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Russian Fighter Tops Flying Demos at Paris Russian Fighter Tops Flying Demos at Paris

The Paris Air Show, which opened yesterday at Paris-Le Bourget Airport, is usually a stage for U.S. pilots to demonstrate their amazing flying machines to a world audience. Thanks to the sequester, thats not the case this year. Instead, Russian aviators and hardware is taking the spotlight and they have not disappointed. Just witness this demonstration, shot on Monday by PlanesTV, of the Sukhoi Su-35 multi-role fighter as it uses its thrust-vecto ...

Boeing 787-10 launches with 102 orders

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Honolulu Flight to SFO Turns Around After Problem

The Federal Aviation Administration says a United Airlines flight bound for San Francisco from Honolulu turned around because of an unspecified electrical problem. FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said Monday the Boeing 737 airplane landed without incident. HONOLULU (AP) The Federal Aviation Administration says a United Airlines flight bound for San Francisco from Honolulu turned around because of an unspecified electrical problem. FAA spokesman Ian Greg ...

PARIS: Safran rewires electrical business to drive growth

As Safran gears up to bring its electrically-powered nose-wheel taxi system to market with partner Honeywell, the French aerospace and security technology group is overhauling its organisation to better drive the market for "more electric" aircraft systems. The group's three electrical businesses - Labinal, Safran Power and Goodrich Electric Power Systems (GEPS) - are being merged into a single unit. GEPS was acquired earlier this year from Unite ...

Ethiopian Airlines Stamp AU Logo on Boeing 787 Dreamliner Ethiopian Airlines Stamp AU Logo on Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Posted on June 18, 2013 in YebboBlog by Mr. Mail Man Ethiopian Airlines, one of the fastest growing Airline in Africa, announced today that its Boeing 787 Dreamliner has been clad with the golden jubilee logo of the OAU-AU, to which the Airline served as official carrier during the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Organization of the African Unity- African Union (OAU-AU). Ethiopian Airlines put AUs Logo in its Dreamliners Ethiopian was select ...

PARIS: AgustaWestland stays keen on family values PARIS: AgustaWestland stays keen on family values

AgustaWestland is continuing to push its family concept for civil rotorcraft with a static display at Paris featuring two of its in-development helicopters, the AW169 and its bigger brother, the AW189. The AW189 on display is a flight-test prototype painted in the livery of Bristow Group, which is due to take delivery of its first of six offshore transport-configured aircraft later this year. So far, the 8t type has accumulated around 1,500h acro ...

VIRGIN PLANE MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING AT MILDURA

Mildura Airport has commended the crew of a Virgin Australia flight that was forced to make an emergency landing in heavy fog this morning. The Boeing 737 was carrying 85 passengers and 6 crew on a flight from Brisbane to Adelaide when it was diverted to Mildura because of fog. Then a second plane, a Qantas flight from Melbourne, was also diverted to the airport. That caused problems because there was also heavy fog at Mildura. Mildura Airport ch ...

A student pilot principal A student pilot principal

The teens who came to Arlington,Wash.,this week to work on two Glasair Sportsman aircraft did not come alone. The students from Saline, Mich., brought their teacher, Ed Redies, and a parent chaperone. The teens from Canby, Minn., brought their teacher, Dan Lutgen, and their principal, Bob Slaba. Canby High School Principal Bob Slaba (in blue) is a student pilot. Slaba is not standing on the sidelines. Hes a student pilot with about 25 hours logge ...

Nordic Aviation Orders 90 ATR Aircraft

Danish leasing company Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has ordered 90 ATR-600 aircraft, including 35 firm orders, ATR said on Tuesday. The contract, including options is worth over USD$ 2.1 billion, the statement said. The firm orders are for 30 ATR 72-600s and five ATR 42-600s. Airwise News Top Stories

PARIS: Rockwell launches HeliSure vision system

Rockwell Collins is launching at Paris a new enhanced vision system for helicopters to enable safe operations on demanding missions such as emergency medical services (EMS), even in marginal weather conditions. Known as HeliSure, the helicopter synthetic vision system (H-SVS) derives sensor data from multiple sources including its helicopter terrain awareness and warning system (H-TAWS), and provides a real-time three-dimensional visualisation of ...