All articles by Dan Thisdell – Page 41

  • News

    PEOPLE moves

    2009-12-15T00:00:00Z

    Amendum, AA, Bye Energy, Harbottle & Lewis, Republic Laabs: Gulfstream Wisconsin Following its acquisition of Frontier and...

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    Carbon trading

    2009-12-15T00:00:00Z

    As the Copenhagen climate change summit kicked off, a UK parliament transport committee published a report warning that the European Union's...

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    Boeing rises

    2009-12-15T00:00:00Z

    Boeing The airframer gained stock market altitude as news that its long-delayed 787 flagship project may finally take off lifted shares beyond $56 to a 52-week...

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    Aerovironment expects full-year growth

    2009-12-15T00:00:00Z

    Aerovironment expects full-year revenue growth of 18-22% for its year to end-April 2010 on the...

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    Working Week: Fast track on the dream path

    2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

    Pam Melroy was a USAF pilot and instructor and Space Shuttle commander who helped investigate the Columbia disaster. Since August, she has been deputy space programme manager at Lockheed Martin

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    Business: Good week - Bad week

    2009-11-23T13:00:00Z

    FINNAIR Pilots called off a strike that cancelled hundreds of flights after accepting a new collective agreement...

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    Business briefs

    2009-11-23T12:00:00Z

    India's first special economic zone catering exclusively for the aerospace sector has opened...

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    Germany hails Eurofighter's Baltic debut as 'mission accomplished'

    2009-11-12T15:00:00Z

    It has been a long time since we have heard the "yesterday's aircraft at tomorrow's prices" jibe thrown at Eurofighter, but those who still insist that the...

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    EADS weight-saving technology to make F1 debut in 2010

    2009-11-05T16:00:00Z

    The Force India Formula 1 team will almost certainly race in 2010 using safety-critical components made using an EADS-developed lightweight manufacturing...

  • AFA380
    News

    Air France A380 yet to receive fourth cabin class

    2009-11-03T08:48:00Z

    Air France's first Airbus A380 is fitted in three-class configuration, although the carrier plans to have its entire long-haul fleet converted to to a four-class...

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    Working Week: Addicted to these beautiful birds

    2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Olivier Froment joined Dassault Aviation in 2000 to help Falcon customer services develop a flight operations support unit. Today, with a Falcon 2000 type rating under his belt, he is a demonstration and support pilot

  • Air France A380 delivery at hamburg
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    PICTURE: Air France takes first A380

    2009-10-30T10:00:00Z

    Air France this morning took delivery of its first Airbus A380, the first European carrier to receive the type.

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    Australian A330MRTT returns to Spain for final testing

    2009-10-29T12:00:00Z

    The Royal Australian Air Force's second of five Airbus Military A330 Multi-Role Tanker-Transports (MRTT) has completed conversion and initial flight testing...

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    PICTURES: First wet contact for A330 MRTT

    2009-10-23T14:50:00Z

    An A330 multi-role tanker transport has performed the first wet contact using Airbus Military's Air Refuelling Boom System ...

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    Update for South African Air Force Pilatus

    2009-10-22T09:00:00Z

    Pilatus has flown the first South African Air Force Astra PC-7 MkII to feature an upgraded avionics package that replaces obsolete equipment...

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    Lithuania gets third Spartan ready for Afghan mission

    2009-10-19T12:30:00Z

    The Lithuanian air force is scrambling to ready its third and last Alenia Aeronautica C-27J Spartan for service supporting the country's troops in Afghanistan. The...

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    GP7200-powered A380s pass milestone

    2009-08-27T16:00:00Z

    Engine Alliance GP7200s have marked their first full year of service powering an Emirates A380 with no in-flight shutdowns and a departure reliability rate...

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    Senior shrugs off 787 delay

    2009-08-14T14:00:00Z

    Diversified portfolio leaves UK supplier in good shape as it waits for Dreamliner to deliver

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    Airbus gears up for Chinese A350 push

    2009-06-26T06:00:00Z

    As the first A320s assembled at Airbus's Tianjin plant enter service, the airframer is gearing up to push composite component manufacturing for its forthcoming...

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    GEnx-2B for 747-8 close to completing testing

    2009-06-18T14:44:00Z

    General Electric's GEnx-2B engine for the Boeing 747-8 is close to completing the first phase of its...