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NewsStuck next to a know-all on a long flight? Virgin Atlantic launches first answer-anything in-flight entertainment service
From this month, airline passengers will be able to get answers to such burning questions as why the sky around the aircraft is blue, whether they should choose chicken or beef and where the water from the onboard lavatories goes when they flush
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Alaska Airlines pulls 737-200 from Arizona desert for new cabin simulator
Alaska Airlines is having a cabin simulator built from the front section of an ex-Air Canada Boeing 737-200 purchased from an Arizona aircraft junkyard, to provide a more realistic environment to train pilots and flight attendants for emergencies.
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NewsSpace Shuttle external tank sensor failure puts today's 1541GMT launch in doubt
Space Shuttle Atlantis's launch could be delayed to October due to a failed external tank engine cut-off sensor, a problem that has delayed Shuttles for weeks before
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Future visions: New in-flight entertainment systems for the Airbus A380 and Boeing 787 examined
As Airbus and Boeing advance airliner designs, can their in-flight entertainment suppliers keep pace? New systems for the A380 and 787 are now being tested
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NewsNorth American Aviation awarded $2.4 billion crew and service module contract: read how Flight reported that 1961 win
North American Aviation was awarded the $400 million contract, which would now be worth $2.4 billion, on 28 November 1961. You can read Flight's reports about that and Apollo's plans with pdf files from that year's 7 December issue
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Boeing, EADS, Lockheed, Dassault, Gripen and RSK-MiG all battle to secure Indian partnerships ahead of fighter and army helicopter proposals
Bidding companies sign local agreements ahead of F-X and army helicopter deals
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Airbus and Morson to open new $38m UK landing gear and fuel systems engineering centre near Birmingham
Airbus has invested $38 million in a new UK landing gear and fuel systems engineering centre, located near Birmingham in the country's West Midlands region.
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Damaged cockpit recorders delay Australian aviation safety verdict on May 2005 Metroliner crash, the worst in country for 35 years
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) does not expect to release a final report into the country's worst civil aviation accident since 1968 until next March as it continues to investigate the complex incident.
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NewsSpace Shuttle Atlantis to launch on last possible date, Friday 8 September
Only Russian agreement allowed NASA to use 8 September as a launch date because of logistical conflicts with a planned Soyuz International Space Station flight
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