USAF Officials release A-10C accident report
9/2/2010 - LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- Human error caused an A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft to depart the runway during an aborted takeoff May 10 at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., according to an ...
First Air France A380 Flight to Japan
Yesterday Air France’s Airbus A380 served the Paris-Tokyo route for the very first time, making Tokyo the first destination in Asia to be served by the airline’s Super jumbo. The ...
Gulfstream G250 Integration Test Facility Reaches Software Testing Milestone
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.’s G250 Integration Test Facility (ITF) has accumulated 1,000 hours of testing on the PlaneView250™ software load that will be the basis for securing the aircraft’s initial Type ...
SuperJet International signs agreement up to US $300 million
2 September 2010, Rome - SuperJet International - a joint venture between Alenia Aeronautica (a Finmeccanica company) and Sukhoi Holding - and the US leasing company Willis Lease Finance Corporation ...
Boeing, US Navy Flight Testing Distributed Targeting System for Super Hornet
CHINA LAKE, Calif., Sept. 2, 2010 – The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and the U.S. Navy’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron VX-31 have begun flight testing a Distributed Targeting System ...
Boeing Projects $700 Billion Commercial Airplanes Market in North America
- Strong demand seen for new, more fuel efficient single-aisle airplanes - Modest growth predicted for region's passenger traffic MONTREAL, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) forecasts that air carriers in ...
Lockheed C-5M Galaxy Becomes A Superstar
MARIETTA, Ga., September 2nd, 2010 -- Another Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] C-5 is being transformed into the world’s most capable strategic airlifter, the C-5M Super Galaxy. With more than 70 ...
Cri-Cri, the all-electric aircraft, is airborne
Paris/Le Bourget, 2 September 2010 – The all electric Cri-Cri, jointly developed by EADS Innovation Works, Aero Composites Saintonge and the Green Cri-Cri Association has made its official maiden flight ...
General Dynamics Awarded $10 Million by U.S. Navy to Produce F/A-18 Gun Systems
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division in Patuxent River, Md., in May awarded General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products a $9.8 million contract to produce ...
Satellite navigation steers unmanned micro-planes
1 September 2010 An unmanned aircraft system guided by satnav has been developed within ESA’s Business Incubation Centre to provide rapid monitoring of land areas and disaster zones. The planes have ...
EMBRAER’S LINEAGE 1000 EXECUTIVE JET FLIES MEXICO’S SKIES
Embraer held a delivery ceremony, last week, in São José dos Campos, Brazil, for its first Lineage 1000 executive jet to a Mexican customer. Grupo Omnilife, a leader in the ...
Boeing-built GOES-15 Weather Satellite Enters Service for NASA, NOAA
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Sept. 1, 2010 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that GOES-15, the company's eighth Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, has completed on-orbit testing and has been accepted into ...
Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer Offers Strong Bilateral Economic Benefits
WARSAW, Poland – Poland’s plans to procure a new advanced jet training system can act as a catalyst for Polish industry in a number of industrial sectors, not just in aerospace ...
Alenia Aeronautica, Avio and Lockheed Martin sign five-year contract to support Italian Air Force’s C-130J Fleet
Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica company, the leader of an industrial team with Avio and Lockheed Martin, signed a five-year contract with the Italian Air Force to provide technical and logistical support services ...
Spotters News
Fly Inn Keiheuvel July 31st 2010 (Balen, Belgium) photo report
July 31st 2010, I’m visiting the small grass strip airfield ‘Keiheuvel’ (Balen, Belgium) on invitation of Robby Cijntje one of our air-show friends. It is the first Fly inn after the fatal accident...
Remainder of 2010 Canadian CF-18 Demo Team shows cancelled
Winnipeg, Man. – The remainder of the 2010 air show season for the Canadian Forces CF-18 Demonstration Team, which comprises eight air show venues across North America, has been cancelled today. Insufficient...
Photo report published of Dutch Air Force open days at ‘Gilze Rijen’ AFB
The yearly open days of the Dutch Air Force took place on 17, 18 and 19 June this year. Due to our schedule we attended the air show on Friday the 18Th of June, not such a lucky choice, the Thursday before,...
ILA Berlin 2010 Photo report published on zap16.com
We visited the ILA Friday June 11th and Saturday June 12th. Friday was a hot day with a lot of dust storms in the afternoon due to strong winds and the big building site of the new airport being built...
FlightSimulator News
Downloads for FlightsimulatorX at flightsimulatorX.eu
Downloads for FlightsimulatorX, Flightsimulator 2004, and Combat Flight Simulator 3, find them at FlightsimulatorX.eu All downloads are free, no membership needed, just easy, fast and Free downloads for...
New Flight Simulator X from Microsoft available in demo download (668 MB)
Microsoft’s new Flight Simulator X is available as demo download. Flight simulator enthusiast can download a three mission trial version and have a glimpse of what the new Simulator X can do. Flight...
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Boeing X-51A WaveRider Breaks Record in 1st Flight
May 26, 2010 — In its first flight attempt, the Boeing [NYSE: BA] X-51A WaveRider today successfully completed the longest supersonic combustion ramjet-powered flight in history — nearly three...
Boeing-built Orbital Test Vehicle X-37B Begins 1st Flight
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., April 22, 2010 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced the successful launch of the Boeing-built Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), also known as the X-37B, for the U.S....
Boeing F-15K41 Successfully Completes 1st Flight
ST. LOUIS, April 22, 2010 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] on April 19 conducted the first flight of F-15K41, the first of 21 F-15K Slam Eagles the company is producing under the Next Fighter II contract for...
Rolls-Royce completes first propeller and gas turbine for Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier programme
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has completed two significant milestones for the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers, Queen Elizabeth and Prince of Wales, with completion of the first propeller...
Articles
Paris Air Show 2009 Aircraft
For this centenial edition of the 48th Paris Air Show at Le Bourget, you will discover both brand new aircrafts and 30 historical airplanes. Highlights of this year will be the Lockheed F-22 Raptor,...
Iwo Jima
February and March of 1945 Written by Pacific Aircraft (www.warplanes.com), producing the finest collection of hand made and hand painted Aircraft, Ships, and Space Craft models for over 20 years. Viewing...
Baron Manfred Von Richthofen, the world’s first Ace
Written by Pacific Aircraft (www.warplanes.com), producing the finest collection of hand made and hand painted Aircraft, Ships, and Space Craft models for over 20 years. Photo: M. van Leeuwen (Duxford...









