February 2009

Space News February 24, 2009

Watching Venus glow in the dark

24 February 2008 ESAâ€™s Venus Express spacecraft has observed an eerie glow in the night-time atmosphere of Venus. This infrared light comes from nitric oxide…

General Aviation News February 24, 2009

Cessna Names Authorized Citation Service Facilities

Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, has appointed FLYINGGROUP in Belgium, TAIKO Jet SDN BHD in Malaysia and JetAlliance Technical Services GmbH…

Military Aviation News February 24, 2009

Boeing Statement on United Arab Emirates C-17 Announcement

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 24, 2009 — The Boeing Company is pleased that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced its intent to acquire the C-17…

Civilian aviation news February 24, 2009

AW119 Helicopter in Spain

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that FAASA AviaciÃ³n of Spain has been appointed an authorised service station for its fleet of AW119…

Civilian aviation news February 24, 2009

AgustaWestland And Heli-One Sign Service Centre Network Agreement

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce it has signed a service centre network agreement with Heli-One of Canada. Under this agreement Heli-One will…

EXTRA NEWS February 23, 2009

AVRO VULCAN PENCILLED IN FOR THE PARIS AIR SHOW 2009

XH558 is the only airworthy Vulcan in the world. Restored to flight after nearly 15 years at a cost of Â£7million. She now faces grounding…

Military Aviation News February 20, 2009

Boeing to Demonstrate Vigilare Air Battle Management System at IDEX 2009

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 20, 2009 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] will demonstrate the Vigilare integrated air battle management command-and-control (C2) system Feb. 22-26 at the International…

Civilian aviation news February 20, 2009

Boeing Delivers First 777 Freighter to Air France

EVERETT, Wash., Feb. 19, 2009 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] today celebrated the delivery of the company’s first 777 Freighter to launch customer Air France in…

General Aviation News February 19, 2009

RAF aircraft in successful North Sea helicopter rescue

All 18 people aboard a helicopter which ditched in the North Sea are safe following a major multi-agency search and rescue operation involving RAF aircraft,…

Civilian aviation news February 19, 2009

Israel Aerospace Industries’ Bedek Aviation Group to Convert its First B767-300 Aircraft

Israel Aerospace Industries’ Bedek Aviation Group (IAI/Bedek) has reached the milestone of cutting the opening in the fuselage to install the Main Deck Cargo Door…

Military Aviation News February 19, 2009

U.S. Navy Awards General Dynamics Contract Extension for Production of F/A-18 Gun Systems

CHARLOTTE, N.C. â€“ The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), a $16 million…

Space News February 19, 2009

Second ATV named after Johannes Kepler

19 February 2009 ESA’s second Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) has been named Johannes Kepler after the German astronomer and mathematician. Europe’s next unmanned logistics spacecraft…

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