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Accidents

Preliminary Report: Gear-up landing damages Hawker

British Aerospace 125-700A, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Nov.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: S-76 sinks near offshore platform

Sikorsky S-76A, Eugene Island, La., Oct.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Four die in Norwegian overrun

British Aerospace 146-200A, Stord-Sorstokke, Norway, Oct.
Regulations and Government

Control issues: 25 years after the Patco strike

In the late 1970s, Continental Airlines president Frank Lorenzo used a court of law to confront his pilots with an existing, although seldom used, negotiat
Regulations and Government

The aircraft certification process

You are sitting in a diner, sipping your fourth cup of coffee, solving aviation’s problems with an old friend, when the idea comes to you in a caffeinated
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Engines

Turbofan Technology

Engine manufacturers are showing renewed interest in the 10,000-pound-thrust segment.
Avionics

Are ‘head-worn’ avionics the cure for incursions?

NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia is addressing runway and taxiway incursion threats by testing a variety of new technologies, one of the most int
Avionics

Chelton and Kollsman integrating EVS on PFD

Chelton Flight Systems and Kollsman are one step closer to introducing technology that can integrate the display symbology from Chelton’s FlightLogic EFIS
Regulations and Government

UK Defers Action on Foreign-registered Aircraft

Britain’s Department for Transport (DfT) has decided not to act unilaterally to impose new restrictions on UK-based aircraft that are registered overseas.
ATC

More Responsibility For GA Likely as Europe’s Controlled Airspace Grow

Europe’s controlled airspace is to be expanded to absorb air transport growth, leaving the general aviation community with the prospect of paying air traff

Business aviation gets on surer footing in Europe

After a long period of strained relations between the UK general aviation community and the country’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the two groups are wo

AGAT can scale seekers to size of missile’s task

Russia’s AGAT Research Institute is unveiling a new seeker that could become an industry standard in the air-to-air and surface-to-air missile industry.

Aviation museum is hidden gem no more

The French military has run Le Bourget’s air and space museum since it opened in 1919.

Teal: Airbus and Boeing are locked in a ‘vicious war’ for market share

Airbus and Boeing are making too many commercial jetliners in a “vicious war” for market share that will continue until the end of the decade, predict anal
Aircraft

Collins permits A380 to talk to itself

Rockwell Collins continues to increase its presence aboard the Airbus A380, most recently by securing multimillion-dollar contracts to supply the avionics
Aircraft

Boeing Delivers First GLS-equipped 737-800

Boeing has delivered its first 737-800 equipped with a new type of GPS-based landing system developed by Rockwell Collins.
ATC

Hungarian, Oman ATC Buy Raytheon Radars

Raytheon Systems has sold two radars to HungaroControl, the Hungarian air navigation services provider, and four to the Sultanate of Oman.

Thales To Provide 787 Training

Boeing’s Alteon Training subsidiary has awarded a contract to Thales for 787 Dreamliner training equipment.  The contracts call for Thales to install

S. African school aids Goodyear tire testing

Goodyear Tire and Rubber grabbed some traction in the aviation tire business with a series of contracts signed just before this year’s show.

LM Sniper hikes its deadly accuracy

“In today’s combat environment, the name of the game in dropping air-to-ground munitions is how to double the distance from the target from which we can dr
Aircraft

Upgrade of British Nimrods getting back on track

BAE Systems today issued an upbeat description of progress with the previously troubled upgrade of the Nimrod MRA.4 maritime patrol plane for the UK Royal

TEAC Aerospace scores big mission data recorder pacts

TEAC Aerospace Technologies of Montebello, California (Hall 3 Booth D13g) is announcing here in Paris its receipt of a multiyear contract from General Dyna
Aircraft

Embraer 195 makes its world airshow debut here

The largest member of Embraer’s E-Jet line of single-aisle airplanes is making its international airshow debut here in Paris, only a week after the Brazili

Honeywell aerospace gets shakeup

In an effort to better serve customers and streamline its operations, Honeywell’s aerospace division is planning a major restructuring that will involve th
Aircraft

AFI and LHT call truce to work jointly on A380

Air France Industries (AFI) and Lufthansa Technik (LHT) are joining forces in Airbus A380 component support, the two companies announced at Paris Charles d
Aircraft

Honeywell brakes and wheels to go on Air New Zealand’s fleet of 747-400s

Honeywell’s airline support and aftermarket business gained more momentum here Sunday when the Phoenix, Arizona-based company landed a deal to supply Air N
Aircraft

China supplying Dreamliner parts

Boeing has signed the first firm contract with Chinese suppliers to build parts for the new 787 Dreamliner.
Aircraft

Dunlop Gives ATR 72 Extra Brake Life

An extended brake service life of up to 40 percent is offered to ATR 72 operators as a result of close collaboration between Dunlop Aerospace Braking Syste