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Panasonic readies to introduce IFE with full iPod integration
Panasonic Avionics will begin offering full integration of its X Series in-flight entertainment system with Apple iPod personal electronic devices in December,...
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CAE orderbook bulges but dollar parity causes concern
CAE's orderbook looks set to register another year of record growth despite serious dollar parity issues. The Canadian dollar has surged in relation...
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FAA: ADS-B equippage could cost $8bn
A proposed US Federal Aviation Administration rulemaking for the airborne portion of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast...
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How separation standards could fall
By having more precise and timely position information, the FAA says it will be able to reduce aircraft-to-aircraft separation standards by some amount from...
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A 50 year timeline of spaceflight
4 October: Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, the World's first orbiting artificial satellite 12 April: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin is...
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Thales flightdeck leads changes on new ATR 42/72-600 family
A five-screen glass cockpit supplied by Thales Avionics is the key element of the new -600 version of the ATR 42/72 turboprop family, launched last week....
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SESAR target concept enabling technology
Enabling technology Technology enablers have been identified, says the SESAR report. They will include: Airborne and ground networked communication...
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NewsSPUTNIK 50: UK science minister green lights British astronaut missions study
A study into UK astronaut missions in the next decade is expecetd to be given the go-head by the UK government’s minister for science today
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General Aviation in brief - 9 October 2007
EUROCOPTER ERA Era Helicopters has ordered four more Eurocopter EC225s, bringing its order tally for the type to eight. Era is the first offshore oil...
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Air-taxi operator DayJet takes off
On-demand air taxi company DayJet launched operations on 3 October with its initial service based around the five Florida-based "DayPorts" - namely Pensacola,...
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Single European Sky trajectory is plotted
Failure by states to expand runway capacity at major airports would negate almost all the capacity, efficiency and environmental gains that are planned for...
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Macau casino battle in the skies
Macau's casino battle is also likely to be fought in the skies in the coming years, with incumbent Stanley Ho buying seven business jets to fly in high-rollers...
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NTSB says flawed use of thrust reversers key to Midway 737-700 overrun
The US National Transportation Safety Board has ruled that the pilots' failure to use thrust reversers "in a timely manner" was the primary cause of the...
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Engine upgrades promise further improvements for Airbus A320 family
Deliveries have just begun of the first A320s equipped with CFM's improved CFM56-5B/3 incorporating its "Tech Insertion" package. The engine supersedes the...