All articles by Stephen Trimble – Page 36
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NewsAirbus considering 19-seat hybrid-electric aircraft for general aviation market
Airbus is now considering general aviation designs with up to 19 seats with hybrid-electric power after meeting with potential development partners among a small group of traditional US small aircraft manufacturers, a senior executive tells Flightglobal.
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NewsFacebook tests solar-powered Aquila UAV
Online networking service Facebook is now an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) operator, having achieved first flight of the first full-scale, solar-powered, ultra-long-endurance Aquila on 28 June in Yuma, Arizona.
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ANALYSIS: New technologies queued up for general aviation rule change
Most general aviation pilots today have no access to a readily available technology that can prevent loss-of-control accidents, the single-largest cause of small aircraft crashes.
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E190-E2 runs ahead of schedule, but no early deliveries
Embraer has no plans to rush the timeline for delivering the first E190-E2 regional jet in the first half of 2018, even the flight test programme remains ahead of schedule, a top executive tells FlightGlobal.
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NewsUSAF completes F-35A modifications required for IOC
The US Air Force now has the minimum number of 12 Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters with completed modifications required before the first squadron can be declared initially capable for operations, service officials announced on 13 July.
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NewsBoeing awarded $127m deal for new Air Force One work
Boeing will begin developing interior, power and electronic specifications for the next-generation “Air Force One” under a $127.3 million contract awarded by the US Air Force on 15 July.
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FARNBOROUGH: Boeing details range-boosting 737-7 redesign
Remaking the smallest version of the 737 Max family to carry more passengers and fly further presents three options: Shrink the larger 737-8, stretch the smaller 737-7 or combine elements of both.
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FARNBOROUGH: Wizz selects P&W engines for A321neos
Central European budget carrier Wizz has signed a deal to buy as many as 432 Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines.
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FARNBOROUGH: GE backtracks on Prague for turboprop assembly
Back-tracking from an announcement last January, GE Aviation is back in talks with the Czech government about placing final assembly of an advanced turboprop engine in Prague.
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FARNBOROUGH: Volga-Dnepr deal boosts 747-8 but leaves questions
Boeing brightened the future of the flagship 747-8 programme by confirming a year-old agreement with Volga-Dnepr Group to acquire 20 more freighters over the next six years, although exact terms and scheduling for the deliveries were not released.
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FARNBOROUGH: Antonov selects P&WC engines for An-132 production
Pratt & Whitney Canada has signed a memorandum of understanding with Antonov to supply PW150A turboprop engines for the An-132 airlifter being developed with Saudi Arabia.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: USAF reopens door for GE to compete for future F-35 engine
The US Air Force has contractually re-opened the door for GE Aviation to challenge Pratt & Whitney for a potential propulsion upgrade for the Lockheed Martin F-35.
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FARNBOROUGH: Boeing confirms 737 Max 7 redesign
Boeing has confirmed the 737 Max 7 has been redesigned to accommodate two more seat rows with up to 12 more seats than available today on the 737-700.
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FARNBOROUGH: Boeing confirms technical feasibility of '777-10'
Boeing has confirmed that a stretch of the 777-9 is technically possible if customers express interest.
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FARNBOROUGH: P&W discusses adaptive cycle upgrade for F-35
Pratt & Whitney is working with Lockheed Martin on a long-term upgrade for the engine powering the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter that could substantially alter the configuration of the F135 powerplant, P&W military engines president Bennett Croswell says.
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FARNBOROUGH: South Carolina factory evolving into familiar Boeing facility
A hunk of yellow scaffolding labeled “scrap” in spray paint sat abandoned outside the 787 aft-body assembly building, no doubt waiting for a few of Boeing’s 8,000 workers in North Charleston, South Carolina to haul it away.
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Irkut designs global competitor with MC-21, but hurdles remain
Go back in time to March 2008. What if Bombardier never launched the CSeries aircraft family with Pratt & Whitney’s geared turbofan engines? What if Airbus never responded two years later by deciding to re-engine the A320? And what if Boeing wasn’t forced to respond to the A320neo a year ...
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NewsBoeing selects E170 as next ecoDemonstrator
Boeing has selected the Embraer E170 regional jet to be the next platform in a series of flying testbeds for advanced technologies named ecoDemonstrators.
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GA ASI starts assembling first new Predator B variant
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA ASI) has started assembling the fuselage and systems of a new variant of the Predator B unmanned air system (UAS) that is designed to meet existing airworthiness requirements.
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First Bell 525 test aircraft crashes, killing crew
Bell Helicopter has confirmed the first test aircraft in the 525 Relentless programme crashed in central Texas on 6 July, killing two company test pilots and setting back a year-long effort to certificate the first application of fly-by-wire technology in a commercial helicopter.