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Boeing's lean plan for 787 stumbled over supplier issues
Boeing's dream of a lean 787 production line only performing final assembly, integration and testing...
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Comment - Can Boeing keep to its latest timetable?
If Boeing can keep to its latest 787 programme timetable, there will be relief all around. If it has to tell its customers of yet more delays, the buck will stop very firmly at Scott Carson
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Comment - has Virgin found biofuel holy grail?
Remember the fanfare that greeted Virgin Atlantic boss Sir Richard Branson's biofuel initiative last year? Well, it now seems that Virgin's quest, with...
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Size matters in US Air Force KC-X contest
Is bigger always better? This is at the heart of the battle between Boeing and Northrop Grumman for the US Air Force's $40 billion KC-X tanker contract,...
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Seabird ponders joy-flight variant of Seeker observation aircraft
Australian general aviation aircraft manufacturer Seabird Aviation Australia is probing the feasibility...
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US air taxi operator a hop, skip and jump away from launch
Long Island-based Hopscotch Air plans to launch an air taxi "limo" service this summer using two new normally aspirated...
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Thai set to order 20 A321s and lease 14 787-9s
Thai Airways International has revised a fleet modernisation plan approved by its board last year and will seek government...
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DOT watchdog: Runway status lights “viable” for preventing incursions
Warning lights placed at runway ends and at the intersections between taxiways and runways are "a viable technology for preventing runway incursions", says...
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Spirit Aerosystems ties up with Russia’s OAK for parts work
US aircraft component maker Spirit Aerosystems has signed an agreement with Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (OAK) to co-operate on parts manufacturing...
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C-130J makes emergency fish delivery
EMERGENCY RELIEF FISH...OR FISH? A Lockheed Martin C-130J transport from the Italian air force's 46th Air Brigade at Pisa carried out a unique...
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Denel eyes production role on Embraer’s C-390 transport
South African firm Denel is in discussion with Brazil's Embraer over possible industrial participation in its C-390 transport project, while also seeking...
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NewsPICTURES: BA Boeing 777 Heathrow crash evidence
Close-up photographs of the fan blades in the port (No 1) and starboard (No 2) engines show dramatically different damage patterns. The considerable damage...
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What pilots are saying about the BA 777 accident
Pilots who know British Airways and the Boeing 777 tell Flight International they believe that whatever happened to reduce the engine power occurred in the...
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Dassault set to deliver first Falcon 2000DX
Dassault is preparing to deliver the first Falcon 2000DX next month to an undisclosed US-based...