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Cessna reveals more details of Next Generation Piston NGP, but says composites not assured for all future models
Cessna revealed more details of plans for its Next Generation Piston (NGP) family at the US Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Expo 2006 in Palm Springs,
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Boeing HH-47 Chinook wins USAF CSAR-X combat search and rescue helicopter contest
Upgraded Chinook beats Sikorsky HH-92 and Lockheed Martin US101
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New-build diesel Cessna 172 Skyhawks to go on sale after deal with US piston distributor Van Bortel
New-build Cessna 172 Skyhawks are now available with diesel engines thanks to an agreement between Germany’s Thielert Aircraft Engines and US firm Van Bortel Aircraft, the world’s largest reseller of Cessna piston singles.
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Pictures: Aurora GoldenEye 80 vertical take-off UAV begins flight test, achieves hover
Aurora Flight Sciences has begun flight testing its GoldenEye 80 vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicle, developed under the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Organic Air vehicle (OAV-II) programme.
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US FAA details accounting problem and missed fatal accident rate target in otherwise glowing annual review
A day after the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) was criticised by UK lawmakers for poor management, its US counterpart, the Federal Aviation Administration has revealed an eight-year accounting issue in an otherwise favourable annual review. The review also highlighted a failure to meet the aviation accident fatality reduction target, ...
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Canadian Snowbirds aerobatic team could take former Swiss BAE Hawks to replace Tutors in unsolicited bid from Venga
US engineering services firm Arinc has completed an inspection of Switzerland’s retired BAE Systems Hawk jet trainers in support of a proposal to lease the aircraft to the Canadian Forces to replace ageing Canadair CT-114 Tutors flown by the Snowbirds display team.
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UK lawmakers brand European Aviation Safety Agency 'an accident waiting to happen,' urge no power extension
British lawmakes brand European Aviation Safety Agency 'an accident waiting to happen,'
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USAF lays out X, Y and Z of tanker replacement strategy in three-tranche process to replace ageing KC-135s
Service briefs manufacturers on three-tranche process to replace its ageing KC-135s