Follow us!
Feedburner
Small Planet Airlines enters UK leisure flight market
The leading Baltic leisure carrier Small Planet Airlines has expanded its Western European activity by confirming plans in the United Kingdom and Ireland for winter 2010/2011. The airline will position a Boeing 737-300 at Bristol airport from December 2010, to… Continue reading
Successful first flight of the UAE Pilatus PC-21
The first flight of the first PC-21 for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force & Air Defence has taken place on November 22, 2010, one year to the day after the contract was signed. The schedule agreed within the… Continue reading
Saab receives Gripen order for Thailand
Defence and security company Saab has received an order from FMV (Swedish Defence Material Administration) for six Gripen aircraft intended for the Royal Thai Air Force. The order is worth approximately 2,2 billion SEK.
The six Gripen aircraft are of… Continue reading
San Juan Regional Medical Center will add Bell 429 helicopter
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today announced that San Juan Regional Medical Center will add the world’s most advanced light twin helicopter, the Bell 429, to its air ambulance fleet. The purchase of the 429 supports San… Continue reading
Bell Helicopter and Chevron sign agreement for Bell 429 helicopters
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today announced the sale of two (2) 429 helicopters to Chevron, one of the largest integrated energy companies in the world. The aircraft will be servicing Chevron’s oil & gas platforms in… Continue reading
EMBRAER DONATES ERJ 145 JET PROTOTYPE TO MUSAL
Embraer delivered the ERJ 140-801 prototype, tail number PT-ZJA, today, to the Aerospace Museum (Museu Aeroespacial – MUSAL), during a ceremony held at the museum, located at Campo dos Afonsos, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The aircraft launched… Continue reading
TAM Airlines and Airbus first to fly Jatropha-based biofuel in Latin America
TAM Airlines together with Airbus have conducted the first Jatropha-based biofuel flight in Latin America, using an Airbus A320. The biofuel, processed by UOP LLC, a Honeywell group, was a 50 percent blend of locally-sourced Brazilian Japtropha-based bio-kerosene and conventional… Continue reading
USAFs 45th Space Wing launches NRO satellite
11/22/2010Â -Â CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. (AFNS)Â –Â The 45th Space Wing successfully launched a United Launch Alliance-built Delta IV-Heavy Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle from Space Launch Complex 37 Nov. 21, carrying a classified National Reconnaissance Office satellite.
“The tremendous… Continue reading
Virgin Blue selects Rockwell Collins avionics for new B737 NG fleet
Virgin Blue Airlines has selected the entire suite of Rockwell Collins’ scaleable avionics for its new fleet order of Boeing 737 NG airplanes (50 firm, plus 25 options; 25 purchase rights). The full suite of communication, navigation and surveillance systems… Continue reading