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FAA releases recording of ATC exchanges during Hudson River ditching
The US Federal Aviation Administration has released the air traffic control recordings and transcripts of the whole US Airways Hudson River ditching incident...
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NewsIAI to send G550-based AEW system to Aero India
Israel Aerospace Industries will send a Gulfstream G550-based conformal airborne early warning and control (CAEW) system aircraft to the Aero India 2009 show ...
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Unmanned cargo aircraft 'have battlefield role' says US Army official
A top US Army acquisition official has conceded that a legitimate, but limited, role exists today on the battlefield for an unmanned cargo aircraft. Speaking...
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Porter eyes more Bombardier Q400s
Canadian startup carrier Porter Airlines may order additional Bombardier Q400 turboprops.
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Bombardier keeps the faith on CSeries
Bombardier's self-imposed deadline to ink firm orders for its geared turbofan (GTF)-powered CSeries airliner passed unceremoniously on 31 January with no...
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Schuster: Hawker Beechcraft to cut 2,300 more employees
Hawker Beechcraft chief executive Jim Schuster in a 3 February letter to employees says the company must...
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NewsBombardier cuts business aircraft production, begins layoffs
Dramatically reduced demand for business aircraft has prompted Bombardier to cut Learjet and Challenger production rates, and layoff 1,360 workers or 4.5%...
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Unmanned jammer could replace Marine Corps Prowlers
The US Marine Corps will consider replacing its radar-jamming Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowlers primarily with a new class of unmanned aircraft systems. For...
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India and Russia aim to fly joint fifth-generation fighter by 2017
India and Russia hope to induct their joint fifth-generation stealth fighter by 2017, with officials from both countries hoping to iron out their differences...
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P&W must wait for Airbus nod before releasing full GTF flight-test results
Pratt & Whitney will not go public with the definitive data on the fuel burn and noise performance of its GTF...
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NewsLessor LCAL scraps most of its 787 order
Specialised Boeing 787 leasing company LCAL has cancelled 16 of the 21 aircraft it had on order, the second large-scale loss to the 787 backlog within a...
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Lessors’ calls for production cuts 'self-serving': Boeing
Boeing's leasing arm insists that calls by operating lessors for single-aisle production to be slashed in the wake of the economic crisis are "self-serving",...
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P&W pushes back detail design start on GTF
Pratt & Whitney has extended the preliminary design phase of its PW1000G GTF...
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AirAsia to launch Jakarta-Singapore and Bali-Singapore service
As early as next month low-cost carrier Indonesia AirAsia will be launching services from Jakarta to Singapore and Bali to Singapore, marking a major regulatory...
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P&W’s GTF demonstrator completes more than 400h of tests
Pratt & Whitney's GTF geared turbofan demonstrator programme completed a total of 406h of testing, including 250h on the ground at its Florida facility and...
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India's LCA unlikely to use Kaveri engine until late next decade
India's Tejas light combat aircraft could use a foreign powerplant until the middle of the next decade, due to ongoing problems with the development of an...
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India's Kingfisher seeks to delay delivery of A380s
Loss-making Indian carrier Kingfisher Airlines is speaking to Airbus to try and defer by two years the delivery of the Airbus A380s it has on order.
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NewsPICTURES: Bird feather from Hudson A320 left engine
A feather is among the evidence found in the left engine of the US Airways A320 that crashed in the Hudson River on 15 January.