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A330 MRTT brings a boom to Airbus biz

According to Airbus Military officials, the A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) has won all the recent competitions for a large aerial tanker because o

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November 12, 2009

Hawker Beechcraft 3Q GA Sales Down by $98.6 Million

During an earnings conference call yesterday, Hawker Beechcraft reported a drop in business and general aviation (B&GA) sales of $98.6 million for the thir

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November 10, 2009

Airbus A330-200F Takes to the Skies

Airbus’s new A330-200F freighter flew for the first time today, officially marking the start of a 180-hour flight-test and certification campaign with a fo

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November 5, 2009

VH-71 Presidential Helicopter Loses Critical Support

Not unlike the way the Philadelphia Phillies’ chances of winning this year’s World Series decreased substantially on Sunday when they lost game four to the

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November 5, 2009

Air New Zealand orders Airbus A320s to replace Boeing 737-300s

Air New Zealand has ordered 14 Airbus A320s to replace its existing domestic fleet of 15 Boeing 737-300s.

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November 3, 2009

Lawsuits Filed Against Eclipse Aviation Leaders

Former deposit-holders for Eclipse 500 very light jets recently filed four lawsuits in New Mexico district courts alleging various wrongdoings by Eclipse A

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November 3, 2009

Boeing’s Optimism Belied 747-8 Problems

Boeing Commercial Airplanes faced some familiar scrutiny over the fidelity of its program timelines again this month, when, no more than six weeks after 74

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October 30, 2009

Airbus Spools Up A380 Production

It might seem only months since Airbus launched the mighty A380-800, but the double-deck, quad-aisle superjumbo marked the second anniversary of its first

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October 30, 2009

MJet’s Wing Decision Raises More Questions about Composites

Resorting to worn-out business-speak to describe the merits of any new aircraft program has become customary, but Trans States Holdings president Rick Leac

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October 30, 2009

Boeing Uses Delays to Fine-tune 787 Maintenance Plan

While no one at Boeing would dare admit to any level of satisfaction with six separate <link news/single-news-page/article/patience-with-787-delays-running

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October 30, 2009

Gulfstream G650 nears first flight

Under a bright blue sky on September 29, Gulfstream Aerospace <link news/single-news-page/article/gulfstream-unveils-wide-cabin-g650/?no_cache=1&cHash=23ea

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October 30, 2009

Gulfstream rolls out G200 successor in Israel

Gulfstream and Israel Aerospace Industries publicly intro- duced the first example of the Gulfstream G250 at IAI’s facility on Ben Gurion International Air

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October 30, 2009

Farnborough Kestrel To Be Built by Liberty?

Farnborough Aircraft director Adrian Norris said at the NBAA Convention that his company is in discussions to have Liberty Aircraft produce the all-composi

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October 30, 2009

Modifications under way, Eclipse focuses on parts

Eclipse Aerospace held a supplier summit on October 27 for manufacturers and vendors of Eclipse EA500 very light jet components.

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October 30, 2009

New (and born-again) Turboprops

Epic LTHints of trouble began to emerge at Bend, Ore.-based Epic more than a year ago when a deal for a $200 million <link ain-and-ainalerts/a

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October 30, 2009

Boeing To Place Second 787 Assembly Line in North Charleston, S.C.

Boeing announced yesterday that it will place its second final assembly line for the 787 Dreamliner in North Charleston, S.C., ending months of speculation

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October 29, 2009