2016

Civilian aviation news December 22, 2016

Embraer delivers first Legacy 450 to Canada’s AirSprint

Embraer Executive Jets delivered today the first Legacy 450 mid-light business jet to AirSprint, Inc., a Canadian privately held fractional aircraft ownership company based in…

Civilian aviation news December 22, 2016

Bell 505 Jet Ranger X Achieves Type Certification

Fort Worth, TX (December 22, 2016) Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that its Bell 505 Jet Ranger X has been…

Military Aviation News December 21, 2016

Army awards five-year UH-72A logistics support contract worth nearly $1 billion to Airbus Helicopters Inc

Texas-based Airbus Group affiliate to provide spares, material and engineering support to Army and National Guard units operating Lakota helicopters GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas Airbus Helicopters…

Civilian aviation news December 21, 2016

Bombardier Delivers First CRJ200 Special Freighter Aircraft

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today that it has delivered the first CRJ200 Special Freighter (CRJ200SF) aircraft to launch operator Gulf & Caribbean Cargo, Inc. Dba…

Space News December 21, 2016

Bon voyage, MetOp-C!

Airbus Defence and Space sends payload module of Europe’s next weather satellite on its first journey Comprehensive test campaign begins in January at ESA/ESTEC Launch…

General Aviation News, Military Aviation News December 20, 2016

First flight Boeing T-X

Boeing and partner Saab today completed the first flight of their all-new T-X aircraft, which is designed specifically for the U.S. Air Force’s training requirements….

Civilian aviation news December 20, 2016

Strike coming at KLM, Transavia December 23-26

A group of pilots working for Air France-KLM ‘s low-cost subsidiary Transavia France have called for a three-day strike from Dec. 23 to Dec. 26,…

Space News December 20, 2016

Lockheed Martin Completes Assembly of NOAA’s GOES-S Weather Satellite

Lockheed Martin has completed assembly of NOAA’s GOES-S weather satellite and is now beginning critical mechanical and environmental testing of the spacecraft. GOES-S is the…

Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News December 20, 2016

Il-18 crashed in Siberia’s district Yakutia, all passengers and crew survived

A Russian aircraft carrying 39 people on board crashed in Bulunsky district of Siberia’s Yakutia. All passengers and crew survived the crash. The Il-18 aircraft,…

Civilian aviation news December 20, 2016

First of three Bombardier Q400’s delivered to Hawaii Island Air

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today that it has delivered the first of three Q400 turboprops ordered by Irish leasing company Elix Aviation Capital Limited (“Elix”)….

Civilian aviation news December 20, 2016

First Airbus A320 Atlantic Airways delivered

Atlantic Airways, the national carrier of the Faroe Islands, has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320 as part of its plan to increase capacity,…

Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News December 20, 2016

ANA first Japanese carrier with PurePower Geared Turbofan engines

ANA has become the first Japanese carrier to take delivery of the Airbus A320neo, powered by the revolutionary technology in the PurePower Geared Turbofan (GTF)…

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