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Civilian aviation news April 4, 2013

Boeing trails Airbus in Q1 plane orders, deliveries

US aerospace giant Boeing trailed European arch-rival Airbus in jetliner orders and deliveries in the first three months of the year, according to company data…

Military Aviation News March 12, 2013

Military plane crashes in Washington state, three crew dead

Reuters An U.S. military plane assigned to a Washington state Naval Air Station on Whidbey Island crashed on Monday morning during a routine training flight,…

General Aviation News March 4, 2013

At least nine die in plane crash in Congolese town of Goma

Reuters At least nine people were killed on Monday when a propeller plane crashed as it tried to land in bad weather in the eastern…

Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News February 14, 2013

Ukraine plane crash kills Champions League fans

Guardian: A passenger plane carrying football fans to a Champions League match skidded past the landing strip and overturned in the eastern Ukrainian city of…

Space News June 14, 2012

U.S. secret space plane X-37B may end mission soon

After spending more than a year orbiting Earth on a mystery mission, the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B space plane is due to return to Earth…

Civilian aviation news June 3, 2012

Passenger plane crashes in Nigeria’s Lagos

* Dana Air plane had 147 people on board – source * Witnesses say it crashed into building * No official word on casualties REUTERS…

Civilian aviation news October 20, 2011

ICBC Leasing orders 45 C919 passenger jets

ICBC Leasing on Wednesday signed a deal with Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd (COMAC) to buy 45 of the nation’s homegrown C919 large passenger…

Civilian aviation news September 7, 2011

Top KHL squad killed in Yak-42 passenger plane crash in Russia

Thirty-four people have died in a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger plane crash near the city of Yaroslavl in Central Russia. The majority of victims were members…

Military Aviation News August 12, 2011

US loses contact with hypersonic test plane

WASHINGTON – An unmanned experimental aircraft designed to glide down from the upper atmosphere at 20 times the speed of sound lost contact with ground…

Military Aviation News August 9, 2011