All articles by Dan Thisdell – Page 13
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PICTURES: Etihad's Heathrow 787 models back on display
If you like your runways to feature models of an aviation sort, take a trip to the “Etihad roundabout” at the entrance to London Heathrow’s Terminal 4.
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Europe spells out bold vision for Ariane 6, ISS
Europe has spelled out a clear vision of its place in space, giving a further green light to the Ariane 6 launcher and confirming its intention of joining the USA in keeping the International Space Station flying through 2024.
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ANALYSIS: Should Rolls-Royce stick to aero engines?
Rolls-Royce made the news with a call for its breakup
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ANALYSIS: Ending Dassault's Airbus connection opens new doors
France's aerospace industry must pay close attention as Dassault and Airbus disengage
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Airbus makes opening play in bid to divest Dassault stake
Airbus has cut its stake in Dassault Aviation, by selling 8% of the company back to the maker of Falcon business jets and Rafale fighters, for €794 million ($989 million).
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PICTURES: Economy class? Go ahead and stretch your legs, says KLM
KLM's 777-200s are getting an interior makeover
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ATK-Orbital merger 'to go ahead despite ISS launch disaster'
The spectacular failure of the 28 October launch of an Orbital Sciences Antares rocket has delayed the company’s proposed merger with ATK by about a month, but not derailed the deal.
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Airbus logistics: from tiny fish to small whale – and now a bigger Beluga
Now that Airbus has pushed the “go” button to develop an A330-based successor to its fleet of five A300-600ST “Beluga” oversized transports, it’s a good time to look back on the critical role these distinctive aircraft have played in turning the dream of knitting French, German, Spanish and British aerospace ...
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Comet update: Philae running on last scraps of battery power
Philae, the washing-machine-sized lander that the European Space Agency has successfully delivered to the surface of a comet, looks destined to complete just a fraction of its scientific agenda as it counts down the final hours before its batteries run out after an landing system malfunction left its solar panels ...
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Robospace: Star moments in robotic space exploration
At the end of a week that saw the European Space Agency turn heads the world over by achieving the first-ever soft landing on a comet, we look at the most dazzling achievements in five decades of robotic space exploration.
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Scientific work on hold as ESA determines comet lander's condition
European Space Agency scientists have determined that their robotic lander Philae is on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, but it is not anchored as it should be and it is not sitting level. Philae, the washing machine-sized lander, may have come to rest on the steep rim of a crater ...
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Comet chaser peers deeper into origins of life with successful touchdown
European Space Agency scientists are attempting to determine exactly where their robotic lander Philae has come to rest on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, but have confirmed that the first-ever soft landing on a comet was a success.
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ANALYSIS: Finmeccanica has some breathing room
To say it has been an eventful year – or at least a stressful one – for Finmeccanica would be an understatement. On the plus side, 2014 has seen a resolution of the scandal surrounding its AgustaWestland unit’s deal to sell VVIP helicopters to India. And the group – nearly ...
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ANALYSIS: How Avio Aero is helping shape powerplant manufacturing
If you want to see the future, drive about an hour northeast of Turin to Cameri, where Avio Aero has a new factory. Here, the engine components maker – now a GE Aviation subsidiary, since its $4.3 billion acquisition in August 2013 – has focussed its additive manufacturing capability. The ...
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Morphing wings flight trials promise leap in efficiency – NASA
NASA morphing wing project aims for surge in aeroefficiency
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Russian army Mi-26 helicopter saves lost polar bear cub
For a heart-warming – or least bear-warming – tale, consider the crew of a Russian army Mi-26 helicopter who stopped to save a lost polar bear cub
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Debt woes continue at Finmeccanica as aerospace business stalls
Finmeccanica’s aerospace business has turned in a weak performance for the year to end-September, with sales essentially flat at €8.38 billion but profits (EBITA) slumping by a fifth to just €680 million as the bottom line slipped in every sector.
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At Comac, ambition and challenge are both on a large scale
With the Comac C919, China intends to make its mark in the large airliner business dominated globally by industry heavyweights Airbus and Boeing. The scale of that ambition is evident in the fact that the company dates only to 2008, when it was formed of key businesses drawn from state-owned ...
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Unforgiving void: Spaceflight tragedies remembered
A sobering week in spaceflight saw the first in-flight fatality in a commercial space programme, as Virgin Galactic lost a test pilot with the breakup of its SpaceShipTwo over the Nevada desert, along with a spectacular but non-fatal launch failure of an uncrewed International Space Station resupply mission. After that ...
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VIDEO: NASA has eye on Congressional critics following ISS launch disaster
NASA got the sternest possible reminder of the hazards of spaceflight when an International Space Station resupply mission ended in spectacular failure last night just metres above the launch pad at Wallops Island, Virginia.