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Civil aviationFAA AD on McDonnell Douglas model DC-10-10, DC-10-10F, DC-10-15, DC-10-30, DC-10-30F (KC10A and KDC-10), DC-10-40, DC-10-40F, MD-10-10F, and MD-10-30F airplanes
Washington, Usa -To prevent heated localized temperatures within the fuel boost/transfer pumps due to frictional heating, which could result in a potential source of ignition in a fuel tank and consequent fire or explosion
Airworthiness Directives Federal Register Information Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 2003-NM-144-AD; Amendment... more
HelicoptersNext month the first made in Vietnam helicopter makes its debut
Hanoi, Vietnam - They 're many the helicopters of which the country needs
It is not known yet the name with which, the next month, will be introduced the first helicopter constructed from a Vietnamese firm, the Vietnam Mechanism Association, but it's known it belongs to the... more
Latest newsIsraeli helicopters attack kills four Hamas fighters
Gaza, Israel - The target was the leader of an unit that pioneered the firing of homemade missiles
Israeli helicopters killed four Hamas fighters in a missile strike this morning, after its Army Chief, Gen Moshe Yaalon declared yesterday all Hamas members "Potential targets for liquidation". The strike... more
Weather forecastsViolins and helicopters in Salzburg
Salzburg, Austria - Triumph of techno music among rotary blades
On Friday 22 there was a great acrobatic show in Salzburg skies: 4 violinists on board of 4 helicopters performed the "String Quartet for Helicopter", composed by master Karlheinz Stockhausen. The event... more
AccidentsUs base of Samarra under attack: it's waiting for a confirmation or deny
Baghdad, Iraq - While helicopters are flying to carry the casualties
According to news that need to be officialy confirmed, the American base of Samarra in Iraq would have been attacked last night, strong blows have been heard. But journalists confirm several helicopters... more
AirlinesQantas could sell its terminal
Sydney, Australia - It's better to have cash selling the assets
The Australian airline Qantas is considering the opportunity to sell its terminal at the airports of Sydney and Melbourne, a decision that could assure USD 500m. Nothing has been decided yet, but it... more
AccidentsTropical Airways aircraft crashes, 21 victims
Port-au-Prine, Haiti - Unknown the causes of the incident
The news are contrasting about the causes that yesterday would have provoked the crash of a Tropical Airways airplane, killing the 19 passengers and 2 members of the crew on board. The tragedy has taken... more
AirlinesSince September a non-stop flight will connect Nairobi to Bangkok
Nairobi, Kenya - It's the first service between the 2 Countries
It will be inaugurated on next September 4 the new connection between Nairobi (Kenya) and Bangkok (Thailandia), core of the Asian economy and one of the most profitable route. However they were many to... more
PeopleFAA required test of the fire extinguishers on McDonnell Douglas planes
Washington, USA - Effective by September 24
On August 21 FAA gave the following instructions. This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to various transport category airplanes manufactured by McDonnell Douglas. This AD... more
PeopleRepetitive inspections required by Federal Aviation Administration on Boeing planes
Washington, Usa - Effective by September 24
On August 20 FAA gave the following instructions. This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 747-100, 747SP, and 747SR series airplanes, that requires... more
IndustryBoeing starts today the firing of 1440 workers
Chicago, Usa - Until now 35,000 lays off
It continues the plan of restructure of Boeing that, in order to face the difficult economic moment, tries to reduce the costs; once again to pay the highest price they will be the dependents: for 1440... more
DefenseRussia to supply surface-to-air missiles to Vietnam
Moscow, Russia - Also other Countries are interested to anti-aircraft apparatuses
Another important contract has been signed between Russia and a foreign customer at the Maks-2003, in this case the Vietnamese government, for the supply of S-300PMU1 missiles, believed to be a good anti-aircraft... more
AerospaceFirst ground test terminal delivered to Northrop Grumman
Redondo Beach, Usa - It will be used for EHF military satellite communications system
Northrop Grumman has received the first test terminal for the Department of Defense's next-generation Advanced Extremely High Frequencies (EHF) satellite system from Massachusetts Institute of Technology's... more
IndustryChina Airlines chooses General Electric instead Rolls-Royce, UE opposes it
Taipei, Taiwan - It's a contract worth USD 800m
The American General Electric will supply to the national Chinese airline, China Airlines, the engines for its new fleet of 12 Airbuses, 6 B-747/400s passenger and 4 B-747/400s cargo for a value of USD... more
AirlinesQantas opposes to the chance Singapore Airways could operate route between Australia and Usa
Sydney, Australia - It's one of the most profitable routes
The Qantas general executive manager, Geoff Dixon, opposes strongly to the eventuality that Singapore Airways can operate important destinations between the USA and Australia referring, evidently, to the... more
Latest newsLockheed Martin F-16 Block 60 aircraft received radar from the Northrop Grumman
Baltimore, Usa - The plane will be then delivered to the United Arab Emirates
Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems sector has delivered the first AN/APG-80 advanced agile beam fire control radar to Lockheed Martin for the F-16 Block 60 aircraft being developed and produced for the... more
