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    Daher drops Socata brand from the TBM line

    2015-03-04T04:07:58Z

    ​French industrial conglomerate and aerostructures company Daher, has dropped the Socata branding from its TBM line ending a 26-year association between two well-known names in the business and general aviation industry.

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    Turkish A330 suffers nose gear collapse in Kathmandu

    2015-03-04T04:01:00Z

    A Turkish Airlines Airbus A330-300 aircraft has skidded off the runway at Kathmandu Tribhuvan International airport, causing its nose gear to collapse.

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    Air Methods launches Bell 407GXP with blockbuster order

    2015-03-04T03:56:14Z

    ​Bell Helicopter launched a slightly heavier weight variant of the 407GX with an blockbuster order for 200 aircraft from Air Methods, a helicopter emergency services company.

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    ANALYSIS: Brickbats to bouquets for Qantas and Virgin Australia

    2015-03-04T00:11:00Z

    ​The brickbats of a year ago turned to bouquets in February as Qantas and Virgin Australia both revealed a return to profit for the six months to 31 December.

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    Bristow endorses AW609 for commercial ops

    2015-03-03T23:47:44Z

    ​Helicopter services provider Bristow has agreed to work with AgustaWestland to optimise the AW609 for commercial operations, as it endorses the capabilities of the first civil tiltrotor aircraft to enter certification testing.

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    Robinson Helicopter sees R66 bounce-back in 2015

    2015-03-03T22:51:07Z

    ​After a steep drop in production in 2014, Robinson Helicopter expects sales and deliveries to rebound this year and remain at least steady for the long-term.

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    MD Helicopters to redesign MD902 Explorer

    2015-03-03T22:44:49Z

    MD Helicopters has announced plans to redesign the MD902 Explorer light-twin utility helicopter with new parts developed in-house as part of a campaign to boost sales by making the aircraft more affordable.

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    Sikorsky explores coaxial applications beyond Raider

    2015-03-03T21:32:28Z

    ​Sikorsky’s S-97 Raider has not yet flown, but the company is considering extending the aircraft’s coaxial rotor design to other platforms.

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    Airbus Helicopters drops EC from designations

    2015-03-03T16:32:39Z

    ​Aside from the processes and procedures being brought into Airbus Helicopters from its sister company in Toulouse, there are two other changes that reflect the shared parentage.

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    New H160 helicopter is first of the 'H generation'

    2015-03-03T16:32:10Z

    The H160, says Aurélie Gensolen, marketing manager at Airbus Helicopters, is the first of the “H generation”.

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    Revolution underpins new H160 helicopter

    2015-03-03T16:31:14Z

    ​While the H160 may not feature the huge leaps forward in technology that were originally envisaged, it is still a revolution in the way that Airbus Helicopters develops and industrialises its products.

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    Airbus Helicopters targets AW139 with new H160

    2015-03-03T16:30:15Z

    Airbus Helicopters has today ended months of speculation with the official unveiling today at Heli-Expo in Orlando of its new H160 medium-class twin-engined rotorcraft which it has repositioned in order to be what chief executive Guillaume Faury describes as “the AW139 killer”.

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    Rolls-Royce opens first F-35 lift fan repair centre

    2015-03-03T16:19:00Z

    ​Rolls-Royce opened the first repair and overhaul facility for the lift fan system in Lockheed Martin F-35B in Indiana as it consolidates assembly of major components away from the UK.

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    EasyJet eyes UAVs for spare-parts resupply

    2015-03-03T15:32:55Z

    UK low-cost carrier EasyJet is looking at using unmanned air vehicles to reduce the logistics burden in quickly supplying spares to grounded aircraft.

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    Airbus chief flags interest in future high-speed aircraft

    2015-03-03T15:22:00Z

    ​Airbus Group will one day deliver a supersonic aircraft that can connect Paris and Sydney within 3h, chief executive Tom Enders has told a French newspaper.

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    CRJ crash probe fails to resolve fatal dive mystery

    2015-03-03T14:35:00Z

    Investigators have been unable to determine precisely why a Kazakh Bombardier CRJ200 crashed while attempting a go-around at Almaty two years ago, with the loss of all 21 on board.

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    Second A400M arrives at RAF Brize Norton

    2015-03-03T14:31:34Z

    ​A second Airbus A400M tactical transport has arrived at the Royal Air Force’s Brize Norton base in Oxfordshire, a little over three months after the service’s lead example touched down in the UK.

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    SESAR acknowledges shortfall in RPAS integration funding

    2015-03-03T14:29:14Z

    ​The European Commission’s future air traffic management initiative has only one-third of the budget required to carry out the full integration of remotely piloted air systems (RPAS) into European airspace, a senior representative has acknowledged.

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    Aeris launches Eclipse 550 shared-ownership programme

    2015-03-03T13:50:17Z

    ​Aeris Aviation – the independent European distributor for the Eclipse 550 – has launched what is believed to be first shared ownership programme in Europe for the very light jet, and hopes to sign up the scheme’s first owners before the end of the month.

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    Vietnam ups interest in unmanned Orbiter 3

    2015-03-03T13:41:19Z

    Vietnam wants to acquire additional Orbiter 2 unmanned air systems from Aeronautics Defense Systems, and also buy its larger Orbiter 3, according to Dany Eshchar, the company's deputy chief executive.