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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Bell Helicopter officials told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram this week that the civilian market for the Bell 206 Tiltorotor BA609 is disappearing as more capable helicopters and $2 million very light jets take center stage. The lead on the project has been shifted to program partner AugustaWestland in Italy. The ...
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
VENEGONO, Italy: The first M-346 advanced trainer in the industrial pre-series configuration made its official first flight yesterday, flown by Alenia Aermacchi Chief Test Pilot Olinto Cecconello. The aircraft, identified as LRIP00, took off at 19.15 from the Venegono facilities of Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica group company... Link to the ...
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
LONDON: Boeing [NYSE:BA] forecasts a $3.2 trillion market for new commercial airplanes over the next two decades, driven by an increasing demand for airplanes to replace older, less efficient aircraft. The Boeing Company released its 2008 Current Market Outlook yesterday in London. The report, at http://www.boeing.com/cmo, is Boeing’s 20-year forecast ...
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Each year Kent Couch has tried to fly to Idaho, he's improved his experimental aircraft. Link to the original post
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Thirty years after presiding over the deregulation of airlines as head of the Civil Aeronautics Board, Alfred Kahn still thinks deregulation was "clearly, definitely" a good idea. Full story. Link to the original post
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
AVweb Editor-in-Chief Russ Niles is keeping a close watch on the agreement between Canada's WestJet and Southwest Airlines in the U.S. In his latest post to the AVweb Insider blog, he explains why the legacy carriers should be worried, especially if this is a harbinger of things to come. ...
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
EAA AirVenture is just a couple of weeks away, and AVweb wants to know how you're going to get there. Plus: Results of last week's Question, asking what level of performance might tempt AVweb readers to buy an electric airplane. Link to the original post
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Sixty-one students from 14 colleges and universities around the globe have imagined what the next generation of airliners and cargo planes may look like. Link to the original post
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
The Boeing Co. and SkyHook International announced on Tuesday they will team up to develop the JHL-40 (Jess Heavy Lifter), a new neutrally buoyant rotorcraft designed to lift up to 40 tons and efficiently transport equipment and materials in remote and harsh environments. SkyHook, a Canadian company, holds a patent ...
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Small airplanes are great transportation machines for getting from airport to airport, but they also provide a means to get to places and have off-airport adventures that couldn't be achieved any other way. A new film to debut at Oshkosh tracks the adventures of a pilot and two rock-climbers who ...
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
A German court officially commenced insolvency proceedings against Thielert Aircraft Engines GmbH last week, the company said in a news release. The proceedings will not affect the company's business operations, but signaled the launch of efforts to find a new investor for the company. "An investor who is capable of ...
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Doppler radar is great for tracking thunderstorms, but wouldn't it be even better to have accurate forecasts that predict when and where the storms will occur? That's what a team of researchers at the University of Alabama in Huntsville have been working on, and Tuesday they said three years of ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Russian air carrier Vladivostok Avia has launched flights from Vladivostok
and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski to Anchorage. The solemn opening of the
new air route took place at Anchorage airport on the 7th of July. Full Story Link to the original post
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
The U.S. second largest air carrier United Airlines has applied to the
authorities asking permit to put off launching regular flights
Washington-Moscow-Washington till the 29th of March 2009. Full Story Link to the original post
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
... and the flyin' is easy, provided you remember a few things about warmed-up air molecules, hot holding patterns and steamed air traffic controllers working vacation overtime.Take the quiz. Link to the original post
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
A World War II B-17 bomber is in Jefferson City as part of a national 'Salute to Veterans' tour. Link to the original post
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
ATLANTA: The Federal Aviation Administration is ordering U.S. airlines to conduct safety inspections to look for cracking on overwing frames on certain MD-80 series aircraft, a directive that could be a headache for an industry reeling from soaring fuel prices. The airworthiness directive, listed in the Federal Register on Tuesday, ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Boeing said it will team up SkyHook International to build an enormous blimp-like aircraft powered by four helicopter rotors that will be capable of hoisting very heavy objects. The helium-filled, 300ft Jess Heavy Lifter (JHL-40) is what Boeing calls the commercial heavy-lift rotorcraft that it says can safely carry payloads ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters): The U.S. Army said on Wednesday it might cancel a $6.2 billion Textron Inc (TXT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) armed helicopter program after finding that projected costs had soared more than 40 percent above initial estimates... Link to the original post
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Regional airline Comair has told employees that it expects to cut about one-fifth of its pilots and flight attendant jobs beginning this fall. The cuts are part of the carrier’s plan to ground 14 of its 50-seat jets by the end of the year... Link to the original post
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik): The first demonstration fight of the Su-35 on July 7, 2008 attracted much attention to this aircraft, which has been undergoing tests since February. The latest addition to the large T-10 (Su-27) family is to become the interim fighter for the Russian Air ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
The grand old lady of aviation expositions starts next week, and AVweb will be on the ground covering the highlights of the huge show. Keep an eye on your inbox for the latest from Farnborough. Link to the original post
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Last March, AVweb told you about a close encounter between two private aircraft, a Pilatus PC-12 and a Beech Premier and an F-16 in an Arizona Military Operating Area (MOA). AOPA has obtained the radar video and audio from the incident, and AVweb Video Editor Glenn Pew has put ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
When two GA pilots, one flying a Pilatus PC-12 and the other in a Beechcraft Premier jet, encountered an F-16 in a Military Operations Area used by Luke Air Force Base in Arizona last March, they had to take abrupt, evasive maneuvers to avoid the military jet. The incident, after ...
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
By Scott Spangler on July 3rd, 2008 - www.jetwhine.com It’s been awhile since I’ve attended an FAA safety seminar. With good intentions I read all e-mail invitations FAASafety.gov sends, but other weekend responsibilities too often take precedence. A tailwheel clinic, on the other hand, is more important than cutting the ...
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
By Robert Mark on July 7th, 2008 Close on the heels of this 4th of July comes the realization that the most heated presidential election we will probably see in our life times is really upon us. The relentless drum-beat from both nominees is that this nation is in serious ...
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Soaring aviation fuel costs are grounding many pilots from recreational flying, creating an economic drag on the nation's general aviation industry. Link to the original post
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Oshkosh's Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture 2008 might not be the first destination parents consider taking their children during the dog days of summer. Link to the original post
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Monday, July 7th, 2008
Some owners of SOCATA's new TBM 850 single-engine turboprop may be facing extended grounding following the company's service alert on cracked compressor drive shafts. Alert SB70-161 was released June 20th after a report of a driveshaft shear failure on a TBM 850. The June alert limited drive shafts to 80 ...
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Monday, July 7th, 2008
HOUSTON: Following a detailed, integrated assessment, NASA selected target launch dates for the remaining eight space shuttle missions on the current manifest in 2009 and 2010. The manifest includes one flight to the Hubble Space Telescope, seven assembly flights to the International Space Station, and two station contingency flights, planned ...
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