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NewsPicture: First Engine Alliance GP7200-powered Airbus A380 expected to start flight tests next month
The Engine Alliance GP7200-powered Airbus A380 flight test aircraft is expected to take to the air next month. The aircraft is being prepared for hand-over to Airbus’s flight-test department.
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Reims Aerospace embarks on management buy-out to rescue aerostructures business
Aerospace subcontractor Reims Aerospace is set for a takeover by its 240 employees as part of a scheme to help it out of current financial difficulties.
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French opposition leader calls for resignation of Noël Forgeard in growing political scandal over EADS
The leader of the French opposition party has become the country's highest ranking politician to call for the resignation of Noël Forgeard, co-chief executive of EADS, who is currently being accused of insider trading over delays to the A380 airliner.
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NewsPictures: Airbus aims to thwart Boeing’s narrowbody plans with upgraded 'A320 Enhanced'
Airbus is aiming to sabotage the business case for any near-term plan by Boeing to develop an all-new narrowbody family with an “A320 Enhanced” that will incorporate improvements to significantly increase efficiency.
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NewsPictures: Lockheed Martin C-5M Super Galaxy makes first flight
Long-serving airlifter flies with radically new avionics and uprated engines
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Video: American Airlines Boeing MD-80 lands without nosegear at Chicago O'Hare
Helicopter-borne TV crews capture textbook landing at dawn
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Tony Blair's UK government considers acquiring one narrowbody, one widebody aircraft for ministerial transport
The UK government is reported to be considering acquiring aircraft for the use of the prime minister and other ministers.
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Night flights under green scrutiny after study finds nocturnal contrails environmentally worse
Scientific study by the UK’s Reading University flags up increased impact of nocturnal contrails on global warming
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Japan starts ball rolling, with Fuji Heavy Industries completing first compostie lower-skin section
Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI) completed work on the first production composite lower-skin section for the Boeing 787 on 12 June in preparation for the start of final assembly of the centre wing box, scheduled for 27 June and marking the starting point for the manufacture of the first aircraft.
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Airbus presses GE to power A370 with new GEnx to counter R-R Trent 1000 engine offer on revamped A350
Airbus is trying to convince General Electric to develop an engine that it can offer on the revamped A350 family, which is now being proposed to potential customers powered only by versions of the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engine.
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NewsBoeing unveils its 787 flight-test plan with four R-R Trent 1000-powered, 2 GEnx aircraft
Boeing has revealed its certification flight- and ground-test plans for the 787, which will include six aircraft, four for the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-powered version and two for the General Electric GEnx-70B1 variant.
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Rise of a dragon: the Welsh aerospace industry
Thanks to Airbus and a rush of investment into its old industrial heartlands, Wales is benefiting from aerospace. Can it continue to attract business?
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Making light: the use of composites in aerospace
Composites are becoming ever more important in aerospace. Yet many feel the UK is playing catch up. Can the country become a leader in the technology?
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Great Britten
Britten-Norman – one of UK aviation’s great names – has had several near-death experiences. Now, under new owners, B-N has reinvented itself and is fighting back