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Training special: North America
China and India rely heavily on North American flying schools - but do they get value for money?
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Training special: Australia
A passion for cricket is one reason why many Indian students prefer Australia to the USA for their training
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Training special: New approach
Chinese students are the first to undergo training for the new multi-crew pilot licence
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Looking for a first command at 20
Oliver Craig, 20, is a first officer with Astraeus, flying Boeing 737-700s from London Gatwick airport. He describes how he was bitten by the flying bug at the age of 16 and his ambitions to progress to a command on 757s
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UK regional carrier Flybe set to double fleet by 2010 as Day One of BA Connect takeover sees more rostering-related cancellations
UK regional carrier Flybe is aiming to double the size of its fleet by 2010, having today completed its acquisition of British Airways regional business BA Connect. However, rostering snags have forced the carrier to cancel a series of flights from UK airports.
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NewsEnd to Fly America in sight as EU-US Open Skies deal reaches final hurdle
US aviation negotiators acting on behalf of the country's president George Bush, in an attempt to broker a transatlantic Open Skies accord, appear to have accepted new ownership provisions for the country’s airlines, the world’s first airline franchising agreement and even foreign access to the ‘Fly America’ programme that currently ...
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NewsSpace Adventures' suborbital plans hang in the balance
Russia's Federal Space Agency has pulled out of the development of the five-person Explorer vehicle US space tourism company Space Adventures planned to use for its proposed suborbital service
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Boeing C-17 Globemaster faces end of line as USAF orders dry up
Just six months after narrowly averting a shutdown, Boeing says it will begin closing down its C-17 production line in early March unless the US Air Force or Congress indicate that additional aircraft will be funded.
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Pictures: GE fits extra large load bank on Boeing 747 test bed for 'massive' electricity from non-bleed GEnx-1B
To handle the massive amounts of electricity generated by the non-bleed adapted General Electric GEnx-1B engine for the Boeing 787, the engine maker has had to devise an extra large load bank modification for its 747 flying testbed, shown here in detail for the first time.