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Virgin Blue uses E-170 to move into turboprop route
Virgin Blue uses E-170 to move into turboprop route
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Beechcraft King Air B200 enters service with Australian Royal Flying Doctor Service
Australia's Royal Flying Doctor Service has put into service its first Beechcraft King Air B200C featuring...
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Staff resignations lead Indonesia to ground Riau Airlines
Indonesia’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has grounded government-owned Riau Airlines because its manager of operations and chief pilot both resigned and the airline was unable to fill the vacancies.
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Japan's Galaxy confirms plans to halt operations
Japan's Galaxy confirms plans to halt operations
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Omega aims for light sport aircraft market
New Zealand company Omega Aircraft is seeking partners for development of a new light aircraft, the Omega,...
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Thales' key training tool for 787
As well as the systems being fully interactive via its touchscreen interfaces, the mechanical controls allow the Thales fixed-base simulator to be "flown"...
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NASA to test plasma engine on space station
NASA expects to sign an agreement to test a new propulsion system on the International Space Station, according to the US space agency's administrator Michael...
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Business-briefing
EADS TO EXTEND POWER8 PROGRAMME RESTRUCTURING Airbus owner EADS is to extend its cost-cutting programme in a bid to diminish...
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NewsUS Navy discloses three-year, 36-aircraft buy for P-8A
The US Navy clarified today that it will order 36 Boeing P-8A Poseidons during the first three years of production, perhaps further opening the door to accelerating the in-service date by one year.
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NTSB investigates Eclipse 500, Hawker 800 accidents
The US National Transportation Safety Board dispatched investigators to two business jet accidents in the USA this week,...
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Mergers still in full swing
Gloom and doom is not just fashionable in aerospace these days - with a credit crisis, general downturn and rocketing fuel prices a cloudy outlook seems entirely rational. But from the perspective of some investment bankers, times are good.
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Virgin Galactic rolls out mothership
Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft for its SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle was rolled out of one of Scaled Composites' hangars at Mojave air...
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NewsKingfisher goes international
Kingfisher is launching international operations with a bang as it takes 10 widebodies and shifts A320s from domestic Fresh from completing its merger...
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Fighting talk: manfacturers do battle for combat aircraft spoils
As ageing air force combat aircraft fleets near their retirement tempers are fraying, with the competition to replace them getting fiercer ...
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Mooney chooses RR500 turboprop for new product development
Mooney Airplane Company is to flight test the new Rolls-Royce RR500 turboprop engine to evaluate it as a customer option...
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Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo rocket motor options revealed
Paraffin and asphalt based-solid fuels for the SpaceShipTwo (SS2) rocket motor have been tested by Virgin Galactic's prime contractor Scaled Composites. Speaking...
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Comment - Vern Raburn's silent swansong
In one decade, Eclipse president and chief executive Vern Raburn earned fame as a creative genius, a revered change agent for the aviation industry, and in the end, a corporate liability