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Skin friction challenge demands active drag control
On all three key fronts in aviation's battle against fuel burn - aircraft weight, engine efficiency and drag - there are promising applications of nanomaterials.
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NewsIN FOCUS: Business aviation special report 2012
Business aviation’s innovative spark remains undimmed, despite the dark times it has endured. Ahead of the sector’s European showcase, EBACE in Geneva, we explore the evolving product lines of major manufacturers and new sales models pioneered by Victor and The Jet Business.
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Europe and North America vie for low-cost-carrier fleet dominance
Two-thirds of the 3,500 mainline airliners, regional jets and turboprops in service with low-cost cost airlines serve the two prime and mature LCC markets...
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NewsRizon adds Challenger 605, readies Saudi base
Business aviation services provider Rizon Jet is poised to announce the placement of an aircraft in Riyadh, after signing an operation and management contract for a third Bombardier Challenger 605.
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NewsOverloading caused 2010 crash of NZ skydiver aircraft: commission
The Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand (CAA) has issued a final report about the crash of a Pacific Aerospace Industries FU-24 aircraft at Fox Glacier...
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India’s Rustom 1 reaches 50km flight milestone in test flight
India's Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) Rustom 1 unmanned air system is still undergoing testing and recently completed its 14th successful...
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NewsAustralia axes C-130H fleet in sweeping defence cuts
The Royal Australian Air Force's Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules will be retired early as Canberra trims its defence spending ...
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NewsUSAF moves closer to solving Raptor oxygen woes, whistle-blower pilots won’t be punished
The US Air Force will not punish two F-22 Raptor pilots who publicly spoke out about problems with the Lockheed Martin-built aircraft's oxygen system, a...
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NewsIN FOCUS: P&W doubts readiness of key technology for CFM engine
Pratt & Whitney remains doubtful about the maturity of ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) for aircraft engines even as a competitor prepares to mass produce...
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NewsSpaceX completes Dragon layout concept trials
SpaceX has finished the seventh major funding milestone under NASA's second commercial crew development programme (CCDev II), the crew accommodation concept...
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NewsDelta second stage chosen as SLS interim
Boeing's Delta cryogenic second stage (DCSS) has been selected as the interim upper stage for the first two flights of the Space Launch System (SLS), according...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Business aviation safety performance over 20 years
Business jets' global fatal accident rate last year fell to one per 5,000 aircraft, equalling a record set in 2009 and continuing a positive trend in the sector's safety statistics
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Qatar Airways awards future pilot supply contract to CTC Aviation
Qatar Airways has selected airline training organisation CTC Aviation to supply pilots for its expanding fleet. The deal will see the Gulf carrier...
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NewsBusiness Aviation Engines: Year of the “725”
New Gulfstream designs entering service this year will benefit from the highest-performing business-jet engines ever produced by Honeywell and Rolls-Royce.
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NewsA400M gets initial certification, as engine problem strands MSN4
Airbus Military says it remains on track to deliver its first A400M around the end of this year, despite engine problems that continue to hinder the type ...
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NewsCharleston ready to learn quick-step
As first new 787 emerges from Boeing's South Carolina plant, airframer details rapid ramp-up over next 18 months
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NewsIN FOCUS: Putting Dassault's digital avionics to the test at London City
We put Dassault's latest digital avionics systems to the test by flying a Falcon 7X business jet on the steep approach to London City airport
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NewsAir Berlin blasts sudden delay to Brandenburg airport
German carrier Air Berlin has sharply criticised the timing of the disclosure that Berlin Brandenburg airport will not open on time. The new hub's...
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NewsRolls-Royce ground-tests 787-9 engine variant
Rolls-Royce has revealed it completed the first ground tests of the Trent 1000 package C version, which is to be employed on the Boeing 787-9 next year. The...
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Air India cancels flights over ‘illegal’ pilots strike
Air India has been forced to cancel four international flights after more than 100 pilots called in sick on Monday evening, mounting what civil aviation...