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Lockheed Martin F-35A Performs First Night Flight
FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 19, 2012 – The first night flight in the history of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Program was completed Wednesday at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Piloted by Lockheed Martin Test Pilot Mark Ward, AF-6, an F-35A… Continue reading
Vega rocket ready for first flight
Final checkout of Europe’s new Vega launcher was completed last Friday, marking another milestone towards its maiden flight from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
The first Vega launch campaign began in November with the installation of the P80 first… Continue reading
Cessna Citation Ten Prototype Makes First Flight
WICHITA, Kan., Jan. 17, 2012 — Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, said the Citation Ten prototype made its first flight today. The flight lasted more than two hours and included tests of stability and control, handling… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin F-35 Program Exceeds 2011 Flight Test Goals
FORT WORTH, January 12th, 2012 — The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 System Development and Demonstration 2011 flight test program resulted in the completion of more test flights and test points than in any year.
The 2011 flight test plan… Continue reading
AgustaWestland New Generation AW189 Helicopter Completes Its Maiden Flight
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the first prototype of the AW189 twin engine 8-tonne class helicopter successfully completed its maiden flight yesterday. The aircraft was launched at the Paris Air Show earlier this year and this… Continue reading
Airbus Corporate Foundation and ‘Luftfahrt ohne Grenzen’ send humanitarian goods to Thailand on THAI A330 delivery flight
Medicine, blankets and clothing for flood victims arrived this morning in Bangkok
The Airbus Corporate Foundation and ‘Luftfahrt ohne Grenzen’ (LOG or ‘Wings of Help’) have transported some 12 tonnes of humanitarian goods to Bangkok aboard the delivery flight of… Continue reading
The Bombardier 415 Amphibious Aircraft Reaches a 200,000 Flight Hour Milestone
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that the Bombardier 415 aircraft has reached an important milestone in less than 20 years life span: over 200,000 hours flown since its entry-into-service.
“Given the limited amount of actual specialized flying time per year, it… Continue reading
Boeing B-52 CONECT System Completes Flight Test Milestone
WICHITA, Kan., Dec. 12, 2011 — Today Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced completion of all flight testing needed for the B-52 Combat Network Communications Technology (CONECT)… Continue reading
NASA Announces Launch Date and Milestones for Spacex Flight
WASHINGTON — NASA has announced the launch target for Space Exploration Technologies’ (SpaceX) second Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) demonstration flight will be Feb. 7, 2012. Pending completion of final safety reviews, testing and verification, NASA also has agreed to… Continue reading
FIRST US-ASSEMBLED EMBRAER PHENOM 100 MAKES MAIDEN FLIGHT
Successful first flight marks major milestone for Company’s Melbourne, Florida facility.
EMBRAER PERFORMS FIRST FLIGHT OF THE EMB 145 AEW&C PLATFORM DEVELOPED FOR THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT
Embraer performed the maiden flight, today, of the first of three EMB 145 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft ordered by the Indian government. The flight was well performed and all planned tests were successfully achieved. It tooked place… Continue reading
F-35C test aircraft completes milestone flight
The first carrier variant test aircraft for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter takes off on its 100th test flight Nov. 29 with Marine Corps test pilot Lt. Col. Matthew Taylor at the controls. In 2011, the F-35 Integrated… Continue reading