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Russia grounds Mi-28 fleet following display crash: reports
A fatal crash of a Mil Mi-28 attack helicopter has led to the Russian ministry of defence grounding the fleet, local reports have claimed.
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NetJets to get first Citation Latitude in July 2016
Fractional ownership company NetJets has firmed up the delivery schedule for its Cessna Citation Latitude business jets, with the first of the midsize type set to enter its operation in July 2016.
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Flying Colours closes on ADS-B Out approval for Challengers
Engineering and completions company Flying Colours is hoping to secure US supplemental type certification in September for retrofits of an automatic dependent surveillance - out (ADS-B Out) system for Bombardier Challenger 604 and 605 business jets.
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Dutch KDC-10 tankers support Polish F-16 training
As part of the increasing European cooperation in air-to-air refuelling (AAR), the Royal Netherlands Air Force has sent one of its two McDonnell Douglas KDC-10 tankers to Powidz air base in Poland to provide AAR training for Polish air force Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Viper crews.
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Israel completes CH-53 upgrade work
Israel has completed an upgrade programme covering its air force fleet of Sikorsky CH-53 heavy-lift rotorcraft.
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API gains EASA approval for split scimitar winglet
Aviation Partners (API) has secured European supplemental type certification for the split scimitar winglet (SSW) retrofit for the Boeing Business Jet family.
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C-27J winglets deliver performance boost
Alenia Aermacchi is to offer its C-27J medium transport with a winglet modification, after performing flight-tests with the enhancement.
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Opinion
OPINION: GKN takeover of Fokker shows value of private investment
Don't underestimate the significance of GKN's takeover of Fokker Technologies
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Reunion debris confirmed to be from 777
The flaperon-like debris discovered on a beach on Reunion Island last week has been confirmed to be from a Boeing 777 aircraft, although it has not been determined whether the part belongs to the Malaysia Airlines 777-200 that went missing last March.
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PICTURES: Vietnam Airlines’ first 787-9 arrives in Hanoi
Vietnam Airlines’ first Boeing 787-9 aircraft has arrived at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport, and is expected to launch its first commercial service on 4 August.
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SIA to resume pilot cadet hiring after three-year hiatus
Singapore Airlines (SIA) will resume pilot cadet hiring in early August after a three-year pilot hiring freeze.
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Boeing revises "obsolete" performance assumptions
A visitor to Boeing’s web site this week will be in for a shock: the listed seat-counts and range specifications for nearly all of the company’s models have changed, some dramatically.
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Airbus CN235 military transport crashes in Colombia, killing 11
An Airbus CN235-200M military transport aircraft operated by the Colombian Air Force crashed 31 July, killing all 11 people on board.
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U-2 poised to receive radar upgrade, but not un-manned conversion
The Lockheed Martin proposal to “un-man” the U-2 is dead, but the old high-altitude surveillance aircraft is very much alive despite repeated attempts to kill the programme.
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Air Canada Rouge to assume more mainline routes
Air Canada will transition a number of mainline routes into the network of low-cost subsidiary Rouge beginning later this year, an expansion that will see Rouge’ Boeing 767-300ERs deployed to the USA and to more cities in Hawaii, the carrier confirms.
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General aviation market sends mixed signals in Q2
The market sent mixed signals to the general and business aviation sector in the second quarter, as the total number of fixed-wing aircraft deliveries declined but overall sales inched higher compared to the same period last year, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) announced on 31 July.
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First operational F-35 squadron declared ready for combat
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has achieved initial operational capability with the US Marine Corps 14 years after the fifth-generation combat jet entered development and five years after its original IOC target of 2010.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Why Airbus has set up shop in Silicon Valley
If failing correctly can be considered a strategic business skill, Silicon Valley may have a lot to teach the aerospace industry – most recently Airbus Group.
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Top ten: How the world's biggest airlines ranked in 2014
The July-August edition of Flightglobal’s management magazine Airline Business features its latest World Airline Rankings, detailing the 2014 performance of the 100 biggest airline groups – whose revenue was up 2.6% to $704 billion for the year.
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Opinion
OPINION: Safety standards challenge for Virgin Galactic
The new and exciting commercial spaceflight sector must recover from the damaging loss of SpaceShipTwo, but the imposition of unrealistic safety standards could keep it Earth-bound