All articles by Stephen Trimble – Page 65
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NewsGE delays Passport engine flight test
Bombardier must wait a few more months to see the flight test phase begin for the GE Aviation engine that will power the Global 7000 and 8000 business jets.
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NewsAir India 787 grounded for engine inspection, repair
An Air India Boeing 787-8 is grounded through at least 23 August while GE Aviation inspects a potential fault in the accessory gearbox of both GEnx-1B engines installed on the aircraft, the engine maker says.
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NewsUSAF grounds 82 F-16Ds due to new cracks
The US Air Force announced late on 19 August the grounding of 82 of 969 Lockheed Martin F-16s still in service after finding structural cracks.
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NewsUS Navy poised for UCLASS bidding after unmanned demo
Two aircraft – an unmanned Northrop Grumman X-47B and the Boeing F/A-18C Hornet – launched and landed on the USS Theodore Roosevelt multiple times on 17 and 18 August, validating a decade-long, on-and-off quest to prove such a pairing is possible on a carrier deck.
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Bombardier replaces CSeries marketing executive
Bombardier has replaced another top commercial aircraft executive amidst a broader corporate reshuffling in the wake of CSeries development delays .
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Investigation of 737 derailment nearly complete
Montana rail officials plan to complete an investigation within two weeks into the cause of a train derailment on 3 July that resulted in the loss of six nearly complete 737 fuselages.
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NewsArmy selects Bell, Sikorsky-Boeing for JMR-TD
Bell Helicopter and a Sikorsky/Boeing team will each build flying prototypes for a US Army programme that aims to demonstrate a new generation of high-speed rotorcraft.
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LABACE: Dassault expands in Sorocaba
Dassault has announced plans to expand a maintenance, repair and overhaul facility in Sorocaba, a fast-growing regional hub that is itself getting a facelift.
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NewsLABACE: Legacy 500 performance grows with certification
Embraer on 12 August announced receiving type certification from Brazil for the Legacy 500 jet and beating several critical performance metrics during the flight testing phase.
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Gulfstream navigating Russian market amid sanctions
Gulfstream is continuing efforts to sell and maintain aircraft in Russia while navigating new economic sanctions by the USA and Europe that target certain individuals, which include some of the company's clients, a senior executive says.
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NewsGulfstream breaks silence on P42 project
Gulfstream has broken its four-year silence on the existence of a new aircraft development programme dubbed "P42", with a senior executive saying the company is "real close" to unveiling the mysterious project.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: GE ponders 3D printing for GE9X turbine blade
Low-pressure turbine (LPT) blades for aircraft engines could be the next application conquered by additive manufacturing techniques.
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NewsLABACE: Sorocaba emerges as Latin American MRO capital
An unassuming airport miles from LABACE has nonetheless become the focus of Brazilian business jet aviation, as years of patient expansion pay dividends
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ANALYSIS: Bombardier looks to China, structures for growth
With its star commercial aircraft still grounded and once-promising partnerships with Russian industry less certain, Bombardier will shift attention to its neglected aerostructures business to drive revenue growth while continuing to attempt to unlock the Chinese market and return the CSeries to flight.
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Embraer's role grows in Brazilian Gripen programme
Embraer confirms the company’s role in Brazil’s F-X fighter programme has expanded since the air force awarded the $4.5 billion contract to Saab to deliver 36 Gripen NG fighters.
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NewsBombardier links Learjet 85 schedule to priority review
Bombardier is now linking an internal debate over the entry into service date of the Learjet 85 to a wide-ranging review of priorities that includes the flight test programmes of the Global 7000 and 8000.
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NewsBombardier may query P&W on CSeries engine fix
Bombardier may seek more information before accepting Pratt & Whitney's proposed solution to the engine malfunction that has kept the CSeries flight test fleet grounded for two months, executives say.
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NewsFAA proposes S-92 oil pump failure prevention mandate
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed to mandate a series of actions that are already recommended by Sikorsky aimed at preventing a main gear box oil pump failure from causing an S-92 helicopter to crash.
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NewsUSAF debates future fighter requirement
The next generation of weapons technology that replaces the Lockheed Martin F-22 and F-35 may not be a single-seater or even a fighter, but the end result should have a deeper magazine, says the retiring head of the US Air Force’s Air Combat Command (ACC).
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NewsOSHKOSH: New ADS-B options, but old scepticism
A surfeit of new hardware options announced at the EAA Airventure fly-in did little to satisfy general aviation (GA) aircraft owner concerns about the cost and feasibility of a 2020 mandate to equip the national fleet with new air traffic surveillance systems.