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News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.
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AFI and LHT call truce to work jointly on A380
Air France Industries (AFI) and Lufthansa Technik (LHT) are joining forces in Airbus A380 component support, the two companies announced at Paris Charles d
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Embraer 195 makes its world airshow debut here
The largest member of Embraer’s E-Jet line of single-aisle airplanes is making its international airshow debut here in Paris, only a week after the Brazili
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Upgrade of British Nimrods getting back on track
BAE Systems today issued an upbeat description of progress with the previously troubled upgrade of the Nimrod MRA.4 maritime patrol plane for the UK Royal
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Boeing Delivers First GLS-equipped 737-800
Boeing has delivered its first 737-800 equipped with a new type of GPS-based landing system developed by Rockwell Collins.
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Collins permits A380 to talk to itself
Rockwell Collins continues to increase its presence aboard the Airbus A380, most recently by securing multimillion-dollar contracts to supply the avionics
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Russian RJ cockpit on show
Here at the Paris Air show on Monday, Sukhoi unveiled a mockup of its Russian Regional Jet (RRJ) forward fuselage section, including the new flight deck su
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Typhoon partners debate multiroles
Progress in the Eurofighter Typhoon program remains slow, although steady.
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Bedek boosts 747 freighter conversions
As the Paris show opened, Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) announced a significant boost to the 747-400 freighter conversion program conducted by its subsi
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Dreamliner contract to Doncasters
The Doncasters Group, headquartered in Melbourne, UK, recently signed its largest single contract in its 226-year history to produce turbo-machinery for th
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Barco Cockpit Upgrade for An-124 Freighter
Barco’s flat-screen cockpit displays have performed well during flight tests of the newly upgraded An-124-100M-150, according to the Belgium-headquartered
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IS&S announces cockpit upgrade for Boeing 767
Through an agreement with cargo airline ABX Air of Wilmington, Ohio, avionics maker Innovative Solutions & Support announced an upgrade program for replace
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Hi-tech seats help A380 fly lighter
Aircraft cushion specialist Celso says interest is rising for its Soly’t lightened cushion.
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Western 100-seaters meet their match
Airlines around the world in the market for equipment to serve the emerging 100-seat sector have no fewer than five choices to evaluate here at the Paris A
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Airbus nearing fuel glitch fix for A340-500/600
Airbus believes it is close to correcting a fuel management software glitch that contributed to a Virgin Atlantic Airways A340-600 diversion earlier this y
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Airbus spells out A380 training culture
“Safety is not a book, not software; it’s a culture,” said Airbus training and flight operations support and services vice president Jean-Michel Roy, descr
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New Firefighting Role for BAE146
When Minden Air contacted BAE Systems’ regional aircraft division to ask about leasing a 146 jetliner to use as a water-bomber, it came as something of a s
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Airbus will defy U.S. block on A350 funds Headline here Head
Airbus will launch the A350 airliner in September regardless of whether the transatlantic trade dispute over airliner subsidies has been settled by then.
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Control Surfaces Separated Before Grob SPn Crash
Structural failure appears to have caused the fatal crash of the second Grob SPn prototype light jet near the company airfield in Tussenhausen-Mattsies, Ge
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Honeywell’s Apex Will Go into Grob’s SPn Utility Jet
Grob’s SPn Utility Jet, a carbon-fiber light business twinjet introduced here on Monday, will enter production with the Honeywell Apex avionics system, acc
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Aerion SSBJ on track for launch next year
A market research study commissioned by Aerion Corp.
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Qinetiq Enables Harrier to Land Itself
Technology developed by Qinetiq has allowed a Harrier jump jet to complete the world’s first automatic vertical landing on a ship.
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C-series RJs boast comfort
Acknowledging that airlines are concerned about more than bottom-line operating costs when it comes to choosing airplanes, Bombardier unveiled the airplane
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DFS is where Falcons roost
When the Dassault Falcon 7X arrived at Le Bourget on Friday to begin its debut appearance at the Paris Air Show, pilots Yves Kerherve’ and Philippe Deleume
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Does the U.S. Army have a Spartan in its future?
The Alenia C-27J Spartan that features in the daily flying display here is a far better fit for the U.S.
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MD-80s are legalized by hushkits
A new Pratt & Whitney noise-reduction kit will permit operators of McDonnell Douglas MD-80 twinjets to meet Chapter 4 International Civil Aviation Organiza
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Dassault Flamingo spreads its wings
Here at the Paris air show on the static display, visitors can see a rebuilt Dassault Flamant (Flamingo) MD-312 light military transport.
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M-D landing gears gives aviators a soft touchdown
Messier-Dowty, here at Le Bourget in Hall 2 Stand D14, is highlighting a wide variety of landing gear technology for a range of commercial and military air
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Italian Finance Police Get Piaggio P166 DP1
Piaggio Aero Industries presented its first P166 DP1 maritime patroller to the staff of Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (financial police) during a ceremony her
