Flight International articles from June 2007

Flight International archives from June 2007

Adam Air recorders set for seabed rescue.(Air Transport)(Indonesian National Transportation Safety Commission)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: Recovery Nicholas Ionides / Singapore Accident investigators are hoping attempts will soon be made to recover from the seabed the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the Adam Air Boeing 737-400 that mysteriously...

African open skies moves closer.(Air Transport)
June 5, 2007... Byline: REGULATION VICTORIA MOORES / CAIRO Agreement among airline chiefs clears way for civil aviation commission to oversee liberalised regime Implementation of the long-stalled Yamoussoukro Decision, a pan-African liberalisation...

Air Transport.(Alteon Trainning LLC new simulators)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Using simulators to the full Alteon's new business model seeks to aggregate unused simulator capacity across the airline industry, and sell the excess to other clients. "There will always be some margin of overcapacity," says Alteon...

Alteon aims to exploit airlines' extra capacity.(Air Transport)(Alteon to provide on the job training to the pilots)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Training Stephen Trimble / Seattle Boeing subsidiary Alteon has adopted a new business plan focused on profiting from the surplus of training simulators and from the increasing outsourcing of on-the-job maintenance training for airlines....

Atlant-Soyuz adds Il-96-400Ts.(Air Transport)
June 5, 2007... Byline: Freighters Vladimir Karnozov / Voronezh Atlant-Soyuz has agreed a deal with lessor Ilyushin Finance to take four more Ilyushin Il-96-400T freighters, to add to the pair of aircraft to which it committed in 2005. The first two are...

Avianca A330s to bridge gap before 787 delivery.(Air Transport)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: FLEET RENEWAL rainer uphoff / BOGOTA Surprise addition to narrowbody order to support regional and long-haul ambitions Avianca's five A330-200s will replace the carrier's ageing long-haul fleet of 767s Colombian flag...

FAA accused over ageing aircraft.(Air Transport)(US Federal Aviation Administration )
June 5, 2007... Safety board slams system of oversight after structural problems on crashed 1947 Mallard were 'not addressed' INVESTIGATION JOHN CROFT / WASHINGTON DC Oversight of ageing aircraft by the US Federal Aviation Administration must be...

China Southern cadets to pay for their training.(Air Transport)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: TRAINING LEITHEN FRANCIS / SINGAPORE China Southern Airlines has started charging its cadets for pilot training. The Guangzhou-based airline says it has recruited 100 male students from across China who will be paying to qualify as...

Air Transport.(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... FREIGHTERS SOUGHT Ethiopian Airlines is seeking two dedicated freighters to meet increased European demand for transport of fresh produce. Speaking at last week's Regional Africa conference in Cairo, Ethiopian Airlines commercial planning...

FlyWhoosh debuts in Dundee.(Air Transport)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: START-UP UK start-up FlyWhoosh has begun offering services from Dundee in Scotland to Birmingham and Belfast using an ATR 42 operated by Poland's White Eagle Aviation. FlyWhoosh serves Birmingham twice daily on weekdays and once on...

Action fails to stem runway incursions.(Air Transport)
June 5, 2007... Byline: SAFETY DAVID LEARMOUNT / LONDON No improvement over past five years, say US inspectors The numbers of runway incursions in the USA have failed to fall over the past five years despite action by the Federal Aviation...

Aeroflot courts JAT.(Air Transport)(JAT Airways)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: PRIVATISATION IGOR SALINGER / BELGRADE Serbia's newly elected government expects by the end of this month to kick off the process of privatising state-owned national carrier JAT Airways. Serbian infrastructure minister Velimir...

Canadian investigators to analyse crashed 737 data.(Air Transport)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: Investigation David Kaminski-Morrow / London No sign of cockpit voice recorder as Kenya Airways reiterates commitment to safety Canadian investigators are to analyse the flight data recorder from the Kenya Airways Boeing...

Luxair Dash 8 Q400 takes off from Toronto.(Air Transport)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: DELIVERY The first Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 for Luxair left Toronto's Pearson International airport on its delivery flight on 30 May, sporting the airline's new colour scheme. The Luxembourg flag carrier last year ordered three of...

