PIQUA, OHIO – Hartzell Propeller Inc. has selected Northwest Propeller Inc, of Puyallup, Washington, to join its network of Recommended Service Facilities.

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SEATTLE, WA – The first Boeing 747-8 Freighter painted in customer livery emerged today from the Boeing paint hangar in Everett, Wash. The airplane sports an updated livery for launch customer Cargolux. The Luxembourg-based cargo operator has a total of 13 Boeing 747-8 Freighters on order.

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WINDSOR, Ontario – Australia’s Matt Hall had a scare during the first Qualifying session at the Red Bull Air Race in Windsor on Saturday when his plane touched the surface of the Detroit River but the former RAAF pilot quickly recovered and returned safely to Race Airport.

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WINDSOR, Ontario – Riding in a Red Bull Air Race plane at over 300 kilometers per hour and going through the same high-G twists and turns that the pilots perform is sort of like life in politics, Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan said after taking what he called the most memorable ride in his life […]

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SOUTH ST. PAUL, MN – BRS Aerospace of South St. Paul, Minnesota, announced its 250th documented save when four people in a Cirrus SR20 SRV G3 single-engine aircraft were uninjured after deploying their BRS ballistic emergency parachute over unlandable rocky terrain in southern Norway on May 28th during an in-flight/enroute emergency.

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MARIETTA, Ga. – Canada formally accepted the first of 17 Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules aircraft at ceremonies here and at Canadian Forces Base Trenton.

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WASHINGTON, DC – The nation’s largest airlines had a rate of on-time flights this past April that was higher than the same month last year and the rate posted in March 2010, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

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WASHINGTON, DC – The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed to assess civil penalties ranging from $50,000 to $150,000 against two airlines and three shippers for alleged violations of Federal Aviation Regulations or U.S. Department of Transportation Hazardous Materials Regulations.

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OTTAWA, Canada – Esterline CMC Electronics will participate in the Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration trials to be held in June 2010. CMC is demonstrating its TacView® portable mission display in a simulated joint U.S. – Canada combat search and rescue mission. Role players from the Canadian Air Force and the U.S. Air Force […]

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TOFINO, BC – On Saturday May 29, 2010 at approximately 1215 hours Tofino RCMP and Tofino Coast Guard responded to a report of a small aircraft which had crashed into the ocean near Yates Point situated close to Ahousaht BC.

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