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NewsBombardier to choose between stalled CSeries and stretched CRJ900X with larger wings and more power
Canadian airframer Bombardier will decide by the end of the year either to restore its CSeries mainline airliner programme or direct resources to developing a uprated version of the CRJ900 regional jet.
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NewsPictures: First rabbit to beat a taxiing A380 snapped on Hamburg runway
The news of a rabbit able to run faster than an A380 was overshadowed by news of a darker nature at this week's Airbus technical press briefing. Flightglobal.com brings you the exclusive pictures of the latest installment of Aesop's fable the tortoise and the hare.
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Chávez : Venezuela to buy 24 Sukhoi Su-30s in deal to replace Lockheed Martin F-16s with Russian jets
Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez says the South American country will buy 24 Russian-made Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets this year to replace its fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16s.
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NewsForgeard: No knowledge of A380 delay before April EADS share disposal
EADS co-chief executive Noël Forgeard insists that he was initially informed about possible hold-ups to the Airbus A380 programme in April, several weeks after he and his family sold a batch of EADS shares.
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NewsCirrus Design signs second non-US aircraft re-assembly line for SR20s, SR22s in Brisbane, Australia
Cirrus Design has established its second aircraft re-assembly operation outside of the USA with a new facility in Brisbane, Australia, to cater for Australasian customers.
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NewsChinese carrier Xiamen Airlines becomes first operator to cancel a firm Boeing 787 order
Chinese carrier Xiamen Airlines has become the first operator to cancel a firm 787 order. The cancellation was booked as an unspecified drop of three 787s on Boeing’s latest online net order report.
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NewsVideo: Existence of secret 'Aurora' hypersonic sucessor to SR-71 Blackbird 'revealed' in UK defence ministry UFO report
Followers of the much-speculated US Aurora hypersonic military jet received a boost today thanks to closer reading of a recently declassified UK defence ministry report into unidentified flying objects (UFOs).
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NewsGreece doubles Sagem Sperwer tactical UAV inventory
Sagem Défense Sécurité has confirmed that Greece has placed orders for two additional Sperwer A tactical unmanned air vehicle (UAV) systems, taking the country's totally inventory, once delivered, to four.
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Saab to form new aerostructures business with Denel to be based in South Africa
Sweden's Saab and South Africa's Denel are forming a new aerostructures company to be based in South Africa. The new company will compete internationally for aircraft design, manufacturing, and assembly work for civil and defence aircraft.
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NewsPictures: First images of Airbus's Super First Class suites concept for A380
Airbus has unveiled a novel “super first class” concept on its revamped A380 cabin mock-up in Toulouse which could debut on the aircraft with some of the early operators.
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NewsEU €7m hypersonic research plan considers UK-designed Mach 5 aircraft to fly Brussels to Sydney in 2h
An aircraft capable of flying five times the speed of sound and reaching Sydney in between two and four hours from Brussels is the leading design in a €7 million European research project to find a hypersonic replacement to Concorde.
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NewsPicture: Snapped USAF C-5 Galaxy report blames aircrew
US military air accident investigators have concluded that pilot and flight engineer error was the cause of the crash of a US Air Force Lockheed C-5 Galaxy in early April in Dover AFB in Delaware.