All articles by Dan Thisdell – Page 25
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Solar Impulse gets funding boost for round-the-world plan
Solar Impulse, the solar-powered aircraft project, received a boost to its bid to fly round the world in 2015 using only solar power thanks to an increased financial commitment from Bayer MaterialScience.
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Mil, Kamov aftersales system to battle counterfeit parts problem
Russian Helicopters, the holding company behind the Mil and Kamov rotorcraft brands, is moving to integrate...
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UK Parliament opens inquiry into BAE-EADS merger proposal
As the UK Parliament's defence select committee opened a formal inquiry into the proposed merger between British aerospace and defence industry leader BAE Systems and EADS, the Franco-German Airbus parent, the latter's chief executive Tom Enders made a presentation on the deal to members of Germany's Bundestag - which seems ...
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ROUTES: LAX gearing up to accommodate big jets and new routes
Visiting LA? You'll love the beaches and you won't want to miss Disneyland. While in town, walk with the stars in Hollywood and enjoy the great shopping.
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VIDEO: Radar data highlights sea level threat
A new high-resolution dataset from multiple orbiting missions has shown the global sea level to have risen by an average of 3mm per year over the past 18 years.
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IN FOCUS: Boeing insists ‘illegal’ A350 launch aid still flowing to Airbus
The long-running Airbus versus Boeing transatlantic trade war over government subsidies for airliner development has flared up again, with Boeing proclaiming...
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APEX: Thales's gadget man keeps both eyes on the future
Given the rapid pace of development in consumer electronics, particularly against the comparatively lengthy timeframe to develop and certificate an aircraft, in-flight entertainment technology providers have to work hard to stay in step with consumer expectations.
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APEX: LAN poised to trial Thales's Ava wireless cabin system
Thales's vision for a wireless onboard entertainment and connectivity solution ideally suited to short-haul flying came a step closer to reality at APEX, with the revelation that Chile's LAN will begin a six-month trial of its Ava system by the end of the year.
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ESA to skim atmosphere in risky gravity measurement experiment
The European Space Agency is making a risky manoeuvre with one of its most sophisticated satellites, but by lowering GOCE's orbit deeper into the high-drag outer reaches of the atmosphere scientists hope to dramatically improve their already superlative measurement of the Earth's gravity field.
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IN FOCUS: Top 100 aerospace companies 2012
Our Top 100 ranking of aerospace manufacturers' 2011 financial performance reveals the beginning of a sharp divergence in fortunes between companies supplying civil programmes and those reliant on military sales
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Airbus 2050: the details are all in the future
Airbus has, for several years now, been promoting a vision of air travel in 2050. Starting with the basic structure, the "concept plane" was an attempt to imagine what might come to be if materials and aerodynamic ideas could be combined into a sort of "engineer's dream".
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ILA: Europe's industry heavyweights put muscle behind Clean Sky
Europe's aerospace industry heavyweights gathered at ILA yesterday to declare their determination to carry on the work of the Clean Sky technology development initiative, and continue their public-private push towards cleaner and quieter aviation.
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ILA: ESA has never been so successful - or so threatened, says Dordain
As the European Space Agency looks to its crucial budget summit with member state space ministers in Italy in November, director general Jean-Jacques Dordain...
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US-Germany sign biofuel development accord
The future looks green for US-German relations following an alternative aviation fuels development agreement signed at ILA. German transport minister...
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ILA: Second-generation Galileo 'must launch from 2020'
As the European Space Agency makes final preparations for the 10 October launch of the second pair of Europe's Galileo navigation satellites to start a fast-track...
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ILA: DLR outlines vision of 'next generation' research
Germany's DLR aerospace research centre has outlined its vision of air and space technology development geared to "society's needs" for safe, clean and affordable...
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ILA: Elektra One Solar looks to year-end certification
Solar power could be available in the ultralight class by the end of the year if German certification goes to schedule for the innovative Elektra One Solar....
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ILA: Arianespace has hands full with multiple launches
European launch operator Arianespace has never been busier as teams prepare for six missions concurrently - including two flights next...
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Atmospheric gravity waves keep turbulence complicated
According to NASA's Earth Observatory information service, atmospheric gravity waves "form when buoyancy pushes air up, and gravity pulls it back down"....
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Air fares prompt unexpected rise in UK inflation
UK consumer prices rose unexpectedly between June and July as a surge in air fares lifted the annualised rate of inflation from 2.4% to 2.6% in June. According...