WASHINGTON — The FAA has released the audio recording of the air traffic controller’s telephone call with a friend in the moments before a small plane and a tour helicopter collided, killing nine people.
Transcripts of the conversation were previously released, but the FAA had refused to release the 29-minute audio recording until now. The recording […]

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TORONTO, ONTARIO – Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has launched its Extended Service Program (ESP) to extend the economic life of the Dash 8-100 turboprop to 120,000 flight cycles from the original 80,000 flight cycles. Launch customer for the Dash 8-100 ESP is Wideroe’s Flyveselskap AS of Norway.
The Dash 8-100 aircraft entered service in December 1984, and […]

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MONTREAL, QUEBEC – During the XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, athletes won’t be the only ones taking home the gold. The Flexjet 25 (i) Jet Card program and Jet Set Sports-an official supporter of the 2010 Winter Games-are teaming up to offer a limited-edition package for an unforgettable journey through next year’s premier event. […]

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A Germania Airlines Boeing 737 landed safetly Wednesday after a striking a flock of birds on take off. The Daily Mail says 200 starlings were ingested by the right engine of the aircraft as it took off from Dusseldorf enroute to Kosovo with 80 people on board.

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TORONTO, ONTARIO – Bombardier Aerospace announced today that Air Niugini, the national airline of Papua New Guinea, has placed a firm order for two Q400 NextGen high-speed turboprop airliners. The airline has also taken an option for an additional Q400 NextGen airliner.

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PLAYA VISTA, CA-    On October 4, 2009, the X PRIZE Foundation will celebrate the fifth anniversary of the largest prize in history, the $10 Million Ansari X PRIZE — won by the Mojave Aerospace Ventures team for the historic flights of SpaceShipOne. Led by famed aerospace designer Burt Rutan and backed […]

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LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC –  Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) will reduce its global workforce by approximately 250 employees by year’s end to align with a projected decline in customer demand and weakness in the global aerospace market with no signs of a recovery in 2010. P&WC is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: […]

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