May 2014

Military Aviation News May 31, 2014

This week RAF’s new surveillance aircraft takes to the skies

A Rivet Joint surveillance aircraft has been flown in UK airspace by an RAF aircrew for the first time. The aircraft is one of 3…

General Aviation News May 30, 2014

Bombardier Confirms Engine-Related Incident on CSeries FTV1 Aircraft

Bombardier confirmed that late yesterday there was an engine-related incident during stationary ground maintenance testing involving the CSeries FTV1 aircraft at its facility in Mirabel,…

General Aviation News May 30, 2014

ROKAF Receives Additional C-130J Super Hercules Aircraft

Two additional C-130J Super Hercules aircraft operated by the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) ferried from the Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] facility here today….

General Aviation News May 30, 2014

Boeing, Japan Transocean Air Finalize Order for Next Generation 737s

Boeing and Japan Transocean Air (JTA) finalized an order today for 12 Next-Generation 737-800 airplanes. The arrival of the new 737-800s in 2016 will mark…

Civilian aviation news May 30, 2014

GECAS Delivers New Embraer E190LR to Montenegro Airlines

SHANNON, Ireland, May 30, 2014 – GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing arm of GE, today announced delivery of a new…

Civilian aviation news May 30, 2014

First production Citation CJ3+ rolls off manufacturing line

WICHITA, Kan., May 30, 2014 – Cessna Aircraft Company, part of the Textron Aviation segment of Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT), today celebrated the rollout of the…

Military Aviation News May 30, 2014

Unmanned Aircraft Series Sets Record for Mission Hours Flown in One Week

Flight record is more than 50 percent above those recorded for Global Hawk in 2013 SAN DIEGO – May 30, 2014 –Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE:NOC)…

Military Aviation News May 30, 2014

F-35 Achieves Three Major Flight Test Milestones On Same Day

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. and NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, Md, May 30, 2014 – In three separate flight tests on May 27, Lockheed Martin…

General Aviation News, Space News May 29, 2014

VIRGIN GALACTIC AND SPACEPORT AMERICA SIGN KEY AGREEMENT FOR ACCESS TO AIRSPACE FOR SPACEFLIGHTS FROM NEW MEXICO

Agreement between Virgin Galactic, Spaceport America, and the Federal Aviation Administration is the first to cover a commercial spaceline Virgin Galactic, the privately-funded space company…

Military Aviation News May 29, 2014

Canada signals decision on replacing jet fighters may come soon

(Reuters) – Canada signaled on Thursday it is likely to make a decision soon on whether to replace its aging CF-18 fighter jets with F-35…

Space News May 29, 2014

Proton Rocket Failure Probe Finds No Evidence of Deliberate Misconduct

MOSCOW, May 29 (RIA Novosti) – The interdepartmental state commission investigating the recent Proton-M carrier rocket launch failure has so far found no evidence supporting…

General Aviation News May 29, 2014

Boeing, Air Lease Corporation Celebrate First Direct Delivery 777-300ER

– First of 15 new 777-300ERs ordered by ALC in 2012 and 2013 – Airplane first of two 777-300ERs on long term lease to British…

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