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NewsUAE air force eliminates BAE Systems' Hawk from trainer contest
BAE Systems has confirmed that its Hawk 128 has been eliminated from the United Arab Emirates' advanced jet trainer contest...
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Czech Gripen pilot in live-fire exercise scare
Swedish report details how a Czech Republic air force Saab Gripen pilot attacked a target towed just 10m behind a Learjet 35...
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New Zealand defence ministry to buy five A109 helicopters
New Zealand will acquire five AgustaWestland A109s to deliver its military training and light utility helicopter programme...
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NewsVIDEO: Apollo 17 commander disapproves of NASA engineers' new lunar lander ideas
Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan praised NASA's young Constellation programme engineers but criticised their ideas for the agency's new lunar lander in an exclusive interview with Flight
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Rockwell doesn't see aisle-to-aisle in IFE market
Rockwell is satisfied by its strategy to leave the new widebody IFE market to its rivals
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Harmony to expand space station research
The successful attachment of the European-built Harmony Node 2 module to the port side of the International Space Station's Node 1, called Unity, brings...
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SAS asks authorities to randomly weigh 20,000 passengers over safety concerns
Scandinavian Airlines' request for an official re-weighing of 20,000 randomly chosen passengers on safety grounds is to be taken up by civil aviation authorities...
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Interview
Interview: Outsider Edwards aims to expand Jet Aviation
In May, Peter Edwards, former boss of Bombardier's business aviation arm, became the first outsider to run business...
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Bombardier launches next generation Learjet
Bombardier has launched its next-generation Learjet, provisionally...
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Lockheed Martin prepares to return F-35 to flight
Lockheed Martin has begun ground runs of the first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and is aiming to return...
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Superjet 100 break-even set at 180 sales
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft is forecasting that the break-even point for the Superjet 100 (SSJ) regional jet programme will be reached in 2012 on the back of 180...
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Rivals push in on Cessna's Columbia Aircraft deal
Cessna could face up to five rivals for the acquisition of Columbia Aircraft, despite Columbia's preference for Cessna as a buyer. The two companies...
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Opinion
Comment: China's great leap for commercial space?
If China does pass legislation next year enabling the public private partnerships (PPP) Flight International has been informed are planned for its spaceflight...
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Opinion
Comment: NASA's error of judgement over safety study
NASA was wrong to attempt to keep safety data from the public. The organisation should be endeavouring to do the exact opposite and keep people as well informed as possible
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NewsReaper claims first blood in Afghanistan
The US Air Force's General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper unmanned air vehicle has conducted a successful first strike against insurgents in Afghanistan...