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NewsPictures: Airbus flies four A380 test aircraft in formation over Toulouse including landing gear problem MSN004 and GP7200-powered MSN009
One day after the unplanned return of an Airbus A380 test aircraft due to landing gear sensor problems, the manufacturer flew four of the test aircraft, including the troubled airframe, above Toulouse in formation
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NewsNASA makes surprise decision to roll Space Shuttle Atlantis back to the launch pad for 6 September lift off
A weather forecast at 1500GMT today led to NASA to plan for a reverse roll back to the launch pad, the first in the history of the shuttle programme. The earliest expected launch date is now 6 September.
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NewsSeptember Atlantis launch 'low probability' says NASA's space shuttle programme manager
Wayne Hale, NASA's space shuttle programme manager, does not expect Atlantis to lift off by the end of the 7 September launch window because of a planned 14 September Soyuz launch to the International Space Station.
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Europe prepares to test on-board terror defences
Detection systems under spotlight of SAFEE programme's three simulation studies
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Eurocontrol study reveals Europe paying €3.4bn too much for air traffic management
Europe's air traffic management suffers from so much inefficiency that it costs €3.4bn more than necessary to run, according to a Eurocontrol-commissioned study by the SESAR consortium
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A summer of surprises
For the US airlines the summer of 2006 has been remarkable for a return to profitability, from the majors to the low-fare players, a return to pricing power and the return of the threat of terrorist action. The hope is that the first two will remain, while the third will ...
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Threat to sanity
Security priorities have not undergone a review since the knee-jerk policies that followed the 9/11 shock. They desperately need one
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Stellar orbit
As Japan Airlines decides to give up its independence by joining oneworld and with other tie-ups imminent, the past year has seen a flurry of alliance activity