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Rolls-Royce Trent 900 selected by Skymark for Airbus A380
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has signed a letter of intent with the Japanese airline Skymark Airlines to provide Trent 900 engines to power six Airbus A380 aircraft, including TotalCare® long-term engine service and support. The aircraft will enter… Continue reading
Pratt & Whitney PurePower® PW1500G Engine Completes First Flight Test Program
The Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1500G engine, the PW1524G engine for the Bombardier* CSeries* aircraft, completed its first flight test program logging 25 flights with 115 flight hours. Pratt & Whitney is a division of United Technologies Corp.
“We are… Continue reading
NASA’s Kepler Mission Discovers a World Orbiting Two Stars
The existence of a world with a double sunset, as portrayed in the film Star Wars more than 30 years ago, is now scientific fact. NASA’s Kepler mission has made the first unambiguous detection of a circumbinary planet — a… Continue reading
Virgin aims for first space launch within 12 months
British business magnate Richard Branson hopes to launch a vessel into space within the next 12 months, kicking off an era of commercial space travel.
“The mother ship is finished… The rocket tests are going extremely well, and so I… Continue reading
Cessna Citation CJ3 to be Displayed at BGAD11
Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. company, is delighted to announce that a Citation CJ3 will be on show at the seventh UK Business & General Aviation Day (BGAD11) on Tuesday Sept. 20 this year.
The aircraft will be on… Continue reading
Bombardier Awards Global 7000 and Global 8000 Aircraft Final Assembly to its Toronto Site
September 15, 2011 — Toronto
Aerospace
Bombardier Aerospace today announced that final assembly of its new Global 7000 and Global 8000 business jets will take place at its manufacturing site in Toronto, Ontario.
“Our Toronto site employees have the knowledge… Continue reading
Bombardier Showcases First Smart Aviation Q400 NextGen Aircraft
Bombardier Aerospace has showcased the first of two Q400 NextGen turboprop airliners destined for Smart Aviation Company of Cairo, Egypt. The aircraft were ordered in August 2010.
During a special ceremony held on Monday, September 12, 2011 at Bombardier’s Toronto… Continue reading
Singapore Airlines signs for 15 A330-300 aircraft
Singapore Airlines CEO, Goh Choon Phong signed today the final agreement to acquire 15 more A330-300 aircraft with John Leahy, Airbus’ Chief Operating Officer – Customers at Airbus’ headquarters in Toulouse. The signature firms up an announcement from 29th June… Continue reading
MASkargo takes delivery of first A330-200F
Newest operator of world’s most efficient mid-size freighter
MASkargo, the freight subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines, has become a new operator of the A330-200F, following the delivery of the first of four PW4000-powered aircraft ordered by the airline.… Continue reading
Boeing Delivers Lion Air 50th Next-Generation 737-900ER
SEATTLE, Sept. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Lion Air, Indonesia’s largest private airline, today celebrated the delivery of the 50th Next-Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range) to the airline.
“This is a major milestone for Lion Air and Boeing,”… Continue reading
Qinghai Zhingao Natural Gas and Chemical Orders Two AW139 Helicopters
Qinghai Zhingao Natural Gas and Chemical of China has placed an order for two AW139 medium twin helicopters. The aircraft, configured for VIP transport purposes, will be used to support operations of a new general aviation subsidiary.
The customer, following… Continue reading
Possible F-16 buy highlights Iraqs progress
9/15/2011 – WASHINGTON (AFNS) — Iraq’s potential purchase of 18 U.S. F-16 Fighting Falcons is an encouraging development that benefits both nations, the senior U.S. Air Force component commander in Iraq said Sept 14.
“I do not have any word… Continue reading