March 2015

General Aviation News March 11, 2015

AW139 Reliability Data Sharing Group (RDSG)

At the recent Customer Advisory Board (CAB) AgustaWestland launched a dedicated Reliability Data Sharing Group (RDSG). This is to focus on AW139 component reliability…

Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News March 10, 2015

GE Capital Aviation Services Delivers Two New Airbus A321s to Juneyao Airlines

GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing arm of GE, today announced delivery of two new Airbus A321 aircraft to Juneyao…

Military Aviation News March 10, 2015

100th flight of the nEUROn

With the completion of its 100th flight in February, the nEUROn UCAV technology demonstrator has completed its test campaign in France. Throughout this entire campaign,…

General Aviation News March 10, 2015

Solar plane lands in India to complete first sea leg

Solar Impulse 2 landed in India late on Tuesday, completing the first major sea leg of its epic bid to become the first solar-powered…

Military Aviation News March 10, 2015

Boeing, Saab Adapt Air Launched Small Bomb for Ground Launch

Test proves effectiveness of new rocket artillery capability Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Saab [Stockholm: SAAB] have proven that Boeing’s Small Diameter Bomb I, originally developed…

Military Aviation News March 10, 2015

Malaysia takes delivery of its first Airbus A400M

Aircraft is first to be delivered to export customer. Airbus Defence and Space has formally delivered the first of four Airbus A400M military transport…

Military Aviation News March 10, 2015

First Airborne Mine Counter Measures MCH-101 Delivered to the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force

Delivers new AMCM capability to the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force The MCH-101/AW101 is the only modern helicopter capable of towing the AN/AQS-24A Provides a…

Military Aviation News March 10, 2015

Czech Gov’t to Sell Fighter Jets to Iraq

The Czech Republic has approved the sale of 15 surplus subsonic fighter planes to Iraq, the country’s defense minister said on Monday. Martin Stropnicky said…

General Aviation News March 9, 2015

Swiss explorers Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg launch their attempt at flying Round-The-World in a solar-powered airplane.

Their experimental aircraft, Solar Impulse 2 took-off this morning from Abu Dhabi. Under intense and watchful eyes, the Solar Impulse team in Abu Dhabi…

General Aviation News March 9, 2015

Aviation News

GE Capital Aviation Services Delivers Two New Airbus A321s to Juneyao Airlines

100th flight of the nEUROn

Solar plane lands in India to complete first sea leg

Boeing, Saab Adapt Air Launched Small Bomb for Ground Launch

Malaysia takes delivery of its first Airbus A400M

First Airborne Mine Counter Measures MCH-101 Delivered to the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force

Czech Gov’t to Sell Fighter Jets to Iraq

Swiss explorers Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg launch their attempt at flying Round-The-World in a solar-powered airplane.

IATA Releases 2014 Safety Performance

Most advanced A330 rolls out of paintshop in Delta Air Lines livery