All articles by Stephen Trimble – Page 40
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Delta drops E190 plan after CSeries deal
Delta Air Lines has decided not to induct the Embraer E190 regional jet into its fleet after ordering 75 Bombardier CS100 jets, the airline says on 28 April.
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Delta orders up to 125 CS100s
Delta Air Lines has signed a firm agreement to buy 75 CS100s and take options on another 50 of the 110-seat aircraft in a major victory for Bombardier Commercial Aircraft.
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Some Boeing 787s need engine rework by September
Airlines flying 168 Boeing 787s equipped with two of the same variant of the GE Aviation GEnx-1B engine must rework a fan seal by September or stop flying the aircraft.
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NewsTextron braces for V-22 production cut after 2018
Textron is already bracing for further production rate cuts for the Bell Boeing V-22 tiltrotor as the programme enters a proposed third multi-year contract period in 2018.
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NewsEmbraer celebrates 1,000 business jets delivered
Embraer Executive Jets delivered the company’s 1,000th jet – a Legacy 450 ordered by fractional provider Flexjet – in a ceremony at the company’s growing new factory in Melbourne, Florida.
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NewsAurora flies subscaled electric VTOL demonstrator
Aurora Flight Sciences has flown a 20%-scaled demonstrator of the unmanned LightningStrike, a uniquely electric-powered X-plane launched less than two months ago with a contract from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How CSeries revived a six-year courtship with Delta
A six-year-long, on-again-off-again courtship of Delta Air Lines by a series of Bombardier sales teams appears to be nearing a final consummation, with the SkyTeam carrier reportedly poised to sign deals for up to 125 CSeries aircraft.
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NewsIcon Aircraft may review "uncomfortable" sales terms
Acknowledging that the A5 amphibian’s lengthy sales contract makes some customers “uncomfortable”, Icon Aircraft says it may review the terms in the 41-page document as the single-engine type nears a long-awaited debut.
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Embraer delivers 21 commercial jets in first quarter
Embraer delivered 21 commercial aircraft in the three months ended 31 March, one more than during the same period last year.
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Next generation jammer moves into $1bn development phase
Raytheon will supply 15 next generation jammer (NGJ) prototype pods over the next four years as the $7.4 billion US Navy programme transitions from the design into the engineering and manufacturing development phase.
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NewsQatar CEO confident A320neo engine fix coming
A meeting with Pratt & Whitney executives 10 days ago left Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker confident his list of complaints about the engine he ordered to power 50 Airbus A320neos will be partly resolved by mid-year.
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NewsSpaceX demonstrates water recovery of Falcon 9 booster
SpaceX on 8 April successfully recovered the first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket on the landing pad of an unmanned ship floating in the Atlantic Ocean.
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NewsBoeing adds four 747-8Fs to backlog
An unidentified customer has ordered four 747-8 Freighters, Boeing confirms on 8 April.
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NewsNASA floats stratospheric airship prize
NASA is again considering whether to launch a public competition to develop large stratospheric airships, a capability that has eluded the US military despite several costly attempts.
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NewsAoA indicator becomes standard for Cessna 172
An angle-of-attack (AoA) indicator is now a standard feature in a Cessna 172 cockpit, offering general aviation pilots a critical tool for preventing loss of control accidents.
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NewsBombardier lands major order for Challenger 350
An undisclosed customer has signed a firm order for 20 Challenger 350 midsize business jets in a deal worth $534 million at list prices, Bombardier says.
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Embraer starts E190-E2 engines on wing
Embraer has started engines for the first time on the wing of an E190-E2.
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NewsBoeing, FAA warn 787 pilots of bad airspeed data
Boeing 787 pilots are being warned not to make sudden control inputs in response to a “sudden, unrealistic” drop in airspeed shown on cockpit displays.
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NewsFAA selects two fuels for unleaded avgas testing
A nearly decade-long search by the US government to find a new avgas formula that can replace leaded fuel in hundreds of thousands of piston-powered aircraft has entered a final, two-year evaluation with two remaining contenders: global heavyweight Shell and US-based start-up Swift Fuels.
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NewsCirrus wins parachute test reprieve from FAA
Cirrus Aircraft could certificate the airworthiness of the single-engined SF50 Vision jet without an in-flight test of the whole aircraft parachute recovery system under a new proposal by the US Federal Aviation Administration.