Latest newsThree men indicted for the 1996 shot-down of a plane
Miami, Usa - They killed for men on a humanitarian mission
A Cuban general and two fighter pilots were indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Miami for the fatal shoot-down of one of two Brothers to the Rescue planes over international waters seven years... more
AirlinesFrontier signs agreement for 14 A-319s
Denver, Usa - An Airbus labelled fleet
It continues the golden moment of the low-cost airlines, the only ones that are formalizing, since the beginning of the year, important agreements for the supply of new planes (to see JetBlue, as an example).... more
AerospaceSea Launch received the 2003 ISCe Innovation Award
Long Beach, Usa - To honour its development of the space industry
On Wednesday, during the International Satellite & Communications exchange (ISCe) conference being held in Long Beach this week, Sea Launch received the 2003 ISCe Innovation Award. The ISCe Advisory Board... more
AirlinesQantas could move jobs offshore
Sydney, Australia - An initiative to cut the costs
They are not known yet which will be the activities that could be moved out, but surely this is a way that Qantas wants to follow in order to diminish the crescents costs connected to the maintenance of... more
Latest newsNorthrop Grumman in competition to obtain Air Force surveillance contract
New York, Usa -A contract worth USD 420m
Northrop Grumman, seeking to expand its reach into 21st century weapons technology, said on August 20 it will lead a team into a competition to build key electronic equipment for a new Air Force surveillance... more
Latest newsItalian Air Force Amx planes in the Usa to join the Red Flag 2003
Nevada, Usa - Since 1989 it's an important meeting moment with the other Air Forces
They're 8 the Amx aircraft of the Italian Air Force at the American base of Nellis (Nevada) that, for 2 weeks, will fly with other colleagues of Singapore, Germany, Great Britain and USA, within Red Flag... more
AerospaceVenezuelan deity orbiting around the Sun
Caracas, Venezuela - Astronomers gave its name to a planet
The International Astronomical Union approved the proposal of a group of Venezuelan astronomers to name Huya a planet: it is the God of rain in the Venezuelan tradition, and has a place among the other... more
AccidentsSmall plane crashes in Florida, 2 victims
Florida, Usa - A third one has been airlifted to the nearest hospital
Probably the strong rain that in that moment was hitting the zone is the main cause of the incident in which yesterday 2 persons died and a third one was wound, when the small plane on which they travelled... more
Fair and showsColin Marshal, Ba number one, is the new Pirelli Uk president
London, Uk - He'll begin from the next September 1
Pirelli Uk, Pirelli General plc and Pirelli Uk Tyres, subsidiary of the Italy-based company, will have a new president not executive. Indeed he will be Lord Colin Marshall to lead the Pirelli group in... more
Latest newsImproved the armament of C-130
Washington, Usa - Am ore powerful AC-130 has been mounted
The Nswcdd (Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division) is engaged to improve the performances of the AC-130 machine-gun, a deadly weapon that is employed also on the C-130 Hercules. In order to... more
Latest newsColombia: the anti-drug air interception is starting
Bogota, Colombia - Previous program modified to avoid incidents
In these days it is starting the program which sees the collaboration between United States and the Colombian Air Force to force down planes suspected of flying drugs and weapons, using a new safety checklist... more
HelicoptersUav lands off site in California during a flight test
Victorville Usa - No damage were reported
A Maverick rotary wing Uav (Unmanned Air Vehicle ) yesterday made a precautionary landing near its operating base in Victorville, California. "It happened during hand-off of the aircraft on a training... more
Latest newsRussia will destroy a silo missile launcher in Siberia
Moscow, Russia - It is a procedure of the Start Treaty
The Russian troops' press service reported that in a Strategic Missile Troops regiment on August 22 it will be destroyed a silo-based launcher for RS-20 heavy ballistic missiles (also known as Satan). "The... more
IndustryEads signs agreement to cooperate with Sukhoi and Rosoboronexport
Moscow, Russia - The three will work jointly in wide range of sectors
It's more and more important the presence of Eads (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company) in the plans that involve also Russian companies, as today it testifies the agreement reached between the... more
Aerospace2005-2007: Russia to launch many satellites for foreign Countries
Moscow, Russia - Shut mouth about the customers
Russia seems to have become more and more leader of the profitable satellite launch market, of which it owns an important market slice, thanks also to the great reliability of its launch vehicles and of... more
IndustryAn-124/100 comes back, to be built by Antonov and Volga-Dnepr
Moscow, Russia - Czech Republic the first customer
As the Phoenix revives from its ashes strong than never the An-124/100, one of the biggest cargo planes in the world, is ready to return to fly again; they have decided today at the Maks-2003 Antonov... more
Latest newsRussian Air Force chooses its next trainer plane, Yak-130
Moscow, Russia - But the Mig-AT will continue to be used
The commander-in-chief of the Russian Air Force, Vladimir Mikhaylov, has specified today, during the Maks-2003, they will not be upgraded the Czech-made L-39 trainer aircraft, because an agreement with... more
AerospaceInfrared Telescope is going to be launched
