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Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News June 15, 2011

Virgin America Launches LEAP Engine with $1.4 Billion Order

Fuel efficient engine can save $1.6 million per airplane, per year CFM bringing revolutionary technologies to A320neo (www.cfm56.com/leap)Â Virgin America today launched CFM Internationalâ€™s advanced…

Civilian aviation news June 7, 2011

Singapore Airlines, Virgin Australia unveil tie-up

Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Virgin Australia on Tuesday announced a long-term partnership that will boost their global reach despite the exclusion of the lucrative Australia-US…

Space News May 25, 2011

Exciting Test Flight News Virgin Galactic

More exciting news from Mojave this morning! At 7am, SpaceShipTwo touched down safely having completed a second â€œfeatherâ€ flight. One further glide flight, potentially within…

Space News May 4, 2011

SpaceShipTwo’s First “Feathered” Flight

Marks Latest Milestone for Virgin Galactic. Early on Wednesday 4th May 2011, in the skies above Mojave Air and Spaceport CA, SpaceShipTwo, the world’s first…

General Aviation News, Space News April 7, 2011

Virgin America Unveils its Next Generation New SFO Home

Virgin Galactic Joins them to Toast to the Evolution of Flight San Franciscoâ€™s Airline Unveils Beautiful and Sustainable New Terminal 2 Home and Celebrates with…

Civilian aviation news April 5, 2011

Virgin Atlantic becomes twin jet operator with the Airbus A330

Virgin Atlantic Airways, has for the first time in its history deployed a twin engine jet to serve on its transatlantic routes, using an A330-300…

Space News March 1, 2011

Virgin Galactic to Fly Scientists to Space

Virgin Galactic Announces Worldâ€™s First Commercial Contracts to Send Researchers to Space Sir Richard Bransonâ€™s Virgin Galactic, LLC, the worldâ€™s first commercial spaceline, announced today…

Civilian aviation news February 25, 2011

Virgin Blue introduces new ATR aircraft to boost regional strategy

Virgin Blue Group today announced it will introduce up to 18 fuel efficient ATR72 turboprop aircraft as part of the recently announced strategic alliance with…

Civilian aviation news January 19, 2011

GE Capital Aviation Services Delivers New Airbus A320s to Virgin America

STAMFORD, Conn., January 19, 2011 â€“ GE Capital Aviation Services Inc. (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of GE, today announced delivery of…

Civilian aviation news January 17, 2011

Airbus celebrates its 10,000th order with Virgin America s 60 A320neo deal

Airbus announced this morning its 10,000th order with a firm contract from Virgin America for 60 A320s, including 30 A320neo aircraft. This is the first…

Space News January 6, 2011

WILL WHITEHORN TO RETIRE AS PRESIDENT OF VIRGIN GALACTIC.

GEORGE WHITESIDES TO TAKE ON COMBINED ROLE OF PRESIDENT AND CEO. Will Whitehorn, President of Virgin Galactic since the formation of the company in 2004,…

General Aviation News July 27, 2010

VSS Enterprise Feathered

Exclusive photographs show wings and tail structures in the “feathered” position. This is unique and critically important element of the system created by legendary aviation…

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