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Boeing 787 Dreamliner Named ‘Aircraft of Legend’
EVERETT, Wash., Jan. 27, 2012 – The Boeing 787 Dreamliner has been honored with the “Aircraft of Legend” Award presented by the Living Legends of Aviation organization. Mike Sinnett, vice president ...
Launch of Space Station Crew Faces Delay, by air leak in the capsule.
The launch of a Soyuz capsule carrying the new International Space Station (ISS) crew may be postponed over faults in the capsule’s assembly. The three new crew members - Gennady ...
Northrop Grumman Statement on the Global Hawk Block 30 Program
FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- Jan. 26, 2012 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has released the following statement on the Global Hawk Block 30 program: "The Pentagon announced today that it is ...
Astronaut Jerry Ross, First Seven-Time Flier, Retires
HOUSTON -- Jerry Ross, the first person to launch into space seven times, has retired from NASA. In a career that spanned more than three decades, Ross spent almost 1,400 ...
Alenia Aermacchi: the 1000th ATR fuselage completed in Pomigliano d’Arco
Alenia Aermacchi delivered today the fuselage to the ATR consortium, to be assembled in Toulouse to build the 1000th aircraft. The ceremony was attended by the company’s top management and ...
U.S. Navy Test Autonomous Aerial Refueling for Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., Jan. 26, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) and the U.S. Navy have successfully completed a series of flight tests to demonstrate technology that could ...
Thales Select EC135 for Helicopter Aircrew Training System
Eurocopter aircraft offers proven, low-risk solution BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 27, 2012 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] subsidiary Boeing Defence Australia (BDA) and Thales Australia today named the Eurocopter EC135 as the preferred ...
Boeing Delivers First 747-8 Freighter to AirBridgeCargo Airlines
EVERETT, Wash., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE:BA) and AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), part of Volga-Dnepr Group, celebrated today the delivery of the first of five new Boeing 747-8 Freighters ...
Aviamost orders 40 Skylander turboprop twins
Following the communication of Russian society AVIAMOST Ltd on January 24, GECI International confirmed the signing of an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) for the purchase of 40 GECI (Sky Aircraft) Sk-105 ...
Airbus says A380 wing cracks pose no danger
Tiny cracks discovered in the wings of Airbus superjumbo A380 planes can be easily repaired and pose no danger, the aircraft's manufacturer said Wednesday. Airbus' statement came the same day the ...
Canada’s 17th CC-130J is Complete
The 17th of 17 CC-130Js built for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) completed final painting this week. Following acceptance flights the aircraft is scheduled for delivery in early May. ...
Italian Air Force Eurofighters in air-to-air refuelling mission
Air-to-air refuelling is one of the daily training activities undertaken by Eurofighter Typhoon pilots. In this picture, taken during one of those missions in January 2012, four Aeronautica Militare (Italian ...
Eurocopter de México Delivers a Second AS350 B2 to the Quito Aerial Police Service
Eurocopter’s Mexican subsidiary, Eurocopter de México S.A. (EMSA), delivered a single-engine AS350 B2 helicopter to the Quito Aerial Police Service, of the Ecuadorian National Police Force, for use on public ...
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Launch of Space Station Crew Faces Delay, by air leak in the capsule.
Astronaut Jerry Ross, First Seven-Time Flier, Retires
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Photo report Royal Air Force Museum Cosford published.