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PICTURE: First NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour launch in four years achieves orbit
NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched successfully from Kennedy...
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NewsACAC lands first export deal for ARJ21 regional jet
AVIC I Commercial Aircraft (ACAC) has secured a landmark first export deal for the ARJ21 regional jet from Lao Airlines for two aircraft. The agreement...
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PICTURES: American Dynamics plans next generation BattleHog unmanned air vehicle
American Dynamics has unveiled plans for an evolved tactical version of its BattleHog 100x vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicle as a potential...
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Italy gets first Pirate Eurofighter
The first of five Tranche 1, Block 5-configured Eurofighter Typhoons delivered to the Italian air force has entered service. The aircraft is also the first...
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Both right-hand engines on crashed Antonov An-12 failed simultaneously
Russian investigators have discovered that both right-hand engines on an Atran Antonov An-12 simultaneously failed just after take-off from Moscow, before...
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PICTURE: Jetcraft introduces ATR 42 freighter services in Australia
Jetcraft Aviation has begun operating an ATR 42-300 freighter on behalf of Virgin Blue parent Toll Group, which recently launched a domestic air freight...
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Success for Vinci rocket engine restart test
Arianespace has successfully carried out a re-ignition test of the new liquid-oxygen/liquid-hydrogen-fuelled Vinci upper-stage engine for its Ariane 5 launcher....
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US authority set to release draft unmanned air vehicle airspace plan
The US Federal Aviation Administration's unmanned aircraft programme office (UAPO) is hoping to secure approvals for the release of its draft programme plan...
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NewsGuggenheim signs for additional Boeing 747-8Fs and a 777F
The undisclosed customer that placed orders for two Boeing 747-8 Freighters and a 777F in July is understood to be Guggenheim...
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UK claims general aviation engine first with 2,000h time between overhaul
UK joint venture Powerplant Developments is promising savings of more than $100,000 over 2,000h of operations with its new liquid cooled, two-stroke, three-cylinder,...
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European research to focus on open-rotor aircraft engines
A Rolls-Royce-led research programme to investigate open-rotor engines and new fuels could be approved next month for a 2008 start under the European Commission's...
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French alternate aviation fuels research to begin in December
A French alternative-fuels project involving laboratory-scale testing of blended fuels, second-generation biofuels and other candidates is to get under way...