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Boeing Marks Milestone for KC-10 Contractor Logistics Support Program
ST. LOUIS, March 25, 2009 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today recognized a milestone for its KC-10 Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) program: The program has provided aircraft maintenance more than 750 times for the current fleet of 59 aerial-refueling… Continue reading
Airbus expands Environmental ISO 14001 Certification to US and China
Strong commitment and support from Airbus management to eco-efficiency
Airbus Americas and Airbus China Beijing Campus have achieved certification according to the ISO 14001 standard for Environmental Management Systems. This international standard requires organisations to develop an integrated, structured approach… Continue reading
Seventh Modernized GPS Satellite Built By Lockheed Martin Successfully Launched From Cape Canaveral
Satellite Includes Demonstration Payload for New Third Civil Signal
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla, March 24th, 2009 — A Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT]-built modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, equipped with an innovative payload that will provide… Continue reading
GEnx Engine For New Boeing 747-8 Begins Flight-Testing on Historic 747
March 24, 2009 — The new GEnx-2B jet engine for Boeing’s new 747-8 aircraft has begun flight-testing on GE Aviation’s 747 flying test-bed.
During the five-hour first flight Monday (March 23), a single GEnx-2B engine demonstrated aircraft systems and instrumentation… Continue reading
Boeing Laser System Redeploys Quickly, Then Tracks Targets and Fires Laser
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., March 24, 2009 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] has successfully demonstrated its Re-Deployable High-Energy Laser System (RHELS) by quickly relocating the prototype weapon system from its Albuquerque development site to a test range, where it tracked ground and airborne… Continue reading
China’s Chongqing Airlines takes delivery of its first A319
Carrier aims to expand its fleet with highly efficient, low cost A320 Family aircraft
China’s Chongqing Airlines has taken delivery of the first of three Airbus A319s it has agreed to lease from ILFC, at a delivery ceremony in Hamburg,… Continue reading
First CAAC Simulator enters into service at Hua-Ou Aviation Training Centre
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has put into service an Airbus A320 Full Flight Simulator (FFS), ordered from Thales, at the new extension of the Hua-Ou Aviation Training Centre, a joint-venture between Airbus and the China Aviation Supplies… Continue reading
PC-12 ACCIDENT IN MONTANA
On Sunday, March 22, 2009 at approximately 3:00 pm MST, a PC-12 crashed on approach to Bert Mooney Airport in Butte, MT. All fourteen people aboard, including seven children, lost their lives.
Pilatus Aircraft Ltd is deeply saddened by the… Continue reading
EMBRAER CONFIRMS THE SALE OF 24 SUPER TUCANO AIRPLANES TO EQUADOR
The aircraft will be used for training and for border patrol missions
Embraer confirms signing the Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE) for the sale of 24 Super Tucano turboprop aircraft, through a contract that was finalized last year. The tandem seat… Continue reading
Alenia to Explore Canadian Opportunities for its World-Leading Aerospace
OTTAWA, ON – March 23, 2009 – Alenia North America – Canada is pleased to announce that
it is showcasing the world-leading composite and carbon fibre manufacturing technology of
Alenia Aeronautica Group to Canadian aerospace companies and government officials this… Continue reading
7 kids, 7 adults die in Montana plane crash, FAA says
(CNN) — Seven children and seven adults died in a plane crash Sunday in Butte, Montana, according to the FAA
The single-engine Pilatus PC 12 was headed to Bozeman, Montana, but was rerouted to Butte instead, said Federal Aviation Administration… Continue reading
Deadly plane crash at Tokyo airport
(CNN) — The pilot and co-pilot aboard a FedEx cargo plane were killed when the plane burst into flames Monday while landing at Tokyo’s Narita airport in Japan, airport and hospital officials said.
Both crew members were American men, an… Continue reading