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NASA releases airline safety data, downplays results
NASA today released 16,000 pages of data compiled as part of an $11.3 million, 4-year survey of airline and general aviation pilots regarding safety.
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NASA predicts 2008 to be Constellation's year of the PDR
Leaders of NASA's Constellation return-to-the-Moon programme are describing 2008 as the year of the preliminary design review (PDR) for the Orion crew exploration...
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Spain orders two EADS Casa CN-235s
The Spanish government has ordered two EADS CASA CN-235 twin turboprops for its...
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Australia in wings as Boeing P-8 production starts
First of five P-8A development aircraft enters production as Australia negotiates participation
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Rockwell Collins Exchange finally ready to roll under Arinc broadband deal
Package to be reintroduced after SkyLink purchase
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Tenth VIP-configured Airbus Corporate Jetliner delivered
Associated Air Center has delivered a VIP-configured Airbus...
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FAA floats caveats in advance of NASA study release
The US FAA today questioned the accuracy and timeliness of the NASA surveys, which involved phone calls to pilots asking them to recall over the past 2- to 3-months if they’d encountered certain safety issues, for example runway incursions.
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Boom contact next step for automated aerial refuelling demonstration
Flight tests to demonstrate automated aerial refuelling have shown an unmanned aircraft can be manoeuvred safely and positioned accurately behind a tanker...
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Boeing patents self-transpiring cooling system for hot structures
A self-transpiring technology for hypersonic or reusable space vehicles using a solid material that becomes gaseous and flows through the porous outer surface...
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Adam tooling up for A500, A700 production in Utah
Adam Aircraft is finalising plans with the US state of Utah to begin production of the A500 piston...
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Sensis to upgrade New York Kennedy ASDE-X for environmental trials
The US Department of Transportation plans to contract with Sensis Corporation to upgrade the company's Airport Surface Detection Equipment - Model X (ASDE-X)...
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Pilot shortages hold back growth of seaplane market
market Buoyant sector Seaplane manufacturers and float installers have enjoyed a bumper year, but pilot shortages threaten to hold back growth jeffrey...