MAS draws up widebody shopping list.(Air Transport)(Malaysia Airlines )(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: Fleet renewal Malaysia Airlines is preparing to issue a request for proposals to Airbus and Boeing for dozens of new widebody aircraft, as it assesses offers from Airbus, Boeing and Bombardier for new narrowbodies. Senior...

Air Transport.(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Omani flag carrier Oman Air is hoping to launch long-haul services before the end of this year using three leased long-haul aircraft, comprising two Boeing 767s and an Airbus A330. It intends to begin operating connections to cities such as...

Go-ahead for Pawan Hans.(Air Transport)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: SCHEDULED SERVICES Indian helicopter charter operator Pawan Hans has been given approval to operate scheduled services and is considering adding fixed-wing aircraft. The civil aviation ministry says the government-owned company...

AFS seeks QuietEagle customer.(Air Transport)
June 5, 2007... Byline: NOISE REDUCTION Demonstrations of a Chapter 4 hushkitted Boeing MD-80 have been completed at Denmark's Copenhagen airport, writes Graham Warwick. The Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219-powered aircraft was fitted with Aviation Fleet...

Jeppesen RNP systems under test.(Air Transport)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: Operations Required navigation performance procedures designed by Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen for operations at Linzhi airport in the mountainous region of Tibet were last week demonstrated using a China Eastern Airlines Boeing...

Rex receives Saab 340B+.(Air Transport)(Regional Express )(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: DELIVERY Australian regional carrier Regional Express (Rex) has received its first Saab 340B+. It already operates a fleet of 31 Saab 340A/Bs, and the latest aircraft is the first of 25 340B+s the airline has agreed to lease from...

S7 says banks 'queuing up' to finance Boeing 787-8 orders.(Air Transport)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: EXPANSION Vladimir Karnozov / Moscow Russian carrier expects airliner to 'revolutionise the economics of our operations' S7 (Sibir) is confident it will be able to raise the funds it needs to support its planned purchase of 15...

US Airways to issue RFP.(Air Transport)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: FLEET RENEWAL ATR and Bombardier will each soon receive requests for proposals to renew US Airways Express operator Piedmont Airlines' fleet. During last week's Regional Airline Association conference and exhibition in Memphis,...

US Airways' fuse pin pain.(Air Transport)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: OPERATIONS Three US Airways Boeing 767s had to be removed from service for two days last month after engineers discovered that recently installed fuse pins in the engine pylons may have been too strong to allow the engines to...

UTAir to open tender for Tu-134 fleet replacement.(Air Transport)
June 5, 2007... Byline: FLEET RENEWAL Russian carrier UTAir is set to invite international tenders for the supply of regional aircraft to replace its fleet of Tupolev Tu-134s. The Khanty-Mansiysk-based airline plans to retire 30 of the ageing twinjets...

Quote of the week.(Business)(Quotation)
June 5, 2007... a a "The deficit appeared so long term and so big relative to the company's market value that we were routinely described by the newspapers as a pension fund with an airline bolted on" bA chief executive willie walsh

Bad week for...(Business)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... SAAB, which is losing out on SKr1.35 billion ($190 million) of a contract to supply airborne surveillance systems to Pakistan, after the customer asked to renegotiate the contract "for financial reasons". The Swedish company says the reduction...

Business.(Bridgepoint acquired Global Design Technologies)(ABN AMRO Capital acquires shares of Dunlop Aircraft Tyres)(General Electric Co. opened new plant)
June 5, 2007... Business briefing Cobham snaps up Patriot Antenna Systems ACQUISITION Cobham is further boosting its US footprint with the agreement to acquire Patriot Antenna Systems in a deal worth a potential $45 million. The transaction is...

Good week for...(Business)(Finmeccanica S.p.A.)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... ALENIA AERONAUTICA. The Finmeccanica subsidiary has won approval from analysts for its work on the Boeing 787 programme. Merrill Lynch analyst Charles Armitage describes the company's Grottaglie site as "best in class" and adds that the Italian...

IDS looks beyond.(Business)(Integrated Defense Systems )(Company overview)
June 5, 2007... Byline: GROWTH helen massy-beresford / washington dc, PHILADELPHIA & ST LOUIS Boeing's commercial aircraft division is on a high, with orderbooks bursting at the seams and its European competitor struggling with political, industrial and...

people.(Business)(BAE SYSTEMS PLC appointed Andy Inglis)(MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg appointed Andre Sinanian)(European Defence Agency appointed Alexander Weis )
June 5, 2007... Gil Michielin (above), vice-president and general manager of Thales's commercial airline solutions business unit, has been elected president of the European Organisation for Civil Aviation Equipment. BAE Systems has appointed Andy Inglis as a...

