All articles by Max Kingsley-Jones – Page 37
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Airbus poised to start building new higher weight A380 variant
Airbus is about to begin production of an upgraded A380-800 with increased operating weights that will offer more range and payload capability when it enters...
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Airbus aims to 'keep it simple' with A320 NEO
Airbus aims to avoid any temptation to add complexity to its proposed "A320 new engine option (NEO)" upgrade to ensure it will achieve its 2015 service-entry...
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Airbus details A30X thinking, dismisses Boeing 'all-new airplane' talk
As Airbus plays down the viability of any near-term move to develop an all-new single-aisle airliner, it has disclosed more on its thinking about potential...
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Airbus aims to crush CSeries with A320 'NEO'
Airbus aims destroy the business case of the Bombardier CSeries with its proposed A320 'new engine option' (NEO), but will not make fundamental changes to...
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A350 Cabin 0 test rig will validate systems
Airbus has built a 37m (121ft) -long A350 XWB cabin test rig at its Hamburg plant as part of its drive to maximise system maturity ahead of first flight.
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PICTURES: A350 systems testing gathers pace on flightdeck and cabin engineering mock-ups
Airbus is undertaking intensive testing of A350 XWB systems across its various plants as part of the ongoing development effort to ensure a high level of...
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EBACE: The need for speed - Formula 1's love affair with business aviation
Comlux's latest Bombardier Global Express XRS is on display at the show, having just flown returning Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher to 2010's first four Grand Prix
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PICTURE: Airbus builds 'physical mock-up' of XWB fuselage to avoid A380 mistakes
The decision to build a mock-up was "a lesson learned" from the A380
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'Most XWB customers' endorse A350-800 rethink: Airbus
Airbus acknowledges that the decision not to optimise the A350-800 and instead develop it as a shrink of the -900 does have a weight and fuel-burn penalty...
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R-R prepares to ground-test Trent XWB ahead of A380 trials next year
Rolls-Royce will begin ground-testing the first Trent XWB for the A350 in May, ahead of a 140h flight-test programme on board an A380 early in 2011.
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VIDEO: Boeing 787 shivers and sweats in Florida extreme-weather testing
Boeing has undertaken a series of hot and cold extreme weather tests on 787 ZA003 in a special hangar at the McKinley Climatic Laboratory at Eglin AFB in Florida.
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Airbus to flight-test XWB carbonfibre skin panel on A340 this year
Airbus will fly a carbonfibre fuselage panel on its A340-300 testbed this year as part of its investigation of acoustic transmission within the A350 XWB's composite cabin.
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Airbus focuses on family commonality as it begins A350-800 detailed design
Airbus is about to begin the detailed design effort of the next XWB iteration, the A350-800 shrink, in parallel with its efforts to begin the industrial...
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Airbus devises plan to compress A350 flight-testing by three months
Airbus aims to meet the A350's mid-2013 service-entry target by compressing the flight-test programme into 12 months, after revealing that it has burnt up some of the development programme's " buffer".
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Airbus opts for larger wing on A350-1000 through trailing edge extension
Airbus is working to reach the design freeze for the largest A350 variant, the -1000, in the middle of this year and has revealed that the stretched aircraft will feature a slightly larger wing the -800/900 models.
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A350 launch customer Qatar Airways unconcerned by three-month first flight slip
Airbus A350 launch customer Qatar Airways is unconcerned about the three-month slip in the twinjet's first flight schedule, believing that the buffer built...
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Boeing 747 and 787 flight-test aircraft on the move
Two aircraft from Boeing's 747 and 787 flight-test fleets have relocated as the new types' trial programmes gather momentum.
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PICTURE: Aigle Azur takes first A319 direct from Airbus
Private French airline Aigle Azur has received its first new Airbus A319 purchased directly from Airbus. This CFM International CFM56-powered aircraft is...
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Airbus and Boeing enjoy better start to year, accumulating 139 net orders
Performance outshines early 2009 as output holds steady and Airbus and Boeing amass almost 140 orders in first quarter
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Benelux special: NG Aircraft plans Fokker 100 revival
A relaunch of Fokker twinjets has long been an ambition ever since the programme's demise. The latest plan is the strongest yet