All articles by Guy Norris – Page 7
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Boeing gears up for passenger-variant 747-8 Intercontinental sales drive
Manufacturer decides to standardise on freighter fuselage stretch for passenger version as it seeks first airline orders
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Boeing may switch laser to 747-8
Stretched freighter offers longer range, more room and new technologies, as preparations continue for 2008 test
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DARPA and NASA demonstrate world's first 'hands-off' autonomous air-to-air refuelling using satellite-guided probe
DARPA and NASA have demonstrated what is claimed to be the world's first "hands-off" autonomous air refuelling engagement using a satellite-guided approach system invented by Sierra Nevada (SNC).
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US aviation safety board NTSB wants at-risk GE CF6 engines removed following June uncontained failure on AA 767
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) wants the Federal Aviation Administration to rethink its recently issued airworthiness directive (AD) over General Electric CF6-80 engines and withdraw some from service immediately.
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Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Block 20 Global Hawk UAV ready to roll
Northrop Grumman is preparing to undertake the first taxi tests with the larger and upgraded RQ-4 Block 20 Global Hawk unmanned air vehicle, following the aircraft's official unveiling on 25 August at the US Air Force's Plant 42 in Palmdale, California.
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Threat of terrorist missile attack leads US anti-terror chiefs to revive throttles-only airliner pilot training study
NASA is working with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and United Airlines to develop guidelines for flightcrews to operate crippled aircraft using "throttles-only control".
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Digital head-up guidance system passes Cat 3 tests
Brazilian and US certification for Rockwell Collins HGS fitted to E-190 expected soon
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Airbus A380 test aircraft MSN009 will be workhorse to bear brunt of Engine Alliance GP7200 certification programme
MSN009 is set to perform around 95% of the GP7200-powered A380 certification testing, which is expected to last around nine months in all, with flying scheduled for completion at the end of June 2007
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Boeing issues ‘stop work’ notices on C-17 Globemaster line, signalling end to California aircraft manufacturing
Boeing is announcing today that is to issue "stop work" notices to long-lead parts suppliers for the C-17 Globemaster III, marking a "break in production" and the first step towards the full closure of the last major California aircraft assembly line