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TSB Deploys Team to Investigate Runway Overrun at Moncton Airport

March 24th, 2010 by admin, Comments Off on TSB Deploys Team to Investigate Runway Overrun at Moncton Airport

GATINEAU, QC – The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is deploying two investigators to today’s runway overrun of a cargo aircraft in Moncton, New Brunswick.

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Dassault Delivers First Falcon 7X to China

March 24th, 2010 by admin, Comments Off on Dassault Delivers First Falcon 7X to China

SAINT-CLOUD, France – Dassault Falcon delivered the first Falcon 7X to China on March 5th. Two more will be delivered to mainland China by the end of this month.

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Cessna 206 Crashes on Approach in Alaska

March 23rd, 2010 by admin, Comments Off on Cessna 206 Crashes on Approach in Alaska

HOMER, ALASKA – Rescue crews responded to an aircraft crash at the state-owned airport in Homer on Tuesday. Few details are currently available, but reports indicate that a charter aircraft crashed on the approach to runway 21 at approximately 2:15 local time this afternoon.

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CAE Awarded $250 Million Contract for CH147F Aircrew Training

March 23rd, 2010 by admin, Comments Off on CAE Awarded $250 Million Contract for CH147F Aircrew Training

MONTREAL, QUEBEC – CAE today announced that the Government of Canada has awarded CAE a contract valued at approximately C$250 million for a comprehensive CH147F Chinook helicopter aircrew training solution.

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Virgin Galactic VSS Enterprise Makes First Captive Carry Flight

March 22nd, 2010 by admin, Comments Off on Virgin Galactic VSS Enterprise Makes First Captive Carry Flight

Virgin Galactic announced today that VSS Enterprise has completed her inaugural captive carry flight from Mojave Air and Spaceport.
This very first captive carry was a huge success and both the mothership and spaceship looked absolutely stunning against the blue

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Helicopter Crashes Near Alexis Creek

March 22nd, 2010 by admin, Comments Off on Helicopter Crashes Near Alexis Creek

ALEXIS CREEK, BC – On March 22, 2010 at 5:15 PM, the Alexis Creek RCMP were advised of a helicopter crash that had occurred at approximately 4:00 PM at a Heli- skiing site known as Hell Raving Creek.

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GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team Hits Afterburner on Third New Engine

March 22nd, 2010 by admin, Comments Off on GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team Hits Afterburner on Third New Engine

EVENDALE, Ohio – The GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team has successfully hit full afterburner on its third new production-configuration engine, continuing a year of major progress and milestones for the F136 program.

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Sikorsky’s Second Prototype S-76D Helicopter Achieves First Flight

March 22nd, 2010 by admin, Comments Off on Sikorsky’s Second Prototype S-76D Helicopter Achieves First Flight

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has successfully completed the first flight of its second S-76D™ helicopter.

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F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Succeeds in First Vertical Landing

March 18th, 2010 by admin, Comments Off on F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Succeeds in First Vertical Landing

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – A supersonic Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter rode more than 41,000 pounds of thrust to a vertical landing today for the first time, confirming its required ability to land in confined areas both ashore and afloat.

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Second Boeing 747-8 Freighter Completes First Flight

March 15th, 2010 by admin, Comments Off on Second Boeing 747-8 Freighter Completes First Flight

EVERETT, Wash. – A second Boeing 747-8 Freighter, RC 522, successfully completed its first flight Sunday evening. The airplane took off from Paine Field in Everett, Wash., for a two-and-a-half-hour flight and landed at Boeing Field in Seattle.

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