Eurocopter links with Falcon in Abu Dhabi.(Business Aviation)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: MAINTENANCE Eurocopter is teaming up with Abu Dhabi VIP helicopter operator Falcon Aviation Services to open its first maintenance centre in the booming Arabian Gulf market. The maintenance centre will be based in Falcon...

Dassault and IAI in talks on future project partnerships.(Business Aviation)(Israel Aerospace Industries )(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: CO-OPERATION ARIE EGOZI / TEL AVIV Israeli company keen to leverage experience with Gulfstream and other business jets Dassault is talking to Israel Aerospace Industries about co-operation on future business jet programmes, as...

Audit standards to 'raise the bar'.(Business Aviation)
June 5, 2007... Byline: SAFETY JOHN CROFT / WASHINGTON DC Imminent air-taxi explosion prompts US association to introduce safeguards in bid to unify air charter practices The National Air Transportation Association, a US-based air charter advocacy...

Ex-Northwest Airlines facility to be used for Airbus VIP completions.(Business Aviation)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: MAINTENANCE jOHN CROFT / WASHINGTON DC Petters Aviation is in negotiations with Airbus and officials in Minnesota to take over a former Northwest Airlines heavy maintenance facility in Duluth to perform completions and servicing...

Florida cities woo Piper.(Business Aviation)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: MANUFACTURING The tussle to secure Piper Aircraft's PiperJet facility is heating up, with two Florida cities endorsing financial incentive packages to attract the manufacturer. Late last month, officials in Tallahassee approved...

Business Aviation.(Universal Aviation fully restored its fixed-base operation)(ABS Jets to open an authorised Embraer maintenance centre)(AirCell Inc.)
June 5, 2007... BUSINESS AVIATION IN BRIEF Lear 25 cockpits Universal Avionics has received a US Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certificate for retrofit installation of its EFI-890R cockpit display systems in Bombardier Learjet...

Facing the crunch.(Comment)
June 5, 2007... One of the world's primary aviation hubs is saturated, and choices about its future have to be made soon - and with clarity London Heathrow airport is a global aviation resource that needs attention. Don't just ask the London chambers of...

Argentina assesses Chinese helicopters for air force, navy.(Defence)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: ROTORCRAFT Argentina's defence ministry has signed a military co-operation agreement with its Chinese counterpart, as part of an effort to address an urgent rotary-wing shortfall affecting the nation's armed services. Although no...

Defence.(Saab AB signed contract with Pakistan)(Jordan is to acquire another six surplus Lockheed Martin)(Turkey's first of 10 ATR 72-based maritime patrol aircraft )
June 5, 2007... DEFENCE IN BRIEF TRANSPORT PACT Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands have agreed to establish a new co-ordination cell to manage the use of their military air transport assets, under a contract signed last month. To be...

CSAR-X contest attracts fresh flak.(Defence)
June 5, 2007... Byline: COMPETITION STEPHEN TRIMBLE / WASHINGTON DC Sikorsky voices 'vigorous opposition' to new request for proposals, claiming Boeing's HH-47 retains unfair advantage The US Air Force has invited three competitors for a disputed...

Defence.(briefs)(contracts )(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... CONTRACTS DEFENCE Northrop Grumman has received a contract worth almost $11 million to design a directional infrared countermeasures system installation for use with the US Marine Corps' Boeing CH-46E Sea Knight transport helicopters....

India moves to buy six C-130Js.(Defence)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: TRANSPORTS The US Congress has been notified of the possible $1.06 billion sale of six Lockheed Martin C-130J tactical transports to India, for use by the country's special-operations forces. If completed, the deal will represent...

Italian air force to acquire 14 M-346 advanced trainers.(Defence)
June 5, 2007... Byline: TRAINING PINO MODOLA / GENOA State funding to secure aircraft from 2009 will boost Alenia Aermacchi's export hopes Italian undersecretary for defence Lorenzo Forcieri has formally announced that his government is to grant...

