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Civilian aviation news November 12, 2013

Emirates first-half profits modest ‘due to rising fuel cost’

Dubai’s Emirates Airline on Tuesday posted a two percent increase in half yearly profits, blaming high fuel costs and an “unfavourable” currency exchange environment for…

Military Aviation News November 12, 2013

First British Rivet Joint Aircraft Delivered To The UK

The first of three Rivet Joint signals intelligence aircraft has been delivered to the UK ahead of its entry into service with the RAF next…

Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News November 8, 2013

Second Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner Takes to the Skies

The second Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner completed a successful 4-hour, 18-minute first flight today. The airplane, known as ZB002, departed Paine Field in Everett, Wash., at…

Civilian aviation news November 8, 2013

A320neo programme starts first major-component assembly

Other NEO subassemblies taking shape soon across Airbus sites Airbus has achieved assembly of the engine pylon for the first A320neo to fly. The pylon…

Military Aviation News November 4, 2013

Navy’s new Fire Scout unmanned helicopter takes its first flight

The Navy’s newest variant of the Fire Scout unmanned helicopter completed its first day of flying Oct. 31 at Naval Base Ventura County at Point Mugu….

Military Aviation News November 4, 2013

First Tranche 3 Typhoon completes engine testing

BS116, the very first Tranche 3 Typhoon, has successfully completed engine ground runs in our de-tuner facility at Warton The Tranche 3 jet offers a…

Military Aviation News October 30, 2013

US F-35 fighter drops first guided bomb against ground target

(Reuters) – The Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jet dropped a 500-pound bomb this week, hitting a tank at Edwards Air Force Base in California…

Military Aviation News October 29, 2013

Fifth PAK FA fighter aircraft made its first flight in Komsomolsk-on-Amur

The fifth prototype of the prospective 5th — generation aviation complex (PAK FA, T-50) made its maiden flight in Komsomolsk-on-Amur at the Y.A.Gagarin KnAAZ aircraft plant of the Sukhoi Company….

Civilian aviation news October 23, 2013

EVA Air takes delivery of its first Airbus A321 equipped with Sharklets

Carrier becomes Taiwan’s first operator of Airbus’ wing tip fuel saving devices EVA Air of Taiwan has taken delivery of its first Sharklet equipped A321…

General Aviation News October 21, 2013

Citation Latitude prototype first flight in first quarter

Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. company, today announced the eagerly anticipated Citation Latitude mid-size business jet is on schedule for its first prototype flight…

Civilian aviation news October 14, 2013

Second A350 XWB test aircraft successfully completes first flight

14 October 2013 The second A350 XWB to fly, MSN3, has just landed back at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport France, shortly after 14:30 hours local time, after…

Civilian aviation news October 10, 2013

Boeing Delivers First Next-Generation 737-800 to Russia’s UTair

Boeing delivered to UTair, one of Russia’s leading national carriers, its first directly purchased Next-Generation 737-800. The airline currently has 40 Next-Generation 737s on order…

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