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Eurocopter delivers its second EC225 helicopter to the AIRTELIS affiliate of France’s RTE public utility company
Eurocopter, the world’s leading helicopter manufacturer in civil and parapublic markets, has delivered the second EC225 to AIRTELIS – a wholly-owned subsidiary of France’s RTE public utility company.
Created in 2011, AIRTELIS performs heliborne operations for customers in France and… Continue reading
Euroatlantic Airways chooses Fokker Services EFB solution for entire Boeing fleet
Euroatlantic Airways chooses Fokker Services’ EFB solution for iPad® for its entire fleet of various Boeing aircraft
Euroatlantic Airways from Portugal has chosen Fokker Services as partner to install the EFB solution for iPad® in its entire fleet of various… Continue reading
Rolls-Royce Achieves New Trent 1000 Milestone
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has successfully completed the first run of an upgraded version of the Trent 1000 that will be the launch engine for the latest member of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner family, the 787-9.
The Trent… Continue reading
Airbus not allone in order cancellations, Boeing loses 25 787 Dreamliners
Not only Airbus lost orders in the first months of 2012, Boeing lost a total of 25 787 Dreamliner orders from undisclosed airlines.
It seems that airlines are trying to cut spendings in an uncertain economic era.
Airbus Orders through… Continue reading
Airbus adds 12 plane orders, loses 7 A350 sales
(Reuters) – European planemaker Airbus took 12 new orders in April, bringing its total for the year to 112, data released on Monday showed.
Adjusted for cancellations, net orders for the year to date stood at 95 passenger jets, up… Continue reading
SCAC and Aviastar-SP develop cooperation in the Sukhoi Superjet 100 Program
In order to accelerate a process of the final assembly of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) aircraft Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) and Aviastar-SP, a United Aircraft Corporation production facility based in Ulyanovsk, concluded the cooperation agreement on interior installation. Today… Continue reading
Thales reinforces its partnership with Airbus as the key avionics supplier for the A320neo Family
Thales has signed an agreement with Airbus which extends its current position onboard the A320neo Family.
Thales is progressively introducing enhancements during 2012 to ensure a seamless transition into A320neo Family deliveries, scheduled for entry in service in 2015.
Having… Continue reading
Boeing Brings Nine Decades of Aviation Innovation to iPad
CHICAGO, May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) announced today the launch of its first official app for iPad, ‘Milestones in Innovation’, now available on the App Store. The app brings nine decades of aviation innovation to iPad through… Continue reading
Jetman makes Rio de Janeiro flight
Yves Rossy checked another scenic ride off… Continue reading
Pratt & Whitney PurePower® PW1200G Engine Takes to the Skies:
The Pratt & Whitney PurePower® PW1200G engine successfully completed its first flight on April 30, launching the engine family’s flight test program. The PW1217G engine for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) aircraft flew on a specially designed stub wing aboard… Continue reading
Pratt & Whitney Delivers 50th F135 Engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Pratt & Whitney has successfully delivered the 50th production F135 engine – powering Lockheed Martin’s fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II – to the U.S. Department of Defense. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company.
The 50th engine… Continue reading
Russia’s Golden Eagles helicopter pilots group celebrates 20th anniversary
Yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of the Golden Eagles, the pilots group that is the symbolic calling card of the Russian helicopter industry.
Based at the Russian Army’s Flight Training Centre in Torzhok, the Golden Eagles are one of the… Continue reading