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EASA prepares new flight crew licenses
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), established in Cologne, Germany, in 2003, has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking for the regulation of pilo
Fuel prices, scarce credit could depress lease rates
Recent demand for younger airliners has ensured lease market buoyancy, but rental rates could fall if more operators release capacity or collapse under the
Son of Apollo takes shape
Next year will mark the fortieth anniversary of man first setting foot on the Moon.
Manpaby Tom Withingtond threat increases as weapons fall into hostile hands
The statistics are sobering: as many as 700,000 anti-aircraft missiles for man-portable air defense systems (Manpads) have been manufactured since the 1970
Aviation and the environment
Anyone in the air transport sector who remains unconvinced by the clarion calls for aviation to be held accountable for its impact on the environment will
Diehl celebrates further prospects for growth
Diehl Aerospace, the product of a merger between two German companies, is celebrating its second anniversary this month and joining French group Thales
Aircraft
Hamilton Sundstrand promises 787 vindication
Hamilton Sundstrand (Hall 4 Stand F13) has been on the frontline of the ongoing battle to get Boeing’s repeatedly delayed 787 airliner program back on trac
Euro MRO firms brace for downturn, skill shortage
European maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) service providers expect a downturn in air transport, and analysts say consolidation in the support market
Take home show highlights on official Farnborough DVD
For those who just don’t want the airshow ever to end, there is the official Farnborough 2008 DVD, which is being filmed here all week by LifeTV Media.
Business aviation, UAVs get dedicated space on grounds
Underscoring the universal appeal of the Farnborough International 2008 airshow, the organizers have again dedicated space for specialty sectors or discipl
SOSTAR cancellation a ‘shame’ for Europe
After completion of a ?90 million ($139 million) development program funded by five countries for nearly six years, Europe has developed significant new te
Bombardier reacts to surging backlog
“A strong market for strong products” is driving growth at Bombardier Aerospace, according to president and chief executive officer Pierre Beaudoin.
Aircraft
Bombardier reacts to surging backlog
At the Finmeccanica exhibit here at Farnborough (Outside OE2) visitors once again can find Alenia Aermacchi’s M-346 lead-in fighter trainer.
Aircraft
Superjet team optimistic despite delays
Sukhoi (Hall 1 Stand E9) has come to the Farnborough show elated at having begun flight trials for its Superjet 100 airliner.
Aircraft
KnAAPO starts work on fifth-gen fighter
Sukhoi’s Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Industrial Association (KnAAPO) has started manufacturing the first development prototypes of an advanced fifth-genera
FBOs
TAG Aviation gears up for Farnborough
Farnborough Airport may be packed with an odd assortment of aircraft for this week’s show, but ordinarily it is strictly business.
A320 cargo pact restores Russia’s ties to EADS
The June 5 signing of a contract for work on Airbus A320 cargo conversion program appears to have restored Russia’s position as a full partner in Europe’s
Boeing, Airbus try to strike outsourcing balance
Boeing and Airbus are still looking for the right balance in outsourcing, or at least for the right way to run the massively outsourced production organiza
Show keeps tight safety rein on display pilots
More than 50 years ago, the English Channel coastline near Selsey Bill was the location of two record-setting flights, and now this south coast of England
Engines
GTF speeds toward date with the A340
Pratt & Whitney passes one of the most important milestones in its long history as the much-heralded Geared Turbofan engine takes to the skies this month.
Aircraft
Saab 2000 AEW&C prepares for duty
On April 30, Saab achieved a significant milestone with the first flight of the Saab 2000 Erieye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, devel
Aircraft
Brazilian success story is deciphered
While other major manufacturers are struggling to find the right production organization or have spent years changing their minds about what product to lau
Aircraft
Embraer bizjets take off while E-Jets flourish
Embraer is here at Farnborough exhibiting a Legacy 600 demonstrator and mock-ups of its new Phenom 300 and Lineage 1000 business jets.
Engines
IAE celebrates 25 years in biz, braces for bumpy ride ahead
International Aero Engines comes to Farnborough celebrating the 25th anniversary of the landmark deal on March 11, 1983, between Rolls-Royce, Pratt & Whitn
Aircraft
Selex maps its UAV battle plans
Analysis and simulation of operations by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is not always an easy task because of the need to consider the broad C4-ISTAR pict
ATI sees boost for titanium in an age of composites
Allegheny Technologies (ATI) is exhibiting at a Farnborough Air Show for the first time as ATI Aerospace–a new “market sector team” charged with answering
Aircraft
58-Year-Old British Pilot Takes F-35B into the Air
Lockheed Martin realized there is no substitute for experience.
Aircraft
Skills shortage blamed for latest A380 setback
In commercial service for nearly nine months now, the Airbus A380 has proven itself perfectly capable of doing what its developers intended it to do–fly lo
Aircraft
Amid calls for collaboration, UCAV efforts split in three
While European governments preach greater collaboration in defense research and development, three competing programs for uninhabited combat air vehicles (
EADS undeterred by failure to divest Airbus plants
EADS’s failure to divest itself of major Airbus production sites in both France and Germany as part of its Power8 restructuring plan hasn’t threatened a de