Italy readies Mangustas for Afghanistan service.(Defence)
June 5, 2007... Byline: DEPLOYMENT LUCA PERUZZI / GENOA A129Cs to carry out force protection and emergency extraction in Herat province The Italian army will later this month deploy five of its AgustaWestland A129C Mangusta attack helicopters to...

Russian rivals to compete over PAK FA engine deal.(Defence)
June 5, 2007... Byline: FIGHTERS Vladimir Karnozov / MOSCOW Air force chief reveals plan to give next-generation combat aircraft new powerplant The incoming head of the Russian air force has provided new details on the service's next-generation PAK FA...

Australia to keep struggling Super Seasprites.(Defence)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: HELICOPTERS The Australian Department of Defence has spared the Royal Australian Navy's Kaman SH-2(G)A Super Seasprite project from cancellation, but warns that the US company must meet stringent new performance targets if the...

Singapore seals deal for Hermes 450 UAVs.(Defence)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: UNMANNED SYSTEMS PETER LA FRANCHI / LONDON Singapore is to acquire an unspecified number of Elbit Systems Hermes 450 unmanned air vehicles to operate alongside its fleet of Israel Aerospace Industries Searcher aircraft. ...

Malaysian air force goes multirole with new Su-30s.(Defence)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: ACCEPTANCE VLADIMIR KARNOZOV / IRKUTSK The air force's first 12 MKM-standard aircraft will be delivered this year Malaysia has accepted its first two of 18 Sukhoi Su-30MKM multirole fighters at NPK Irkut's aviation plant in...

Lockheed backs LongShot for P-3 enhancement.(Defence)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: MUNITIONS GRAHAM WARWICK / WASHINGTON DC Launch of a torpedo from high altitude using a wing kit has been demonstrated by the US Navy as it develops requirements for the capability, which is expected to extend the life of its...

Showcasing a stealth fighter.(Pratt and Whitney providing engines for fighter airplanes)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: ON THE WEB How do you showcase the capability of a fighter best known for stealth, speed and sensors? And how does an aircraft designed to evade radar, supercruise above Mach 1.5 and fly at 65,000ft (20,000m) perform on the air...

EXPORT READY?(Features)
June 5, 2007... Byline: GRAHAM WARWICK / WASHINGTON DC CUTAWAY GIUSEPPE PICARELLA & TIM-BICHENO BROWN / LONDON Sceptics doubted the Raptor, but the F-22 has won over critics with some impressive performances. Now the USA must decide if the aircraft is...

Independence delivers 7,500th single-engined piston aircraft.(General Aviation)(Cessna Aircraft Co. to provide training aircrafts to Northwestern Michigan College)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: MILESTONE Cessna has delivered the 7,500th single-engined piston aircraft produced at its Independence site in Kansas. The aircraft is one of 11 Cessna 172 Skyhawks being taken over the next 14 months by Northwestern Michigan...

Europe to match GAMA.(European General Aviation Manufacturers Group )(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: ASSOCIATION Europe's general and business aviation manufacturers have set up their own version of the USA's successful General Aviation Manufacturers Association. The European General Aviation Manufacturers Group says its aim...

Jeppesen named in rendition lawsuit.(General Aviation)
June 5, 2007... Byline: PRISONER TRANSPORT MARK ROCKWELL / WASHINGTON DC Company accused of providing flight and logistical support The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit alleging that Boeing's Jeppesen Dataplan subsidiary knowingly...

Turbomeca boss slams Russian bureaucracy.(Turbomeca S.A.)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: HELICOPTERS HOWARD GETHIN / MOSCOW Turbomeca president Emeric d'Arcimoles has criticised Russian bureaucracy as the main barrier to Russian-French co-operation in jointly developing helicopter projects. "I am willing to work with...

FAA queries RNAV GPS units.(General Aviation)(area navigation)(Federal Aviation Administration)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: NAVIGATION The US Federal Aviation Administration is taking a hard look at whether an estimated 26,000 instrument flight-capable GPS units on US general aviation aircraft are fit to handle an increasing number of area navigation...

How airport development could help the UK.(building of Heathrow airport)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Last year the UK undersecretary of state for transport Derek Twigg made a statement to parliament describing the state of the government's plans for "examining the scope for further development of Heathrow, consistent with environmental...