Washington, Usa - In search of Earth-like planets
On August 23, Nasa is going to launch the new Space Infrared Telescope Facility: using the same technology that allows firefighters to see in the dark, the observatory will provide researchers the astronomical... more
AirlinesAeroflot to get delivery this week of its new B-767/300
Moscow, Russia - By 2004 27 foreign aircraft will be taken
It's the first aircraft made by a foreign constructor that will make part of the Aeroflot fleet, the Russian national airline that has begun an important restructure and modernization plan that starts,... more
AccidentsAerostat crashes on a Su-27K, 2 enjured at Russian Air Show
Moscow, Russia - No damage to the other aircraft
A light incident has characterized the first morning today at the Maks-2003, when an aerostat, because of an unexpected wind blow, has crashed against a parked Su-27K plane. Only mild bruises for the... more
Science and technologyYellow X on the new runway at Miami International Airport
Miami, Usa - It created too much confusion
Miami International Airport plans to open a new 8.600-foot runway on September 4, but pilots are already lining up to land on it now: the problem is the fact that pilots cleared to land on the main east-west... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines eases restrictions on nonrefundable tickets
Chicago, Usa - It's the same policy American Airlines announced on Tuesday
Continental Airlines said yesterday it has relaxed restrictions on nonrefundable tickets and will now give holders a year to reschedule plans, joining American Airlines in making that change. Holders... more
DefenseStrike on Gaza: it started the Israeli military retaliation
Jerusalem, Israel - Helicopters and warplanes bomb Palestinians
As it had been already widely announced began the Israeli revenge after the suicide attack 2 days ago when a command leaded from Hamas and the Muslim Jihad ended in a massacre: 20 died, many children.... more
AirlinesValuAir has to face many problems before enter air market
Singapore, Singapore - It wants to become the Asia's No 2 low-cost airline
The Singapore-based ValuAir has to face a big obstacle in its plans to become Asia's No 2 no-frills airline outside Japan, even if is waiting for the government's approval within 9 months. Airport landing,... more
AccidentsUs helicopter shoots to Afghani civilians
Kabul, Afghanistan - 3 people injured and high tension
It's always overwrought the situation in Afghanistan that, free since 2 years from the bloody Taleban regimen, finds it hard to return to the civil life, also because here, in the last 30 years of war,... more
AccidentsUN helicopter causes in the death of a 7 year-old boy
Timor Est - Un police is investigating on the incident
A 7-years-old boy, resident in East Timor, has been killed today, because of a banal incident that has involved an United Nations helicopter. The aircraft, according to the official reconstruction, was... more
AirlinesChina Airlines threatens to nullify a Boeing order
Benjing, China - But it could cost a too big legally obligatory compensation
A situation that has taken shape for a hostile attitude from part of Boeing in the comparisons of the China Airlines Vice-President, Annette Lu, according to the Chinese sources. Indeed Lu was attended... more
IndustryF-35 test are proceeding apace
Washington, Usa - New technical solutions to carry out the controls
Lockheed Martin has communicated the tests of its last born, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, have had an incredible boost (approximately 80 times) thanks to the implementation of new technical solutions... more
AirlinesSumma Alliance will liquidate Aces
Medellin, Colombia - More than 700 employees will be fired
Aerolineas Centrales de Colombia, the second-largest partner in Colombia's Summa Alliance of three airlines, will be liquidated and more than 700 employees fired. They are the latest victims of a slump... more
AirlinesQantas: slump in profit because of Sars and war
Sydney, Australia - It's valuating for a low-cost
While the past first half-year had been closed with a profit of AUD 274,5m, this year the first 6 months have recorded a loss of AUD 9m, and for the Qantas ceo, Geoff Dixon, it is simple to find the causes:... more
Civil aviationSingapore warplanes intercept civilian aircraft invading the airspace
Singapore - But he was a man on a round-the-world solo flight
The Singapore Air Force Super A-4 Skyhawks fighter jets immediately took off to intercept a civil airplane that had invaded the airspace of the city-state, but it wasn't a real incident. Indeed the Portuguese... more
IndustryBoeing will deliver a further 737-700 to Luxair
Brusselles, Belgium - It is the third this year
Luxair, the national airline of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, recently ordered its third new Boeing next-generation 737-700, which will be added to the two aircrafts it ordered in February. The 737-700s... more
Fair and showsHe dies the pilot who photographed the atomic blast on Hiroshima
Salt Like City, Usa - While the debate for the Enola Gay exposition continues
He dies today, 84 years old, George William Marquardt, the pilot on board of Enola Gay bomber that has photographed the apocalyptic scenes after the dropping of the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of... more
HelicoptersJordan will enter the light aircraft manufacturing
Amman, Jordan - The Seeker SB-7 will be its first product
Jordan is entering the field of light aircraft manufacturing with the recent establishment of Seabird Aviation Jordan. The company is a joint venture commercial operation between Seabird Aviation Australia... more