Farnborough for the first time to publicise the progress that biofuels have made towards meeting that target.
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VIDEO & PICTURES - FARNBOROUGH: Russia's United hopes to firm 50-strong MS-21 order
Russia's United Aircraft has signed an order for up to 50 of its MS-21 twinjets and says it hopes to reveal the launch customer at the show.
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FARNBOROUGH: NAC acquires seven ATRs
Danish regional aircraft lessor Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has bought seven ATR 42s from the manufacturer's portfolio. Announced today at the Farnborough...
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Emirates warns that physical constraints threaten further orders
Confirming the much-speculated deal for 30 more Boeing 777s worth $9.1 billion, Emirates has warned that its appetite for further new aircraft orders depends on long-term infrastructure constraints being overcome.
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FARNBOROUGH: LAN signs tentative deal for 50 A320s
Chilean Oneworld carrier LAN Airlines has signed a tentative agreement for 50 Airbus A320-family aircraft.
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FARNBOROUGH:Tecnam and Airborne create ultra-low-cost surveillance
Working with general aviation aircraft manufacture Tecnam, Austria-based Airborne Technologies (hall 3, stand C19) has created an ultra-low-cost surveillance system for observation, law enforcement, mapping and sensing missions.
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FARNBOROUGH: Italian MoD buys AAI Shadow UAVs
Italy is the second international customer for the catapult-launched Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle, AAI announced as the show got under way.