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Airbus A380 v Boeing 747: how they stack up
Today's 747-400 passenger fleet totals 482 aircraft operated by 32 airlines, with the largest single cluster being the 57 aircraft operated by British Airways...
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Greatest show on earth: Paris
It's back, bigger than ever. Humid, hectic, expensive, at times chaotic, the world's biggest air show has its drawbacks. But every two years, the industry's continuing addiction to Paris is evident
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Feet on the ground: Europe's space policy
Fifty years after the launch of the first satellite, the Soviet Union's Sputnik, Europe has agreed its first space policy. But against US plans for a return...
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No room for mistakes with the Airbus A400M
Airbus Military is upbeat after a difficult six months in the life of its A400M, but will Europe's giant airlifter keep its flight schedule?
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Frontline warrior: The Alenia Aeronautica C-27 Spartan
Already selected by five NATO air forces and tipped to soon receive fresh orders, Alenia Aeronautica's C-27J Spartan is rapidly proving itself to be a tactical heavyweight
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Spartan hits the campaign trail
With an aggressive sales target to sell a further 370 C-27J Spartans, Alenia Aeronautica is pursuing numerous export opportunities for the tactical transport....
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Sales spur Russia to hone helicopter engine technology
Russian research vladimir karnoZov / MOSCOW While other helicopter-producing nations have been investing in a broad range of advanced vertical lift...
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Eurocopter tames the whirl
EUROPEAN RESEARCH Julian Moxon / London The prime technology thrust at Eurocopter continues to be the development of a rotating helicopter system that...
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X2 marks the spot for radical rotor designs
Sikorsky's X2 helicopter programme has a mixed R&D heritage, and could be the model for the next generation of rotorcraft designs
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Playing catch-up: No room for delays of the Airbus A350
After several false starts, Airbus knows there is no more margin for error or delay in the design of its mid-size A350 widebody
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Tradition takes back seat with clean sheet approach
Airbus is taking a "clean sheet" approach to the production and development plan for the A350, just as it has done with the design. It has abandoned its...
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Speed bump: USAF sets modest goals for new bomber
The USAF wants a new bomber by 2018, but says available technology will limit it to subsonic and manned. Is it aiming too low?
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Down to the wire: US-EU Airbus-Boeing subsidies case moves ahead
The US-EU dispute over subsidies for Airbus and Boeing is moving to a conclusion that could reshape civil aircraft development. Is there still an off ramp?
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The right stuff? The race for the next dominant commercial aircraft...
Europe and the USA are investing in aeronautics research, but in different ways. Who will win the race to deliver the next dominant commercial aircraft?
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Technology shift: Flight simulators
Technology is driving the flight simulator market, with the emphasis on cutting costs as manufacturers champion new 'non-zero flight-time' machines
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US TSA prepares security programme for GA
The initial version of a new security programme for larger general aviation aircraft could be completed as early as this quarter, according to the National...
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An idea in waiting
There was nothing wrong with the vision. It is in its execution that the concept of EASA has been flawed. It is time to get it right
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Business aviation bosses lobby Brussels for carbon permit plan
European business aviation chiefs are urging Brussels to allow the buying of carbon permits wholesale to prevent aviation's entry into the European Union...