What mixed mode offers.(National Air Traffic Services sats that Heathrow should improve its runway capacity)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Mixed-mode operation involves the use of both runways for take-off and landing, rather than the present system under which one is used for take-offs and the other for landings, a method adopted for local noise alleviation reasons. Mixed-mode...

Mixed mode hope for Heathrow.(planning of National Air Traffic Services)
June 5, 2007... Byline: AIR TRANSPORT DAVID LEARMOUNT / LONDON The world's most congested two-runway airport shelves proposals for time-based separation procedures UK air navigation service provider NATS has shelved plans to test time-based separation...

Headlines.(National Aeronautics and Space Administration approves to launch the space shuttle)(reports of Ryanair Ltd. regarding boeing accident)
June 5, 2007... Briefing NASA gives 8 June Shuttle flight go-ahead LAUNCH NASA's 30-31 May Flight Readiness Review (FRR) last week approved the 19:38 local time launch on 8 June of Space Shuttle Atlantis for its STS-117 mission to the International...

Airbus reassures suppliers.(Headlines)
June 5, 2007... Byline: BUSINESS HELEN MASSY-BERESFORD / LONDON Airbus is moving to reassure suppliers of their long-term future as partners of the manufacturer as it pushes ahead with its radical Power8 restructuring plan and predicts that partnership...

Bombardier to end CRJ sales once NextGen assembly ramps up.(Headlines)(Bombardier Inc.)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: AIR TRANSPORT MARY KIRBY / PHILADELPHIA Bombardier will cease offering its current-model CRJs once the assembly line for production of its new generation series of regional jets, dubbed "CRJ NextGen" (left), is fully operational....

UK Harriers debut with Sniper pod.(sniper supplied by Lockheed Martin Corp. and BAE SYSTEMS PLC)
June 5, 2007... Byline: DEFENCE CRAIG HOYLE / SAMLESBURY BAE-led targeting upgrade enters use in Afghanistan The UK's Joint Force Harrier has flown its first missions in Afghanistan using the Lockheed Martin Sniper targeting pod acquired under an...

P&W JSF engine damaged in test.(Headlines)(Pratt and Whitney to redesign its joint strike fighter engine )(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: DEFENCE GRAHAM WARWICK / WASHINGTON DC Driveshaft breaks after deliberate 'hard stall' during ground run with mock-up of lift-fan inlet planned for STOVL F-35 Pratt & Whitney is rebuilding an F135 Joint Strike Fighter engine...

Lift-fan inlet door problems led to rethink.(Lockheed Martin Corp. and Pratt and Whitney)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Lockheed Martin redesigned the lift-fan inlet on the F-35B with an aft-hinged door after problems with the bifold doors on the X-35 concept demonstrator (see picture, right). To check airflow around the open door and into the inlet in the...

Japan unveils military pair.(equipments and supplies of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: DEFENCE First flights of Japan's indigenously developed C-X transport and P-X maritime patrol aircraft look to be drawing closer, with images of the first completed prototypes released by the defence ministry's Technical Research...

GE cedes Qatar A350 powerplant deal to R-R.(Headlines)(General Electric)(Rolls-Royce )(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: AIR TRANSPORT All three variants of the Airbus A350 XWB twinjet being ordered by Qatar Airways will be powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines, the European airframer's chief salesman revealed last week. Airbus chief operating...

R-R reveals clean open rotor design.(Rolls-Royce PLC)
June 5, 2007... Byline: AIR TRANSPORT AIMEE TURNER / DERBY Engine may power next generation of narrowbody aircraft Rolls-Royce has revealed it is examining an "open rotor" concept as one of several potential engine designs that could power Airbus and...

Ryanair warns on CO2 'hysteria'.(Headlines)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: AIR TRANSPORT HELEN MASSY-BERESFORD / LONDON Ryanair hit out at the negative publicity surrounding aviation's contribution to carbon dioxide emissions as the Irish low-cost carrier firmed options to buy a further 27 Boeing 737-800s....

ICAO for space takes first step.(International Civil Aviation Organization)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: REGULATION Lobbying has begun to create a new International Civil Aviation Organisation directorate to handle commercial spaceflight. Montreal, Canada-based ICAO is a United Nations agency responsible for codifying procedures and...

