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Chinook: Five decades of development
In the late 1950s, Vertol Aircraft began developing two tandem-rotor helicopters, the Model 107/YHC-1A and Model 114/YHC-1B. The smaller -1A...
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Chinook: CAAS unites rotorcraft cockpits
Boeing takes uncommon approach Boeing's CH-47F and MH-47G are leading an unprecedented effort to field a common glass cockpit across...
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UK-designed spherical high altitude platform flown
A half-scale, proof-of-concept helium-filled spherical high-altitude platform (HAP) with a camera payload has been test flown at low altitude in the UK for...
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In-flight mobile phone services set to take off this year
The age of in-flight phone use has been a long time coming, mainly due to the aeronautical certification and telecom regulatory minefield that had to be negotiated
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Analysis: US military examines pitfalls of relying on commercial aircraft
Taking an "off-the-shelf" aircraft and adapting it for a new military role was supposed to be the cheap and easy alternative to designing an all-new platform....
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German setback should not affect A350 schedule: Airbus
Airbus is confident that the collapse of negotiations to divest three German manufacturing plants will not affect the timetable...
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Embraer hopes to launch mid-size and mid-light business jet development
Embraer's Executive Jets division is hoping to get the green light this year from...
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Israel reveals configuration requirements for new C-130J transports
The Israeli air force has revealed first details of the unique configuration...
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United Airlines to cut capacity blaming increasing fuel costs
United Airlines has become the latest US airline to announce capacity cuts, with plans to shed 15-20 of its older narrowbody aircraft from its fleet by year-end....
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NewsATV: An automatic success
As the European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle, named Jules Verne, embarks on the last few kilometres of its journey to dock at the International...