August 2016

Space News August 17, 2016

NASA Prepares to Launch First U.S. Asteroid Sample Return Mission

NASA is preparing to launch its first mission to return a sample of an asteroid to Earth. The mission will help scientists investigate how planets…

Military Aviation News August 17, 2016

Lockheed Martin Celebrates Advanced Pilot Training Facility Inauguration

Lockheed Martin officially opened its Advanced Pilot Training facility in Greenville, South Carolina with a celebration and traditional ribbon cutting event. The newly refurbished building…

Military Aviation News August 17, 2016

United Kingdom orders additional Zephyr

The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence has announced its intention to exercise an option for the manufacture and operation of a third Airbus Zephyr S…

Civilian aviation news August 17, 2016

Hawaii’s Paradise Helicopters Signs Fleet for Bell Helicopter Customer Advantage Plans

Fort Worth, Texas (August 16, 2016) – Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company with the support of Able Aerospace Services, announced today that Paradise…

Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II ZM137 RAF

Military Aviation News August 16, 2016

MOD Signs £184 Million Contract To Secure Air-To-Air Missile For F-35

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded a contract worth around £184 million to ensure the UK’s new supersonic stealth combat aircraft will be equipped…

Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News August 16, 2016

GULFSTREAM G500 PRODUCTION TEST AIRCRAFT MAKES FIRST FLIGHT

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced that the fifth Gulfstream G500 test aircraft has completed its first flight. The aircraft is the first production test aircraft…

Civilian aviation news August 16, 2016

Boeing, Belavia Celebrate Delivery of Airline’s First Next-Generation 737-800

Boeing and Belavia, the national airline company of Belarus, celebrated the delivery of the airline’s first Next-Generation 737-800 purchased directly from the manufacturer. The airplane,…

Civilian aviation news August 15, 2016

Sukhoi Superjet 100 obtained the EASA certificate for operation on narrow runways

SC Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) obtained the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certificate authorizing to operate Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) on the runways down to…

Military Aviation News August 15, 2016

Lockheed Martin Delivers Additional MC-130J to U.S. Air Force

A U.S. Air Force crew accepted delivery of an MC-130J Commando II at the Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) facility here on Aug. 11. This MC-130J…

Civilian aviation news August 15, 2016

BA sparks fury by cutting meals for economy-class passengers on long haul flights

British Airways has cut its food service and will no longer provide two meals to economy travellers on flights under eight and a half hours. The apparent…

Air Races News August 14, 2016

Australia’s Matt Hall claims critical Air Racing win at Ascot

Australia’s Matt Hall just topped overall leader Matthias Dolderer of Germany for the win at Sunday’s Red Bull Air Race in Ascot, UK, proving that…

Air Races News August 13, 2016

German pilot Dolderer wins Ascot Qualifying by a nose

Germany’s Matthias Dolderer was fastest to the finish in Saturday’s Qualifying for the Red Bull Air Race World Championship stop at Ascot Racecourse in the…

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