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Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News July 24, 2013

Bombardier CSeries Aircraft First Flight to Take Place in the Coming Weeks

CSeries aircraft’s geared turbofan engines running smoothly and powering key aircraft systems More time needed to ensure mature systems integration for a productive flight test…

Civilian aviation news July 23, 2013

American Airlines takes delivery of its first A320 Family aircraft

100th A320 Family aircraft with Sharklets and 1st A319 with Sharklets American Airlines today took delivery of its first A320 Family aircraft at a special…

Civilian aviation news July 23, 2013

South African Airways (SAA) takes delivery of its first two A320s

SAA to reduce costs and boost revenue with new A320 fleet South African Airways (SAA) has taken delivery of its first two A320s out of…

Military Aviation News July 23, 2013

First Five Merlin Mk 2 Helicopters Delivered to Royal Navy

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, announced that the first five AW101 Merlin HM Mk 2 helicopters have been delivered to the Royal Navy’s 824 Naval Air…

Civilian aviation news July 18, 2013

UTair takes delivery of its first Airbus A321

The airline to benefit from fuel efficiency and lower operating costs UTair, one of Russia’s leading carriers, took delivery of its first Airbus aircraft. The…

Military Aviation News July 11, 2013

US Navy Drone X-47B Makes First Aircraft Carrier Landing

X-47B, an experimental bat-winged unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the US Navy, performed the first-ever arrested landing aboard an aircraft carrier on Wednesday. The US…

Civilian aviation news July 4, 2013

Boeing celebrates delivery of Hainan Airlines’ first 787 Dreamliner

Boeing and Hainan Airlines today celebrated the delivery of the airline’s first 787 Dreamliner. The delivery is the first of 10 787s for Hainan Airlines….

Civilian aviation news July 4, 2013

British Airways takes delivery of its first of 12 Airbus A380s

British Airways (BA) has become the tenth operator to receive an Airbus A380 after taking delivery of the first of 12 aircraft on order. BA…

Military Aviation News July 3, 2013

Saab starts assembly of first pre-production Gripen E

Defence and security company Saab has started the assembly of the next generation Gripen, the Gripen E. First to be constructed is the front fuselage…

Military Aviation News July 3, 2013

First KC-46 build begins

Boeing’s announcement this past week that they have begun assembly of the first KC-46 wing spar is a significant event for the Air Force tanker…

General Aviation News July 1, 2013

Rockwell Collins ARC-210 is first airborne radio to demonstrate MUOS satellite signal reception

Rockwell Collins made history recently when its ARC-210 advanced networking airborne V/UHF radio received a Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite signal during tests conducted…

Military Aviation News July 1, 2013

Gripen first to fire Meteor missile

In cooperation with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV), defence and security company Saab has successfully conducted the first test firing of the version of…

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