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Opinion
Comment: Lessons lost
A baffling oversight on the part of the US Air Force's special operations command means that the causes of a fatal crash - and any need for remedial action - are still to be understood
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Comment: Keeping them in Kansas
States and cities proffering taxpayers' money to lure or retain manufacturing businesses is a controversial tactic that can smack of featherbedding and throwing good dollars after bad.
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Aircell vows seamless switchover between Gogo & SkySurf Wi-Fi
US firm Aircell and Canadian company SkySurf plan to offer a "hybrid" air-to-ground (ATG) connectivity solution that will enable commercial airline passengers to seamlessly access airborne Internet whether flying in Canadian or US airspace.
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Forecasts 2011: Business aviation - New beginnings
Launches from Cessna and Piaggio, revivals at Eclipse, Kestrel and of the SPn and news from Dassault are likely highlights of the business aviation year
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Indian P-8Is to have Harpoon II missiles
India plans to buy Boeing AGM-84L Harpoon II anti-ship missiles and related equipment for its future fleet of P-8I Neptune maritime patrol aircraft.
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Forecasts 2011: Defence - Caution continues
Military budgets are under pressure in the USA and Europe, but Asia has some ambitious plans in store ...
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Forecasts 2011: Airlines - Asia leads the way
Last year saw a bounce-back for airlines, mainly in the emerging markets, but profit growth could be dragged back in the new year
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Investigators analyse recorders of burned Kolavia Tu-154
Russian investigators have determined that the flight recorders of the Kolavia Tupolev Tu-154 destroyed in a fire at Surgut contain records of the event.
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Forecasts 2011: New regions to drive fleet growth, says Flightglobal report
A major fleet forecasting tool from Flightglobal Insight predicts a very different growth trajectory in emerging markets than their mature counterparts
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Forecasts introduction: On course again
After the downturn of 2009 and the uncertainty of last year, the global industry appears to be entering a steady if slow climb.
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Forecasts 2011: Airframers - Recovery steps up
Resurging civil aircraft sales and higher deliveries are likely in 2011 - but programmes are facing some daunting hurdles
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NewsEasyJet exercises 15 A320 options
UK low-cost carrier EasyJet has exercised its options for 15 Airbus A320 aircraft to be delivered from 2012 to 2014. It has also secured options over...
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NewsUS government details AH-64D bid for Indian air force contract
The US government has confirmed details of Boeing's bid for a $600 million attack helicopter contract in India with the AH-64D Block III Apache ...
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NewsAnother round of repairs for Discovery
Work began 3 January to repair four cracks in three support beams on Space Shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank. NASA is using a methodology similar...
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NewsFrance orders Meteor missiles for Rafales
France has ordered 200 Meteor beyond visual-range air-to-air missiles, making it the third nation to commit to the production phase of the MBDA programme ...
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NTSB: No further action on American download blunder
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says it will not pursue any penalties or other actions against American Airlines for breaking protocol...
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NewsAeroVironment receives $46.2 million order for Raven UAVs
AeroVironment has received a long-awaited order to deliver hundreds of new Raven unmanned aircraft vehicles and retrofit kits to the US Army and Marine Corps ...
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Delta completes lie-flat seat installation on first Boeing 777-200ER
Delta Air Lines recently completed installing lie-flat seats in business class on the first of eight Boeing 777-200ERs.