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Cessna Citation CJ4 Gains FAA Type Certification.

Mar 13, 2010 7:41am

WICHITA, Kan.: Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: (TXT)) company, today announced the Citation CJ4 has gained type certification by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Deliveries are set to begin later this year. ...

Chopper Crash Test a Smash Hit.

Mar 13, 2010 6:39am

The second crash test of a small lightweight helicopter at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., was a smashing success, literally, just as engineers had predicted. ...

Parliamentary Panel Wants Air India Split Back Into Two.

Mar 13, 2010 6:25am

New Delhi: A parliamentary committee said that the government had blundered by merging state-owned carriers Air India and Indian Airlines and that the combined entity was “fast slipping into an abyss”, calling for a reversal of the decision. ...

Chilean New President Announces Selling of Airline LAN Shares.

Mar 13, 2010 6:21am

SANTIAGO (Xinhua): Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said Friday that he will sell the 11.3 percent of the shares of the airline LAN, because he was not able to sell before taking office on Thursday. "I am going to fulfill all my campaign promises," Pinera said during a press conference, adding...

Pentagon’s Future Fighter Aircraft Doubles in Cost.

Mar 13, 2010 6:17am

Washington (CNN): The cost of the Pentagon's newest fighter jet will be more than double the original price, solidifying the F-35 joint strike fighter as the most expensive Pentagon weapons program ever. At a Capitol Hill hearing on Thursday, the Pentagon's chief weapons buyers said numerous problems over the almost...

Secret Military Space Plane Primed For Test Launch.

Mar 13, 2010 6:11am

A secretive military spacecraft resembling a small space shuttle orbiter is undergoing final processing in Florida for launch on April 19. The Air Force confirmed the critical preflight milestone in a response to written questions on Thursday. The 29-foot-long, 15-foot-wide Orbital Test Vehicle arrived in Cape Canaveral, Fla., last month...

Irish Businessman to Circle Globe in Autogyro.

Mar 12, 2010 5:07pm

An Irish businessman is hoping to enter the record books by becoming the first person to circumnavigate the globe in an autogyro. Norman Surplus will fly his little yellow autogyro over deserts, mountains, oceans, and some of the most remote places on the globe. The total journey will be 27,000...

Lockheed Martin C-5M Super Galaxy Honored for World Record.

Mar 12, 2010 4:58pm

MARIETTA, Ga. (PRNewswire via COMTEX): The C-5M Super Galaxy was honored yesterday by the National Aeronautic Association (NAA) for setting one of the most memorable aviation records of 2009. ...

Eight Killed in Helicopter Crash in Kazakhstan.

Mar 12, 2010 7:37am

Eight people were killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Kazakhstan, an official said Friday. The wreckage of the Mi-8 helicopter, which went missing Thursday, was found in Urdzhar area, a local emergency bureau official said, adding that all the eight people onboard, including two local officials and two doctors,...

Warning on Delays for Fighter Jets.

Mar 12, 2010 7:35am

Australia could be delivered aircraft with stripped-back war fighter capabilities, in addition to facing further cost blow-outs to the Joint Strike Fighter program, a leading analyst has said. ...

Russia Signs $1.5-bln Fighter Jet Contract With India.

Mar 12, 2010 7:29am

Russia and India have signed a $1.5-billion contract on the supplies of 29 more MiG-29K carrier-based fighter jets to New Delhi, the head of the Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG said on Friday. ...

NASA TV Provides Coverage of One Space Station Crew’s Return to Earth and Another’s Journey There.

Mar 11, 2010 2:22pm

HOUSTON: NASA Television will cover the landing of two current International Space Station crew members and the launch of three upcoming station residents later in March and April. Coverage begins with a broadcast of crew farewells and hatch closure aboard the station March 17, and continues with the arrival, docking...

STOVL Jet Prepares for Vertical Landing.

Mar 11, 2010 2:11pm

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md.: The first Lockheed Martin [NYSE:(LMT)] F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter passes overhead at 40 knots (46 mph) prior to a slow landing at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., on Wednesday, March 10. The flight was one of the last missions before the aircraft's...

Dreamliner May Come to Australia for Testing.

Mar 11, 2010 11:09am

BOEING has not ruled out sending its new 787 Dreamliner to Australia as part of an extensive flight test program. The man in charge of Boeing's enterprise-wide test and evaluation unit, vice-president Dennis O'Donoghue, said the US manufacturer would go anywhere in the world to test the plane in the...

India Confirms Move to Buy C-17 Aircraft.

Mar 11, 2010 11:03am

NEW DELHI (UPI): The Indian air force is to buy an initial 10 Boeing heavy-lift C-17 Globemaster III aircraft to replace Russian IL-76 transporters, the defense minister said. ...

Nextant Aerospace 400NEXT Phase 1 Completes First Flight.

Mar 11, 2010 10:55am

RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Ohio (BUSINESS WIRE): Nextant Aerospace today announced the first flight of a fully equipped Phase 1 400NEXT aircraft. The flight took place Thursday February 25th and completed the transition from experimental to production aircraft. ...

United Signs Firm Order for 25 A350 XWB Aircraft.

Mar 11, 2010 10:47am

United has formalized a commitment originally announced in December 2009, signing a firm order for 25 A350-900 XWB aircraft, the newest twin-engine widebody from Airbus. The aircraft will be powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines. Deliveries of the aircraft will begin in 2016 and run through 2019. ...

Boeing 747-8 Freighter Achieves Initial Airworthiness Milestone.

Mar 11, 2010 8:10am

MOSES LAKE, Wash. (PRNewswire-FirstCall) Boeing (NYSE: (BA)) has completed initial airworthiness testing on the 747-8 Freighter. This milestone enables test engineers to be on board during future flights and allows the remaining two 747-8 Freighter test airplanes to begin flight test. ...

Women Pilots of World War II Inspired Generations.

Mar 10, 2010 7:27am

WASHINGTON (AFNS): Under a clear blue sky, beneath the spires of the U.S. Air Force Memorial here, military aviators gathered March 9 here to pay homage to the achievements of the first women to fly military aircraft during World War II. ...

Oldest Known Flying Car Up For Auction.

Mar 9, 2010 3:43pm

It doesn’t look like a car, and it doesn’t look like it would fly, but what is believed to be the world’s oldest “roadable aircraft” is for sale. The antique was built in 1934 by Frank Skroback and at the very minimum provides proof that people have long dreamed of...