(AFP) An Air India Dreamliner windshield cracked while landing in Australia, an  airline official said Monday, the latest in a string of mishaps the aircraft has  suffered in recent times. The Delhi-Melbourne-Sydney-Delhi flight, carrying 74 passengers, developed a  crack late Sunday while landing in Melbourne, Air India spokesman Praveen  Bhatnagar said on Monday. “The cockpit […]

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The Navy's newest variant of the Fire Scout unmanned helicopter completed its first day of flying Oct. 31 at Naval Base Ventura County at Point Mugu. At 12:05 p.m. PDT, the MQ-8C Fire Scout took off and flew for seven minutes in restricted airspace to validate the autonomous control systems. The second flight that took off at 2:39 p.m. was […]

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Northrop Grumman Corp. and Triumph Aerostructures – Vought Aircraft Division, a subsidiary of Triumph Group, Inc., have successfully demonstrated the structural strength of the U.S. Navy’s Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS) wing. This is a key capability that will allow the aircraft to descend from high altitudes to make positive identification of targets of interest […]

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* Airbus and Boeing in dispute over seat width * Seating lay-out is crucial to performance claims * Passengers have got bigger but seats not much changed By Tim Hepher (Reuters) – A row has flared up between leading planemakers over the width of tourist-class seats on long-distance flights, setting the tone for a bitter […]

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(Reuters) – Boeing is in advanced talks with a leading union to assemble its new 777X jet and build its wings in the Seattle area, a source familiar with the negotiations told Reuters. Where the jet should be built is one of the most keenly awaited decisions in U.S. aerospace, with workers at Boeing’s commercial […]

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Celebrates 50th Bombardier 415 superscooper aircraft assembled in North Bay, Ontario Today, Bombardier celebrated the sale and delivery of its 50th iconic Bombardier 415 superscooper aircraft assembled at its North Bay, Ontario facility. The aircraft, purchased by a partnership led by Tenax Aerospace, LLC of Ridgeland, Mississippi, will be used under contract to the United […]

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BS116, the very first Tranche 3 Typhoon, has successfully completed engine ground runs in our de-tuner facility at Warton The Tranche 3 jet offers a number of provisions that future proof the aircraft and will allow it to take on additional capability in the future including e-scan radar, conformal fuel tanks and a high speed […]

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7,000-mile trip re-creates Lady Mary Heath’s 1928 journey CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Nov. 4, 2013 – With support from Boeing [NYSE: BA], pilot Tracey Curtis-Taylor has taken off on a 7,000-mile (11,000-kilometer) solo journey, in a reconditioned Boeing Stearman open-cockpit biplane, to retrace Lady Mary Heath's historic 1928 flight between South Africa and the United […]

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Assembly of MSN5, the fifth and final member of the A350 XWB flight test fleet is now underway with the fuselage joining process. This follows the recent arrival of the three fuselage sections at the A350 XWB final assembly line in Toulouse, France. 4 November 2013 MSN5 is the second of the A350 flight test […]

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