BAe Lightning Almost Ready to Fly.
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:45:59 GMT The British have invaded Bay St. Louis, Miss. There, a team of British and American engineers and technicians are working to restore a British Aerospace Lightning back to flying condition. If they’re successful, it will be one of only four flying in the world, and the only example in the United States.
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Gulfstream G650 Reaches Mach 0.995.
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:37:50 GMT SAVANNAH, Ga.: Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced today that its ultra-long-range, ultra-large-cabin Gulfstream G650 recently reached Mach 0.995 as part of its 1,800-hour flight-test program.
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Unique Scratch-Built Design Sets Unofficial Distance Record.
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:30:25 GMT For Arnold Ebneter, EAA 450548, designing and building his own airplane was a lifelong dream. First conceived with a slide rule in the 1950s while attending Texas A&M University, he completed the project, the E-1, with CAD and flight simulator programs in 2005.
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NASA Extends Contract With United Space Alliance.
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:53:00 GMT WASHINGTON: NASA has extended the Space Program Operations Contract with United Space Alliance, LLC, of Houston to March 31, 2011. The $909,593,590 contract extension supports flight operations for the Space Shuttle and International Space Station programs.
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Unmanned aircraft added to accident reporting requirements
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:09:24 GMT The new rule, published Aug. 25 in the Federal Register, requires reporting of accidents involving unmanned aircraft in which a person is killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft has a maximum gross takeoff weight of 300 pounds or greater and sustains substantial damage. AOPA supports the collection of this data so that the industry can better understand the impact of introducing unmanned aircraft into the National Airspace System.
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NASA, Internet Archive And Flickr Launch Historic Image Collection.
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:05:50 GMT WASHINGTON: Three compilations of images from more than half a century of NASA history are available for comment on a section of the photo-sharing site Flickr known as The Commons.
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Bombardier Sells Two Q400 NextGen Turboprops to Smart Aviation of Egypt.
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:58:59 GMT Bombardier Aerospace announced today that Smart Aviation Company of Cairo, Egypt has signed a firm order to acquire two Q400 NextGen turboprop aircraft, and has also taken options on an additional three Q400 NextGen aircraft.
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Israel Set to Build Wings for Some 800 F-35s.
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:53:43 GMT (Reuters): Israel is in talks to build the wings for about a quarter of the United States's new F-35 stealth fighter aircraft, an Israeli official said on Monday. Lockheed Martin currently plans to build some 3,200 F-35s costing about $96 million each. An Israeli official who declined to be named said state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries would build the wings.
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Pentagon Chooses Two Companies to Build Flying Humvee.
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:49:13 GMT Denver: The race to build the world's first flying military jeep just moved a step closer to the finish line. The Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected two companies to proceed with the next stage of its Transformer, known as TX, a fully automated four-person vehicle that can drive like a car and then take off and fly like an aircraft to avoid roadside bombs.
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Battle of Britain Veterans Take to The Skies Again.
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 23:48:08 GMT Fourteen Battle of Britain veterans have taken to the skies in a special memorial flight. The chartered airliner flew over parts of England and the English channel that saw some of the fiercest aerial combats.
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Woman to Become Alabama ANG’s First Female Fighter Pilot.
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:42:28 GMT (by Jenn Rowell): Woman to become Alabama Air National Guard's first female fighter pilot. Sara Ferrero is flying almost every day and is nearing her destination, becoming the Alabama Air National Guard's first female fighter pilot.
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Eagles Soar for Last Time at Hickam.
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:37:15 GMT JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR - HICKAM, Hawaii (AFNS): Pilots from the 199th Fighter Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard, completed their last training mission with the F-15 Eagle from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii Aug 25.
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Pratt and Whitney Completes First PurePower PW1524G Engine.
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:32:41 GMT MIDDLETOWN, Conn.: Pratt & Whitney has completed assembly on its first PurePower PW1524G engine for the Bombardier* CSeries* aircraft and will deliver the engine to the company’s West Palm Beach, Fla., facility later this month to initiate testing. The engine Last Bolt Ceremony was held today at Pratt & Whitney’s Middletown Engine Center in Connecticut. This engine marks the beginning of an eight-engine validation and certification program. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:(UTX)) company.
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Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Purchases 12 Eurocopter AS350 B2 Helicopters.
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:27:35 GMT American Eurocopter announced today that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has purchased 12 AS350 B2 helicopters. The helicopters will be placed into service with the department's Aero Bureau as part of an upgrade plan for its current fleet. The order also has provisions for options that would allow the department to add two additional helicopters in the future to meet the deployment levels needed to help ensure the safety of department personnel and the surrounding community.
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Floatplane With 4 on Board Missing in SW Alaska.
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:22:19 GMT ANCHORAGE, Alaska: Authorities in Alaska are hoping a missing floatplane carrying a pilot and three National Park Service workers simply landed in a cove to wait out the area's abruptly changing weather. Katmai National Park Superintendent Ralph Moore says he's concerned that there's been no radio transmission from the small plane, however.
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10 Killed in Helicopter Crash in Venezuela.
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:19:03 GMT CARACAS, Venezuela: A Venezuelan National Guard helicopter has crashed while taking off on a counter-drug mission, killing all 10 soldiers on board.
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Struggling Airline Mexicana Halts All Operations.
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:17:29 GMT Mexico's transportation secretary says debt-ridden carrier Mexicana de Aviacion is halting all operations. Juan Francisco Molinar Horcasitas tells reporters the struggling airline will cease all flights and other activity as of midnight Friday. Mexicana filed for bankruptcy protection in Mexico and the United States on Aug. 2 while seeking to restructure its costs.
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Boeing Moves Forward With Commercial Space Capsule.
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:13:17 GMT With the impending retirement of NASA's space shuttle fleet, aerospace juggernaut Boeing is hard at work developing a new capsule-based spaceship that could be ready for its first commercial spaceflight by 2015.
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Boeing Sets 787 First Delivery Date for Mid-First Quarter 2011.
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:09:35 GMT EVERETT, Wash. (PRNewswire-FirstCall): The Boeing (NYSE: (BA)) Company said today that it now expects delivery of the first 787 in the middle of the first quarter 2011.
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