Daily Archives: July 29, 2010
Fokker to provide Forward Avionics Bays for Boeing AH-64D Apache Block III helicopters
Papendrecht, 29 July 2010 – Fokker Aerostructures and Boeing Rotorcraft Systems have reached an agreement to develop and produce the Forward Avionics Bays for the AH-64D Apache Block III helicopters
The Forward Avionics Bays (FABs), mounted on both sides of… Continue reading
Rolls-Royce finalises contract for additional Adour-powered Hawks for India
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has finalised the contract for the order of an additional 57 Adour-powered Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer aircraft for the Indian Air Force and Indian Navy.
The Rolls-Royce engine contract with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)… Continue reading
RedBull AirRace world championship takes one year off in 2011
Red Bull Air Race GmbH confirmed that for the future success and development of the sport, the World Championship will take a one-year break in 2011.
The organization will use this opportunity to fast track the technological advancements currently in… Continue reading
Last Nimrod Road Trip
Today has seen the very last Nimrod, XV 254, depart from RAF Kinloss – not by air, but by road, to its new home at the Highland Aviation Museum.
A fifty feet long section of the forward fuselage was positioned… Continue reading
Rain slows salvage of crashed Pakistan plane
ISLAMABADÂ - Anguished relatives sought the remains of loved ones killed in Pakistan’s worst-ever plane crash, some grieving at a hospital collecting bodies Thursday and others joining the recovery effort at the hillside crash site laden by heavy rain and mud.… Continue reading
PHENOM 100 EXECUTIVE JET EXPANDS ITS WORLWIDE ACCEPTANCE
Authorities from Canada, Egypt, and the Dominican Republic are the latest to certify the aircraft
Twenty months after it went into operation, more than 150 of the Phenom 100 executive jet have already been delivered. As the number of customers… Continue reading