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Boeing will shift control of its fleet of four modified 747-400 large cargo freighters or 'Dreamlifters' to Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings as part of a compensation deal in the wake of delays incurred by the airframer's 747-8 program, sources close......

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Sometime in the last three weeks a 747 departed Johannesburg, South Africa for Maputo, Mozambique with an camera strapped to the nose landing gear looking aft along the fuselage. The result is a stunning piece of HD video taken......

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Boeing has (unsurprisingly) announced that it will bid on the KC-X tanker contract to replace the KC-135 tanker. It's choice, dubbed the NewGen Tanker, is based on the 767, but aspects of the design may pull from multiple variants......

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At Darwin Airport in Northern Territory, Australia an Airbus A340-300 has been undergoing flight testing since the February 21st. The curious arrival of the aircraft - MSN001 (F-WWAI) - was noted by the Northern Territory News under the headline A340......

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Seattle Times aerospace reporter Dominic Gates sat down with Jim Albaugh, Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO, in a wide-ranging discussion about the future of the company. The write-up of the interview provides a good overview of the topics covered, ranging......

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I'm a big believer in anniversaries and birthdays, recognizing the accumulation of years, especially in aviation, is an important way to mark the passage of time and technological progress. Today is one of those days. Forty-one years ago, the Concorde......

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With June set for firming the configuration of the 787-9, Boeing is taking major strides to incorporate what it has learned on testing the 787-8 in the air and on the ground to optimize the aircraft. The first 787-9 was initially......

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Saturday, February 27th would have been the 100th birthday of Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, leader of Lockheed Skunk Works, who was responsible for the design of iconic aircraft like the SR-71 Blackbird, P-38 Lightning, F-80 Shooting Star, U-2 Dragon Lady and the......

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Gulfstream's second G650 test aircraft - designated T2 (N652GD) - made its first flight from Savannah/Hilton Head International airport on February 25th with pilots Gary Freeman and Scott Buethe at the controls. The aircraft reached an altitude of 37,000ft and......

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Boeing has just confirmed that the first flight of ZA003 will be pushed into March in order to install extra test equipment before first flight. Here's the complete statement from Boeing: First flight of the third 787, ZA003, has been moved into......

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Today's order from Republic Airways for 40 firm and 40 options for the Bombardier CS300 is a big step forward in building the Canadian airframer's backlog for the next generation narrow-body.Though the order does not put to rest a......

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ZA004 rotated off of runway 16R around 11:45 AM from Paine Field with Heather Ross and Craig Bomben at the controls. Special thanks to Sandy Ward and Future of Flight for the video and KIRO7 TV in Seattle for the......

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ZA004 - Registration: N7874 - Serial No: 40693 - Final Assembly: 8/04/08With Dreamliner Four's first flight just hours away, Boeing's 787 test fleet is about to get a big boost. While this is the third 787 to fly since December......

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RC501 has relocated to Moses Lake after a late afternoon (38min) flight on Monday afternoon that delayed the morning departure due to minor troubleshooting on engine number one. The aircraft reached an altitude of just over FL240 and spent much of the......

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First (ZA004) and Second (RC501) FlightsThe first 747-8F and the fourth 787 (third to fly) are slated to fly this week - we think. First thought to be taking place on Monday, there's been some speculation about taking steps to......

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