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EBACE: Gulfstream stays on track with G500 flight test
Three and a half years after a powered roll-out event, Gulfstream says the G500 remains on track to complete a two-year-old certification programme on schedule by the end of the year.
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EBACE: GE partners with Aerion on supersonic engine study
GE Aviation will partner with Aerion to design a supersonic engine that could power the AS2 business jet, meet stricter community noise regulations and potentially serve as a gateway to a commercial supersonic transport.
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OpinionOPINION: Can airframers beat supply chain vulnerability?
Like a game of industrial Whac-a-Mole, Airbus and Boeing have conquered one embarrassing behaviour – long-delayed new product introductions – just as customers grow increasingly nervous about another emerging problem: supply chain breakdowns.
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US government to investigate Bombardier for aircraft dumping
The US Department of Commerce has launched an investigation to determine if Bombardier violated laws by receiving unfair subsidies and then selling CSeries aircraft to a US customer at artificially low prices, the department announces on 18 May.
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Rockwell has discussed middle-market aircraft
Rockwell Collins' cabin interior unit has had preliminary discussions with Boeing about the airframer's middle-of-the-market aircraft concept, a Rockwell executive tells FlightGlobal.
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USAF lifts ban on lightweight pilots for F-35A ejection seat
The US Air Force has removed a nearly two-year-old restriction in the Lockheed Martin F-35A cockpit that banned pilots lighter than 61.9kg (136lb) over concerns that an ejection could cause a severe neck injury.
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NewsBoeing delivers first 737 Max
Boeing has delivered the first 737 Max 8 to launch operator Malindo, becoming the fourth generation of the 50-year-old single-aisle design to be handed over to a customer.
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AT-6, Scorpion invited to challenge A-29 for USAF demo
Textron Aviation has confirmed the US Air Force will invite the AT-6 turboprop and Scorpion twin-jet to face off against the Sierra Nevada/Embraer A-29 Super Tucano in a demonstration of close air support capabililty in August called the Light Attack Experiment.
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ANALYSIS: The dream of resuming supersonic flight ramps up
Fourteen years after the retirement of the Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde, the dream of resuming civilian supersonic flight has seemed never more active than in 2017, with four major development efforts scheduled to pass key milestones before the year ends. Activity stretches across laboratories, boardrooms and assembly hangars dotted across the USA.
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FAA defends response to Allegiant 2015 rudder jam
A Federal Aviation Administration investigator had recommended the "maximum" sanction against AAR following the 2015 jam of an elevator on an Allegiant Air McDonnell Douglas MD-83, according to a recently-publicised FAA report.
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UPS chooses Honeywell for A300 cockpit modernisation
UPS has announced a major upgrade to the cockpit technology in its Airbus A300 freighters to ensure the aircraft have technology needed to remain in service until 2035.
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Boeing resumes 737 Max 8 test flights
Boeing has resumed flying the 737 Max 8 on 12 May about a week after grounding the fleet to inspect the engines for a possible manufacturing flaw.
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Cessna rolls out last Mustang after genre-defining run
Cessna has stopped making the Citation Mustang that defined a once-booming market for entry-level light jets when the Textron Aviation subsidiary launched the programme 15 years ago.
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A320neo unaffected by Leap engine grounding on 737 Max
An engine problem that has grounded the Boeing 737 Max test fleet has no effect on Airbus A320neo family aircraft powered a different version of the powerplant, CFM International confirms.
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Boeing halts 737 Max flights to investigate engine flaw
Boeing has suspended 737 Max flights after being notified by engine supplier CFM International about a potential “quality escape” issue in low pressure turbine discs inside Leap-1B engines.
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Air Force One damages blamed on Boeing mechanics
Boeing reimbursed the US government $4 million after three company mechanics damaged the oxygen system for a VC-25A, a modified VIP 747-200 also known as Air Force One, the US Air Force says in a new accident investigation report.
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US Senate takes turn grilling airlines, warns of regulation
Lawmakers again took aim at airlines on 4 May, chastising the president of United Airlines for customer service failures and threatening to use an upcoming Federal Aviation Administration spending bill to force improvements.
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NewsSixth aircraft joins KC-46A tanker test fleet
Boeing has bolstered its flight-test fleet for the KC-46A programme to six aircraft, as the company strives to complete a development campaign with the 767-based tanker.
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Spirit AeroSystems admits Boeing talks could fail
After nearly four years of fruitless negotiations with Boeing, Spirit AeroSystems executives are finally conceding that an agreement on pricing for billions of dollars of parts for Boeing aircraft might need a dispute resolution process.
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OpinionOPINION: Can Uber's VTOL air taxi plan take off?
By 2020, electric-powered flying taxis will be able to pick up passengers from a crowded city centre, then zoom over the traffic at 150mph to a destination across town or perhaps in a leafy, quiet suburb.