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Creating the Future

Creating the Future - Bob Peters, of Kendel Welding and Fabrication, welds part of an internal access support for the Ares I-X upper stage simulator at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland [NASA Image of the day]

Boeing starts final body join on first 777F

Boeing starts final body join on first 777F - Boeing today started preparing the first 777 Freighter to enter final assembly next week in advance of an official roll-out ceremony in late-May.

Production workers started the process of joining three sections of the fuselage in a process called final body join, a Boeing spokesman says.

Boeing has completed installation of the aircraft systems and the main deck cargo door for the widebody freighter.

US carrier ATA ceases operations after losing military contract

US carrier ATA ceases operations after losing military contract - US carrier ATA Airlines has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and discontinued operations after the sudden cancellation of a crucial military charter contract.

ATA Airlines, based in Indianapolis, is a subsidiary of Global Aero Logistics whose carriers also include World Airways and North American Airlines.

Celebration at 15 Wing Moose Jaw

Celebration at 15 Wing Moose Jaw - A special mess dinner at 15 Wing Moose Jaw celebrated 84 years of Canada’s Air Force. Members of the RCMP, the Army Reserves and Air Force were in attendance along with Federal, provincial and municipal representatives.
Lieutenant General...
[Aviation Canada]

Three Young pilots suspended after drinking a cool one

Three Young pilots suspended after drinking a cool one - Transport Canada had suspended the licenses of three pilots stemming from an incident in September. The pilots were suspended without pay after having a beer with their supper and not waiting the eight hour period before take-off.... [Aviation Canada]

Snowbirds Getting Ready to Soar

Snowbirds Getting Ready to Soar - The Canadian Forces Snowbirds will be gearing up for the 2008 air show season from their spring training camp in Comox beginning on Monday April 7th. The team will practice twice daily over mountains, water and varied terrain. [Aviation Canada]

Russia to Create Aircraft Carrier Groups

Russia to Create Aircraft Carrier Groups - Russia plans to have a fleet of five or six aircraft carrier joint task groups by 2060, the commander of its navy said Friday. Adm. Vladimir Vysotsky said that the navy is shifting strategy, the Novosti news agency reported. Russia currently has only one carrier. Full Story [Plane News]

EAA Chapter Hangar Damaged In Little Rock Tornado

EAA Chapter Hangar Damaged In Little Rock Tornado - Fortunately, No Injuries Reported The Experimental Aircraft Association states several single-engine airplanes and a hangar owned by members of EAA Chapter 165 of Little Rock, AR were damaged Thursday night after a tornado swept through North Little Rock Municipal Airport. [Aero-News]

AOPA Kicks Off Campaign To Save Maine Airport

AOPA Kicks Off Campaign To Save Maine Airport - Biddeford Muni Faces November Vote With the fate of Biddeford Municipal Airport (B19) in Biddeford, ME in the hands of city residents, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association kicked off an all-out campaign recently to educate the residents, and save the airport. [Aero-News]

Reports: Buyer Agrees To Pay $10 Million For Adam Aircraft

Reports: Buyer Agrees To Pay $10 Million For Adam Aircraft - Hearing On Sale Expected This Week They may be down... but not necessarily out. Less than two months after Adam Aircraft announced it would enter Chapter 7 liquidation, a possible buyer has emerged that might allow the A500 inline twin piston aircraft, and its A700 VLJ sibling, to return to the skies. [Aero-News]

Cessna Stays Close To Home For Columbus Production

Cessna Stays Close To Home For Columbus Production - Will Build Kansas Plant For New Large Bizjet Cessna announced at a Saturday news conference it will build the Citation Columbus plant in Kansas, securing more than 1,000 jobs and a $780 million investment. [Aero-News]

Seaplane Access To Western Lakes Restored

Seaplane Access To Western Lakes Restored - The federal Bureau of Reclamation, which closed off seaplane access to hundreds of lakes in a 2006 rule, has announced it will revise that regulation, the Seaplane Pilots Association said last week. The 2006 rule, which cited security concerns, closed over 400 lakes in 17 Western states to seaplane operations. Many of those lakes had been used by seaplane pilots for years.

Lasers Pose an Increasing Danger to Aircraft

Lasers Pose an Increasing Danger to Aircraft - In the last four years nearly 1,000 incidents have been reported of lasers being shone at cockpits as aircraft are approaching to land. [Aviation.com]

Fuel Cell-Powered Aircraft Flies

Fuel Cell-Powered Aircraft Flies - A team led by Boeing Research & Technology Europe flew fuel cell-powered aircraft three times in Spain. [Aviation.com]

The Top 10 Modern Airliners

The Top 10 Modern Airliners - If you're flying commercially any time soon, the chances are you'll fly on a member of one of these in-production airliner families. [Aviation.com]

Boeing Pilot Training School Opens in Russia

Boeing Pilot Training School Opens in Russia - The Russian air company KrasAir (member of the AiRUnion alliance) has obtained a license of the International Aviation Training Centre (Denver, the USA) giving it a right to open a school for training pilots and stewards for Boeing aircraft, as a press-release of the airline reports.

NASA rejects European ISS logistics project

NASA rejects European ISS logistics project - NASA has rejected a European proposal to permanently dock an Italian-built Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) to the International Space Station to try... [Flight Global Spaceflight News]

Space Shuttle to get moving map

Space Shuttle to get moving map - NASA is rolling out a moving-map display for its Space Shuttle orbiters under its 33rd operational increment (OI33), the penultimate software update before... [Flight Global Spaceflight News]

NASA cancels Ares I crew launch vehicle test study

NASA cancels Ares I crew launch vehicle test study - NASA has stopped a study it commissioned from the Aerospace Corporation that would have informed the US space agency’s flight test planning for the Ares I crew launch vehicle and its Orion crew exploration vehicle, but has been unable to explain why the work ceased.

Rocket propulsion sees triple success

Rocket propulsion sees triple success - Three new propulsion systems have been succcessfully tested in Europe and the USA, including a first for UK rocket testing. University... [Flight Global Spaceflight News]

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