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Hat tip to the Aviationist blog for finding and posting this clip from what can best be described as the Chinese version of the upcoming Disney movie Planes , but with a big twist A Chinese Chengdu J-10 downs two F-22 Raptor fighter jets (with bald eagle markings) escorting a B-52 Stratofortress bomber. None of the aircraft have any markings to tell you what country they are from and the clip is in Mandarin but reading between the lines, there is ...

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Two Boeing 737's parked out - Waiting. Above is 737-3U3 ZK-NGE (c n 28733) which was withdrawn from revenue service on 10-01-2013. It has done maintenance test flights since. Below is the engineless 737-3U3 ZK-NGK (c n 28742). This was withdrawn from airline service on 20-03-2013. Both captured today. Unfortunately the third 737-3U3 ZK-SJC (c n 28738) was in hiding today - although all three were out in the weather yesterday. I should have got al ...

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Reported by Airchive.com Staff With the 787 and A350 XWB gathering most of the aviation attention, Bombardier had a blockbuster day of its own on Tuesday June 4th. The Montreal Airframer announced orders for up to 42 CSeries CS300 from Russias Ilyushin FInance Company (32 firm and 10 options) and confirmed orders for up to 16 (10 firm plus 6 options) aircraft from Bahrain based Gulf Air. Press Releases after the jump. Image courtesy Bombardier Im ...

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Wright Brothers flight path. Photo nps.gov Editor's note This guest post begins a new ongoing series presenting the writing of Airplanistas who regularly read this blog. If you love to write about airplanes and aviation, email me here - Av8rdan By Angie Picardo , Airplanista Guest Blogger Few things beat the experience of flying, but aviation museums could come close as they let you explore the origins of aviation, live air shows, and even wartim ...

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Low-cost carrier, Jetstar , is gearing up for the arrival of the Boeing 787 that will join its fleet in September. It will start commercial services with the aircraft type in November. The aircraft will initially be operated domestically, likelyon Gold Coast and Cairns services, before it is used on international routes. The carrier's first 787 is in the final stages of assembly at Boeing 's facility in Seattle , ahead of its scheduled delivery i ...

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FAIRFAX, Va., June 4 (UPI) Advanced mission computers aboard U.S. Navy F A-18, EA-18G and AV-8B fighters will continue to receive logistics and repair support from General Dynamics. The continued service for Hornet, Growler and Harrier aircraft by General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems comes under a $31.5 million performance-based logistics contract from the Naval Supply Systems Command. The performance period is five years. We have a long ...

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Pratt Whitney (PW) has completed the first flight of its PurePower PW1100G-JM engine, a development that marks the launch of the engine family's flight test programme. Designed to power the Airbus A320 neo aeroplane, the PW1100G-JM engine flew on a Boeing 747 SP flying test bed at the company's Mirabel Aerospace Centre, in Quebec, Canada. PW commercial development programmes vice-president Bob Saia said that this first flight milestone adds to th ...

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Russian leasing firm Ilyushin Finance's (IFC) shareholders have approved the purchase agreement for 42 Bombardier CSeries aircraft, a move that converts the agreement to a firm order. The firm purchase agreement includes the acquisition of 32 CS300 aircraft, with an option to purchase a further ten. IFC signed a letter of intent in 2011 and a conditional purchase agreement was announced by Bombardier on 20 February this year. The firm order is va ...

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Three days after the end of its 2013 fiscal year, FedEx said it would accelerate the retirement of a significant percentage of its jet freighter fleet. In a brief statement on its website on 3 June, the company disclosed that It had permanently retired ten freighters from the FedEx Express fleet in May - five MD-10-10Fs and five A310-200Fs -300Fs It would accelerate by several years the retirement of seventy-six more freighters - forty-seven MD-1 ...