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Solar Airplane Starts Journey Across US
WASHINGTON, May 3 – The first airplane that can fly both day and night powered exclusively by the sun’s rays took off from California on Friday in the first stage of an attempt to fly across the United States without… Continue reading
F-35 training starts January 2013 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) — Following an independent evaluation of Eglin’s capability to conduct F-35A Lightning II pilot training, Air Education and Training Command announced Dec. 17 that the 33rd Fighter Wing can do so starting January 2013.… Continue reading
Embraer Executive Jets Launches Legacy 450 Fabrication
Embraer Executive Jets passed a major milestone in the mid-light Legacy 450 program last week when the first part was milled for the business jet, ushering in the beginning of fabrication.
“Even as we have been making progress on the… Continue reading
Airbus starts making the wings for first A350 XWB
Assembly of the 32 metre long carbon fibre wings for the first A350 XWB (MSN1) has started at Airbus’ recently opened “North Factory” in Broughton, UK.
Most of the A350 XWB wing is made of light-weight carbon composites, including the… Continue reading
Boeing Begins Work on 1,000th 777
Boeing workers today began assembling the 1,000th 777. The airplane is a Boeing 777-300ER (extended range) model. It will be delivered to Dubai-based Emirates Airline in March 2012.
Emirates is the largest 777 customer with 95 777s currently in its… Continue reading
F-35C starts carrier suitability testing
Flown by test pilot Lt. Cmdr. Eric “Magic” Buus, F-35C test aircraft CF-2 lands at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey June 25. CF-2 and the F-35 integrated test team from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. are at the… Continue reading
Airbus starts production of first fuselage barrel for the A350 XWB
Airbus has started making the first carbon fibre barrel for the A350 XWB fuselage at the company’s production plant in Illescas, Spain. The carbon fibre placement process used for producing the 5.5 metre long, 56 square metre fuselage barrel, known… Continue reading