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General Aviation - In brief
AOPA-Australia has lodged detailed comments with Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority on proposed sweeping changes to the general operating and flight regulations, known as CASR Part 91
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Airbus takes deliveries to 217 over first five months
Airbus sold just seven aircraft in May, but the airframer typically holds order disclosures in reserve in the weeks before the Paris air show.
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Innocon gets Asian MicroFalcon order
Israeli unmanned air system manufacturer Innocon has signed a contract to supply 50 MicroFalcon systems to an Asian country ...
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Clear heads for night vision
Infrared specialist FLIR systems looks beyond its core capabilities to integrate data capture and analysis
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EASA prepares to broaden icing certification criteria
Europe's safety authority is preparing to assess feedback over a proposed overhaul of icing certification criteria that would broaden the scope to include other hazardous icing phenomena such as supercooled large drops and crystallisation.
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eGenius powers up for big prize challenge
Following its April debut at Aero Friedrichshafen, the University of Stuttgart's Institute of Aircraft Design has flown its eGenius electric motor glider, first on a 20min maiden sortie for 2h 36min with no thermal lift.
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Israel's new firefighting squadron
A tragedy late last year compelled the Israeli government to create a new flying squadron to battle blazes
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IATA: Europe put on wall of shame as Bisignani ‘bastas’ ETS
Opposition to the European Union's emissions trading scheme has come out in full force at the IATA annual general meeting in Singapore, with airlines and industry officials across the globe warning that it would severely affect an industry that is already highly taxed and raise the spectre of retaliatory moves.
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IATA: New routes sees EgyptAir network above 2010 levels
June was to be a landmark month for EgyptAir seeing it host the IATA annual general meeting until, that was, the revolution took hold. Now the carrier's operations have at last begun to normalise.
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Australia's new tactics in battle against bushfires
Australia is evaluating new platforms, surveillance technology and unmanned systems in its ongoing war with bushfires
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First ANA 787 pilots complete training
Boeing 787 Dreamliner launch operator All Nippon Airways (ANA) and the airframer have completed pilot training in Seattle for the first crews who will operate...
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Boeing plans 747-8F Luxembourg visit after Paris
Following its planned international debut at the Paris air show, Boeing's jumbo 747-8 freighter will visit launch customer Cargolux at its Luxembourg base...
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Call for governmental biofuel support
Industry stakeholders are calling on the Australian and New Zealand governments to provide guarantees and financial assistance this year to kick-start a local aviation biofuel industry that could be exported to the larger Australasian region.
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Australia awards CAE KC-30A simulator contract
Australia has awarded simulation firm CAE Australia a contract to provide aircrew training services for its air force's new KC-30A tankers.
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Choreographing the symphony of fire destruction: Conair
Aviation plays a worldwide role in fire control. We called on Canadian contractor Conair to observe spring training
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USAF research lab issues RFI for hypersonic missile
The US Air Force Research Laboratory has issued a formal request for information on a future hypersonic missile ...
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Boeing confirms commercial identity of KC-46A tanker
Boeing has confirmed new details about the new 767-2C commercial freighter that has been revealed as the core of the KC-46A, but key aspects of the aircraft's configuration remain undisclosed more than three months after the award of the US Air Force's KC-X tanker contract.
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Vladivostok Avia A330 snags construction fence on landing
Russian investigators are examining why a Vladivostok Avia Airbus A330-300 struck a construction work fence while landing at Moscow Vnukovo airport, where...
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Bombardier wins CSeries order from an unnamed customer
Bombardier's predicted CSeries order momentum is continuing after the airframer secured a firm order for three CS100 aircraft from an unnamed customer.
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Boeing prepares for pilot training surge as 787 nears service
The industry will have to train 466,650 new pilots and nearly 600,000 new technicians between now and 2029 according to the latest update of Boeing's industry training needs forecast.