August 2011

General Aviation News August 25, 2011

First Navy trainer flies on biofuel

The Navyâ€™s alternative energy program expanded yesterday when a T-45 training aircraft completed a successful biofuel flight at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. The…

Civilian aviation news August 25, 2011

GE Capital Aviation Services Delivers Two New Boeing 737-800s to Skymark Airlines

HONG KONG, August 24, 2011 â€“ GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing unit of GE, announced delivery of two…

Military Aviation News August 25, 2011

Fly-by-wire technology now used in U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., Aug. 25, 2011) — In use in other Defense Department aircraft for years, fly-by-wire now replaces the conventional manual flight controls in…

Military Aviation News August 25, 2011

New Chinees Aerobatic Team

Aerobatic team “Hongying”, meaning Red Eagle, practices aerobatic flight in Beijing, Aug 25, 2011. The team, along with “Tianzhiyi” (Sky Wings), is a new aerobatic…

Civilian aviation news August 25, 2011

Boeing, Delta Air Lines Announce Order for 100 Next-Generation 737-900ERs

Â – 737-900ER is part of Delta’s fleet renewal effort – The order has a list-price value of more than $8.5 billion Â SEATTLE, Aug. 25,…

Military Aviation News August 24, 2011

Lockheed Martin Delivers Third Production C-5M Super Galaxy to U.S. Air Force

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) completed delivery today of the third production C-5M Super Galaxy to the U.S. Air Force. The sixth C-5M overall to be…

Military Aviation News August 24, 2011

Lockheed Martin Selects Courtland Manufacturing Facility For Future Standard Missile-3 Block IIB Production

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) announced today that it has selected its Courtland, Ala., facility for future production of the Standard Missile-3 Block IIB (SM-3 IIB)….

Military Aviation News August 24, 2011

Eurofighter Typhoon on QRA interception training with new Lufthansa A380 â€œWienâ€

On Monday the 22nd of August, after Vienna’s Mayor Dr. HÃ¤upl christened the new Lufthansa A380 â€œWienâ€ at the hub of Austrian Airlines, two Austrian…

Military Aviation News August 24, 2011

EADS North America passes the halfway mark in deliveries of the U.S. Army UH-72A Lakota helicopter

EADS North America has achieved another milestone on the UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) program as the company has delivered more than half of…

Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News August 24, 2011

Cessna Citation CJ4 Earns Brazilian Type Certification

Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, now has type certification for the Citation CJ4 from the AgÃªncia Nacional de AviaÃ§Ã£o Civil and…

Civilian aviation news August 24, 2011

Hiroshima Prefecture Orders an AW139

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, and Mitsui Bussan Aerospace are pleased to announce that the Hiroshima Prefecture of Japan has signed a contract for an AW139…

Civilian aviation news August 23, 2011

Air Lease Corporation Announces Further Acquisitions and Lease Placements for Boeing 737 Aircraft

LOS ANGELES, CA, August 22, 2011 â€” Air Lease Corporation (ALC) announced continuing lease placements and acquisitions of 12 additional Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft. â€œThese…

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