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Yak-42 reportedly crashes on take-off in Russia
Reports from Russia indicate that a Yakovlev Yak-42 trijet has crashed on departure from the city of Yaroslavl, northeast of Moscow.
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Industry face post-SDSR questions at UK's DSEi
The UK's Defence & Security Equipment International show will give industry an opportunity to regroup, almost one year after a devastating raft of spending cuts
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Creating a light sport Icon
Californian start-up has big-name backers and commitments aplenty for radically chic LSA
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ADAT, SR Technics ink inventory deal with Sanad
Mubadala Aerospace's maintenance subsidiaries, Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies and SR Technics, have arranged the sale-and-leaseback of auxiliary power units...
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Lockheed finds new structural weakness on two F-35 variants
Lockheed Martin will retrofit the first 64 production models of the F-35A and F-35B, after discovering a second aluminium part supplied by US-based producer Alcoa failed in durability tests.
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Red Wings chief calls for Kremlin intervention on Tu-204SM programme
Aleksander Lebedev, the owner of Russian carrier Red Wings, has written to Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin urging him to take personal control over...
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China Southern first to use A380 on domestic services
China Southern Airlines will start domestic services using its new Airbus A380s on 18 October.
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UK's Monarch Airlines cancels entire 787 order
UK holiday carrier Monarch Airlines has emerged as the latest customer to cancel its Boeing 787 order, confirming it was the carrier behind last week's axing of six aircraft from the twinjet's backlog.
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More attractive pricing among drivers for renewed interest in SBB
Airlines are taking a second look at using Inmarsat's SwiftBroadband (SBB) aeronautical service to support in-flight internet for passengers, following the...
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How Israel deals with threats to aviation security
Israel has evolved a uniquely sophisticated range of aviation security procedures to deal with the threats it faces
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Turkey launches jet trainer, fighter development studies
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has received a development contract for a project to create an indigenous jet training and combat aircraft.
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UK studies accelerating Voyager's air-to-air refuelling mission
The Libya campaign has prompted the UK to consider accelerating its Airbus A330 Voyager's air-to-air refuelling role ...
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USAF CV-22 pilots to get Elbit helmet displays
Elbit Systems of America has won a contract to supply colour helmet-mounted displays for the US Air Force Special Operations Command's MV-22B tiltrotors ...
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Southwest to add two new destinations from Atlanta
Southwest Airlines plans to begin non-stop flights to Las Vegas and Phoenix from Atlanta from 10 March 2012. The carrier, which has an all Boeing 737...
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9/11 10 years on: Airport security still not as good as it could be
Airport security procedures were shaken awake, slapped round the face and forced to undergo a rigorous transformation in the wake of the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001.
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Signal failures: Efforts to ensure that avionics are immune to electromagnetic interference intensify
Efforts to ensure that avionics are immune to electromagnetic interference are intensifying, as the proliferation of personal electronic devices in the cabin - and the cockpit - continues unabated
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EasyGroup calls for removal of Doganis from EasyJet board
UK budget carrier EasyJet has received another letter from shareholder EasyGroup, this time requesting a meeting to vote on the removal of aviation consultant Rigas Doganis from its board.
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Computer modelling cuts autoclave time
Elaborate computer modelling of autoclave curing of large composite structures has identified ways to optimise the process to cut up to one-third from curing times.
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PICTURE: Airbus Beluga swallows first A350 wing cover
Airbus is preparing to transport the first A350 upper wing-cover from Germany to the airframer's main wing facility in the UK. It has loaded the upper...
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USAF grapples with air sovereignty alert mission a decade after 9/11
The air superiority alert mission is the single function of most of the world's air forces, but in the US Air Force its importance has fluctuated with history.