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Pictures: China's Chengdu FC-1 fighter performs first flight with JSF-style engine inlets
Changes to China’s Chengdu FC-1 lightweight fighter are clearly visible in recently released photographs (pictured below) of the redesigned fourth prototype’s first flight on 28 April. Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)-style “diverterless” engine inlets lead the design revisions.
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Pictures: Probe begins into Sabena Technics hangar fire
Sabena Technics believes the fire that burned down one of its maintenance hangars at Brussels airport, destroying four aircraft, will have only a minor effect on its operations as investigations begin into the cause of the blaze.
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NewsPictures: Sabena Technics hangar blaze destroys C-130H Hercules and Armavia A320
A fire overnight at the Sabena Technics hangar in Brussels national airport has destroyed four aircraft including a Belgian armed forces Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules and an Airbus A320 belonging to Amenian national carrier Armavia.
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News2005 UK C-130K Iraq shootdown victims' families threaten UK govt. with manslaughter charges
Supporters of families killed in a January 2005 hostile fire incident in Iraq have issued a warning to the UK government that they will sue for corporate manslaughter if there is any further loss of life involving Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules intra-theatre transports.
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Boeing considers developing freighter variant of Boeing Business Jet 737-700C
Boeing is considering the development of a convertible freighter version of the Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) based on the 737-700C, it was expected to announce this week at teh European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (EBACE) taking place in Geneva.
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P&W awarded first F135 contract
Pivotal deal covers six engines as Congress offers funding reprieve for rival General Electric/Rolls-Royce F136