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UK cabin fume study finds no danger to crew or passengers
Fume events in aircraft cabins cause no danger to crew or passengers, the UK's Cranfield University has concluded, after it carried out a study involving 100 flights.
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NewsPICTURES: UK's A330 tanker tests launch 'Voyager' of discovery
The Royal Air Force's new Airbus A330-based Voyager tanker/transport has begun receiver clearance testing in the UK ...
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EBACE: Superman vision in sight for future cockpits
Innovations in cockpit technology could bring an era of 'superman vision'
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EBACE: Your taxi is delayed
Europe's air taxi revolution never arrived. Was the economy alone to blame, or the concept itself flawed? Despite everything, some still believe in the dream
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Alenia Aeronautica plans to go it alone with MALE UAV project
Alenia Aeronautica is looking for a partner to develop a medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air system to rival the Franco-British venture announced earlier this year by BAE Systems and Dassault Aviation.
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NewsPhantom Ray flies again
Boeing has announced the second flight of its Phantom Ray demonstrator has taken place from NASA Dryden in California ...
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NewsEBACE: New aircraft in the works
The financial crisis has not dampened the enthusiasm of business aviation's community of pioneers and their quest to rival established brands with innovative designs.
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EBACE: Corporate aviation safety management systems - a case study
SCE&G, a US-based energy utility company with a fairly new corporate flight department operating corporate services under Part 91, recently presented its own experience of setting up and operating a safety management system and operating according to industry best practice.
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Friction data gives false sense of security: Norwegian inquiry
Norwegian investigators believe that winter weather measurements give a false impression of accuracy, and that this misunderstanding contributes to incidents and accidents on slippery runways.
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Alenia Aermacchi boss: T-X will be duel between M-346 and T-50
Alenia Aermacchi believes its M-346 twinjet will be in a two-horse race with the Korea Aerospace Industries/Lockheed Martin T-50 for the US Air Force's T-X trainer requirement, with the competition kicking off in earnest with an "industry day" around the Paris air show.
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EBACE: Safety management and other safety regulation in business aviation
The Flight Safety Foundation has assessed global corporate aviation safety in 2010 as fairly good based on accident figures, but similar numbers have often been achieved in the past decade, so no serious claims for improvement can be made.
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EBACE: Business aviation operators seek to reduce administrative burden of EU ETS
Sector representatives are pushing for business aviation's exclusion from onerous emissions-monitoring requirements
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EBACE: Demand remains strong for personal jets
Demand for personal jets remains strong, according to the handful of niche developers, but it has been a turbulent year for most of them and the race to be first to market is as wide open as ever.
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FLIGHT TEST: Eclipse 500 - approaching totality
Despite its manufacturer's travails, the Eclipse 500 perseveres in a new incarnation - with revamped avionics and a new moniker on the livery
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NewsEBACE: Turboprop manufacturers prepare for the rebound
It has been a bumpy ride for makers of single-engined turboprops. Even these niche players have not been immune to the economic misery and have seen sales of their fuel-efficient, versatile, multi-mission types tumble over the past 12 months.
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NewsVIDEO & PICTURES: Northrop Grumman unveils Firebird
Northrop Grumman has unveiled its Firebird optionally-piloted surveillance aircraft, which was designed and built by its Mojave, California-based Scaled Composites division.
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Australia receives Super Hornet simulators
Australia has received six simulators for its Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft, including two tactical operation flight trainers (TOFT), two low-cost trainers and two integrated visual environment maintenance trainers (IVEMT).
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Passenger traffic in China to hit 450m in 2015
Chinese airlines are expected to carry 450 million passengers in 2015, with passenger traffic growing at an annual rate of 11% from now until 2015. The...
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NewsEBACE: Fractional ownership shares the pain
It has been a rough two years for Europe's largest business aircraft operator and fractional ownership provider, NetJets Europe.
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Opinion
Comment: India's MMRCA shortlist backs substance over style
New Delhi narrowed its medium fighter contest to two European products after seeing through the marketing gimmicks at Aero India. At last, the competition has got serious ...