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Gripen flying in Switzerland
During 8 to 12 April, two Gripen will be flown from the Swiss airbase Emmen, near Lucerne. The flights take place at the request of the Swiss defence procurement authority armasuisse.
The flights are carried out to verify the functionality of… Continue reading
Budget cuts would reduce flying hours, F-35 orders: Air Force
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The U.S. Air Force will have to curtail its orders for Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-35 fighter jet, restructure a $52 billion tanker contract with Boeing Co and reduce its flying hours by 18 percent if lawmakers do not avert… Continue reading
A ‘Hush Rush’ keeps the T-45 flying
The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s Propulsion and Power Test Methods and Facilities Division has a reputation for meeting challenges.
When a recent potential shortage of engines for the T-45A Goshawk trainer fleet threatened to impact the Navy’s ability… Continue reading
Final season announced for last flying Vulcan
World’s only flying Mosquito in New Zealand
Tech Ops’ Auckland base saw a world first today, welcoming the world’s only flying Mosquito on its maiden flight from Ardmore aerodrome. Most of Tech Ops Auckland personnel popped out to see the Mosquito land, escorted in by a Trojan… Continue reading
Hawk Lead-In Fighter reaches 75,000 flying hours milestone
Newcastle, Australia: BAE Systems has congratulated the Royal Australian Air Force on achieving 75,000 flying hours for its fleet of Hawk Lead-In Fighters.
The first Hawk entered service in Australia in 2001, and since then BAE Systems personnel have provided… Continue reading
FB Heliservices Contract Award To Provide Helicopter Flying Training and Support Services to the UK Ministry of Defence
Cobham Aviation Services is delighted to confirm that FB Heliservices has announced it has been awarded a four (4) year contract plus two (2) possible one year extensions by the UK Ministry of Defence to continue to provide helicopter flying… Continue reading
Vijay Mallya fights to keep Kingfisher flying
Cigar-puffing billionaire brewer Vijay Mallya, who lives up to his tag of India’s “King of Good Times”, is battling to keep Kingfisher Airlines afloat in the fiercely competitive aviation market.
India’s second-largest carrier, which flies one in five domestic passengers… Continue reading
EMBRAER SUPPORTS EXPERIENCE AVIATION AND WORLDS 1st FLYING CLASSROOM
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, October 9, 2011 – Embraer, with entrepreneur and philanthropist Fabio Alexander, has joined Experience Aviation’s “Journey for Knowledge” flying classroom, using a Phenom 100. Alexander has placed an order with Embraer for a Phenom 100 business… Continue reading
Grounded Tiger Airways vows ‘all steps’ to resume flying
The new chief of Australia’s grounded Tiger Airways said its Singapore parent was “absolutely committed” to the budget carrier and “everything necessary” would be done to get it flying again.
Dispatched by Tiger Airways Singapore to take the top job… Continue reading
First EA-6B Rudder Assembly made at FRCSE keeps Prowler fleet flying
Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) manufactured the first EA-6B Rudder Assembly made at a military facility and fit checked it on an aircraft March 1, the first step in easing supply shortages threatening to ground the Prowler fleet.
When FRCSE… Continue reading