Moon and Mars programme costs estimated at $500bn.(European Space Agency)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: ESTIMATE ROB COPPINGER / SARTEANO, ITALY ESA adviser says expense means exploration should be billed as global enterprise A 25-year manned Moon and Mars programme could cost around $500 billion, according to the chairman of the...

Maiden Vega to fly science payload to conduct tests with lasers.(European Space Agency)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: LAUNCH Vega, the European Space Agency's new small launch vehicle, will carry a science satellite and not a dummy payload on its maiden flight in 2008. The science satellite will orbit at 1,000km (620 miles) and is to be covered in...

Co-operation framework unveiled.(European Space Agency plans of space exploration)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: EXPLORATION A joint framework for a global space exploration strategy enabling vehicle interoperability and property rights agreements has been made public by its authors - 14 of the world's space agencies and organisations. The...

Smart rotor on trial.(Boeing Co. testing its helicopter)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... Byline: HELICOPTERs Boeing is to test a smart helicopter rotor in a NASA windtunnel to verify the vibration, noise and performance improvements expected in forward flight with in-blade active flaps. The modified MD 900...

Air forces keep faith with JSF waiting game Want to read more?(Lockheed Martin Corp. new joint strike fighter)
June 5, 2007... Byline: PARTNERSHIP CRAIG HOYLE / LONDON While the cutting edge of next-generation fighter design - Lockheed Martin's F-22 Raptor - will remain beyond the means of all but a few of the wealthiest nations, the company's smaller F-35 Joint...

FIGHTINGTALK.(contracts between Lockheed Martin Corp. and Boeing Co.)
June 5, 2007... Manufacturers must battle hard to secure orders for their new-generation strike aircraft, with increasingly informed customers looking to drive a hard bargain The F-35 is on the shopping list of many nations that want to acquire stealthy...

Straight and Level.(contracts of Air Force and Lockheed Aircraft Service Co.)(F6F hellcat drone of navy met with an accident)(E. J. Richards professor of Aeronautical Engineering Department leaves for his journey)
June 5, 2007... Flight 7.6.1957 U.S.A.F. Contract A contract worth [pounds sterling]1.5m has been awarded by the U.S.A.F. Air Materiel Command to the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation for the completion of "laboratories and other nuclear facilities" at...

Straight and Level.
June 5, 2007... It's the way he tells them Nephew Duncan Scott writes with reference to our coverline on the 22-28 May issue - The E-Jet has landed. He asks: "Did this affect your sales in Ireland I wonder, as if read with an Irish accent, surely this...

Keeping the Royal Navy's fleet flying.(Working Week)(dialogue with Mark Duddridge at HMS Sultan)(Interview)
June 5, 2007... With mechanical engineering skills in high demand, the UK's armed forces serve a vital role in training tomorrow's airframe technicians. Working Week talks to Mark Duddridge, a civilian engineering instructor based at HMS Sultan Mark...

HMS Sultan facts.(training centres of United Kingdom. Royal Navy)(Brief article)
June 5, 2007... The Royal Navy's largest training establishment Home to the Royal Navy School of Marine Engineering and the Royal Navy Air Engineering and Survival School - part of the Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering based at RAF Cosford

Lean, meanDream machine.(Features)
June 12, 2007... Byline: GUY NORRIS / SEATTLE The world's most advanced civil aircraft production line is taking shape in Seattle, as the 787 begins the final lap of its journey to first flight Inside Boeing's cavernous Everett construction plant near...

Airbus A380 v Boeing 747: how they stack up.(Features)
June 12, 2007... Byline: ORDERS max kingsley-jones / london & stephen trimble / seattle Today's 747-400 passenger fleet totals 482 aircraft operated by 32 airlines, with the largest single cluster being the 57 aircraft operated by British Airways from...

Features.(space policies of European Space Agency and National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
June 12, 2007... Fifty years after the launch of the first satellite, the Soviet Union's Sputnik, Europe has agreed its first space policy. But against US plans for a return to the Moon, the rise of China's manned programme and India's growing ambitions,...

Speed bump.(Air Force demands a bomber from Boeing Co.)
June 12, 2007... Byline: GRAHAM WARWICK / WASHINGTON DC The USAF wants a new bomber by 2018, but says available technology will limit it to subsonic and manned. Is it aiming too low? We need to penetrate inside enemy airspace to persist, to stay there,...