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PICTURES: New equipment to boost French helicopter safety
France's DGA procurement agency has ordered 25 ground mat kits to improve the safety of military helicopters landing under "brownout" conditions ...
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PICTURE: Crew escape German Tornado crash
Both crew members of a German air force Panavia Tornado were injured when they ejected during a landing incident at Büchel air base ...
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Aeronautics boss outlines Aerostar deal with Dutch military
Aeronautics Defense Systems has provided further details of its $50 million contract to provide Aerostar unmanned air vehicle services to the Netherlands ...
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Air India expands SR Technics engine pact to A320s
Air India is extending its powerplant maintenance agreement with SR Technics to include additional CFM International CFM56 engines. The two sides already...
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The sound and the fury: measuring perception of noise
The absence of a common language of reporting, communication and negotiation in relation to aircraft noise is a key obstacle to effective noise management that will become critical as aviation growth outstrips technical and operational gains.
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NewsBanking crisis makes airline failures more likely: IATA
The world banking crisis is making the risk of a major airline failure more likely because carriers will not be able to access funding for a rescue
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GTF versus open rotor - which is best?
Will advanced turbofan technology outclass open rotors? GEARING UP FOR THE NEXT STAGE Open rotor technology may promise the step-change economic...
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Flying Colours adds to palette with JetCorp acquisition
Canadian completion and maintenance company Flying Colours has acquired the assets of refurbishment and maintenance...
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Indian air force seeks new basic trainer
The Indian air force is in discussion with Bangalore-based Hindustan Aeronautics to finalise the configuration and performance parameters of a new ab initio...
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NewsFAA grounds large portion of Sikorsky S-92 fleet
The US FAA today grounded the Sikorsky S-92 fleet so that operators can replace certain original hardware thought to be related to the 12 March crash of a Cougar Helicopters S-92 off the coast of Newfoundland
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Co-ownership programme launched for TBM 850 turboprop
Daher Socata has launched a co-ownership programme for new TBM 850 customers...
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IATA: no recovery in sight until 2010
The airline industry will not begin to recover until 2010 at the earliest, according to IATA head Giovanni Bisignani.
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Argentina moves to nationalise Lockheed AT-63 plant
Argentinian officials have decided to reassert state control over the country's major aerospace manufacturing hub in Cordoba that was outsourced to Lockheed...
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Distractions frequently cause flapless take-offs, NASA reveals
The main cause of the Spanair Boeing MD-82 fatal accident at Madrid last year - failure to select flaps to the take-off setting - has occurred frequently,...
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Travel Service among four to register Czech Airlines interest
Czech Airlines' privatisation has attracted expressions of interest from four parties, including a consortium comprising Czech carrier Travel Service and...
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NewsInvestigators look at wind shear in FedEx MD-11 crash
An aircraft reported wind shear above Narita airport a few minutes before yesterday's fatal crash landing of a FedEx Boeing MD-11 freighter. "About...
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Tokyo Narita runway reopens following FedEx crash
Tokyo's Narita airport reopened its main runway earlier today following yesterday's fatal accident in which a FedEx Boeing MD-11 freighter crashed and burst...
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Weight among factors studied in PC-12 crash
US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators believe it could take some time before they know exactly what caused yesterday's crash of a...
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NewsEcuador finalises big Super Tucano order
Ecuador has finalised a contract to buy 24 Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucano trainer and light attack aircraft ...