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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 Air Combat Command Accident Investigation Board report released… Continue reading
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 aircraft with registration number F-HPJD, Air France’s fourth A380, took… Continue reading
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 PlaneView250â„¢ software load that will be the basis for securing the aircraft’s initial Type Certificate. Gulfstream reached the milestone just four months after evaluation… Continue reading
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 signed today a Memorandum of Understanding for the purchase of… Continue reading
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 for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighter at the Naval… Continue reading
Boeing Projects $700 Billion Commercial Airplanes Market in North America
MONTREAL, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) forecasts that air carriers in North America will take delivery of about 7,200… Continue reading
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 improvements, the Super Galaxy is rapidly becoming the linchpin of… Continue reading
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 at Le Bourget airport near Paris on Thursday. This Cri-Cri… Continue reading