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NewsDelta to replace majority of its 50-seat regional jets
Delta Air Lines plans to reduce the number of 50-seat regional jets that it contracts with regional carriers to 125, if its Air Line Pilots Association-represented...
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NewsIntelsat 19 experienced 'unusual' event during launch
A SeaLaunch Zenit launch vehicle experienced an 'unusual' event during the 31 May launch of Intelsat 19. Despite reaching its assigned transfer orbit, the...
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NewsF-22 Raptor damaged during training flight
A Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor from Tyndall AFB, Florida, was damaged last Thursday evening during a training flight, the US Air Force confirms. While...
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Qantas Defence completes last A330 MRTT conversion
Qantas Defence Services (QDS) has completed its fourth and final Airbus Military A330 multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) conversion. The conversion...
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NewsFirst new-build Bell OH-58 wartime replacement delivered
Bell Helicopters has delivered the first OH-58D Kiowa wartime replacement helicopter to the US Army. "We just finished the general maintenance test...
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NewsDana Air flight recorders en route to NTSB lab
The flight data and voice recorders recovered from a crashed Dana Air Boeing MD-83 will be available for analysis by the US National Transportation and Safety...
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NewsNASA, House compromise on awards for commercial crew development
NASA has confirmed that the agency intends to make no more than two full awards and one half-sized award for the commercial crew integrated capability (CCiCap)...
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NewsPICTURES: Five 'Grizzlies' go wild in Toulouse
Airbus Military has for the first time flown all five of its A400M development aircraft together ...
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NewsEurocopter hit by another emergency AD
An emergency airworthiness directive for several Eurocopter types has been issued by the European Aviation Safety Agency after an AS332 Super Puma helicopter suffered brake failure when landing on the helideck of a North Sea offshore oil rig
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NewsBritish Airways may take more 777-300ERs as it ponders ‘big-twin’ order
Concerns over the robustness of delivery schedules for potential new large twinjet acquisitions could prompt British Airways to opt for additional Boeing 777-300ERs as an interim solution.
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NewsA400M enters reliability testing phase
Airbus Military has completed its first six function and reliability flights with A400M development aircraft MSN6 ...
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NewsSolar Impulse completes first intercontinental flight
The Swiss experimental aircraft Solar Impulse has completed its first intercontinental flight after crossing the Strait of Gibraltar and landing in Rabat, Morocco, on 5 June.
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NewsBoeing closes in on firming 747-8I MoUs and additional orders
Boeing is confident it will convert the 30 commitments it has for the 747-8I passenger variant into firm orders, and also expects to secure near-term incremental sales.
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NewsEclipse starts 550 production in uncertain market
Eclipse Aerospace has started production of its Eclipse 550 twin-engined five-seat jet, a modernised and upgraded version of the legacy Eclipse 500 very...
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NewsSurrey Satellite turns to Xbox for latest technology
While many parents are understandably quick to criticise computer games as mindless time wasters with a narcotic grip on their offspring, engineers at Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) see in the latest addition to Microsoft's Xbox system a shortcut to resolving several conundrums of spacecraft design.
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Challenger 601-3R's main door falls on Florida golf course
Climbing through 3,000ft (900m) after departing Opa-Locka, Florida heading to nearby Pompano Beach, the main entrance door of a Bombardier Challenger 601-3R (N207JB) business jet separated from the aircraft and fell to the ground.
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NewsUS warns debris genuine threat to orbital space
On the agenda of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space meeting currently being held in Vienna is the increasingly urgent problem of space debris.
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NewsVIDEO: Dana Air crash renews spotlight on Nigerian aviation
David Learmount, Operations and Safety Editor at Flightglobal, talks through the known facts of the fatal Dana Air MD-83 crash, which claimed the lives of over 150 people in Lagos on 3 June.
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Russia delivers last Su-30s to Uganda
Uganda has received its last two of six Sukhoi Su-30MK2 two-seat multirole fighters from Russia ...
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Air India to receive first 787 'shortly'
A dispute between Air India and Boeing over the delivery of the airline's 787 and compensation over the delays appears close to resolution.