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Pakistani plane crashes with 152 on board
ISLAMABAD – A passenger jet carrying 152 people crashed into the hills surrounding Pakistan’s capital amid rain Wednesday, officials said. At least five people were killed and five wounded, but many more were feared dead.
The cause of the Airblue… Continue reading
VSS Enterprise Feathered
Exclusive photographs show wings and tail structures in the “feathered” position.
This is unique and critically important element of the system created by legendary aviation designer Burt Rutan.
Source: Virgin Galactic
X2 Technologyâ„¢ Demonstrator Achieves 225 Knots, Sets New Top Speed for Helicopter – Target Milestone of 250 Knots Looms in Q3 2010
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida – Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.’s X2 Technologyâ„¢ demonstrator today unofficially broke the speed record for rotorcraft, achieving a maximum speed of 225 knots in a one-hour test flight at the Development Flight Center. Sikorsky is a subsidiary… Continue reading
Lufthansa plane crashes at Riyadh airport
RIYADH – A cargo plane belonging to the German carrier Lufthansa crashed on landing at Riyadh airport on Tuesday, with the pilots hospitalised, Saudi television reported.
“The plane’s pilot and co-pilot were hospitalised,” said Al-Arabiya, a Saudi-financed news channel.
It… Continue reading
Second advanced C-130 Hercules is successfully delivered to Royal Netherlands Air Force
On the 15th July 2010, G-781 (the second of two C-130s being upgraded) was delivered from Marshall Aerospace back to the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
G-781 first flew at Cambridge on the 29th April, and during its flight test programme,… Continue reading
The Netherlands – GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs
WASHINGTON, July 27, 2010 – The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress July 26 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to The Netherlands of 603 GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bombs1 (SDB1) and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an… Continue reading
Alenia Aermacchi aircraft chosen for the United Arab Emirates National Aerobatic Team
Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica company, has finalised with the United Arab Emirates two important contracts to provide the UAE Air Force with ten MB-339A aircraft in aerobatic configuration.The two contracts cover the upgrading and supply of MB-339A to the… Continue reading
Bahrain plans to privatise Gulf Air soon
MANAMA – Bahrain plans to privatise national carrier Gulf Air as soon as possible encouraged by positive results in its restructuring, a senior government official said in remarks published on Sunday.
The loss-making carrier could return to profit within a… Continue reading
Ball Aerospace, Lockheed Martin Demonstrate New Docking System Technology
Orion Hardware to be Flown and Tested Aboard NASA’s Last Shuttle Mission, STS-134
BOULDER, Colo, July 26th, 2010 — Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company and NASA conducted a successful technology demonstration of an inventive navigation… Continue reading
Boeing Delivers 1st Super Hornet Featuring HAL Gun Bay Door
ST. LOUIS, July 26, 2010 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] on July 20 delivered to the U.S. Navy the first F/A-18 Super Hornet featuring a gun bay door manufactured by India-based Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
HAL manufactures the doors at its… Continue reading
Boeing Completes Critical Design Review of Intelsat 22 Spacecraft
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., July 26, 2010 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that it met or exceeded all the requirements of the Critical Design Review (CDR) of the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) hosted payload and its host spacecraft, the Intelsat… Continue reading
Boeing Completes Final Design Review for P-8I
SEATTLE, July 26, 2010 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] on July 16 successfully completed the final design review (FDR) for P-8I, India’s long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft. The P-8I, based on the Boeing 737 commercial airplane, is a variant… Continue reading