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  Crash Report: Foiled by Faux Plastic Wrap

  Posted by John Croft 1:05 PM on May 24, 2013

  German air investigators this week finally put the wraps on a February 2006 runway excursion of a Falcon 20 at the Kiel-Holtenau Airport in Northern Germany. The only seriou... Read More >>

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  NEO Order Status: CFM vs P&W

  Posted by Rupa Haria 7:27 AM on May 24, 2013

  With the Paris air show less than a month away, we'll be paying close attention to the order books for the main new airframe programs.  Here, we look at the Airbus NEO engine... Read More >>

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  Boeing's "Dash 80" Tail No. Finally Cancelled

  Posted by BRIAN BOSTICK 2:01 AM on May 24, 2013

  Boeing's historic 367-80 aircraft, currently on display at the Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles International Airport, has finally had its tail numb... Read More >>

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  Planned AOGs

  Posted by Lee Ann Tegtmeier 5:44 AM on May 23, 2013

  Consider this article from this month's AW&ST MRO Edition about how airlines are shaving time and money out of AOG situations. Okay, so you can't plan AOGs, but airlines are ad... Read More >>

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  Next Week's Cover Story: JetBlue's Next Horizon

  Posted by Rupa Haria 10:55 AM on May 17, 2013

  The 20 May edition of Aviation Week & Space Technology (available today to digital subscribers) features an interview with David J. Barger, President/CEO of JetBlue.  ... Read More >>

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  Coast Guard to Bring Fallen Airmen Home -– 70 years Later

  Posted by John Croft 3:04 PM on May 16, 2013

  Never let it be said that the U.S. Coast Guard doesn't take care of its own in addition to others. The service today began the public process of searching for a comp... Read More >>

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  Southwest v. Frontier v. Fees

  Posted by Andrew Compart 3:39 PM on May 15, 2013

  When Frontier Airlines rolled out its plan for new fees last week, which includes charging some but not all customers for overhead bin storage and for beverages, the plan seemed to... Read More >>

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  Following roll-out, MSN001 to be handed over to flight test department soon

  Posted by Jens Flottau 9:21 AM on May 13, 2013

  Airbus is understood to be handing over the first A350-900, MSN001, to the flight test department on May 17, industry sources tell Aviation Week. The aircraft will then under... Read More >>

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  CSeries Prototype Gets A Tail Number

  Posted by BRIAN BOSTICK 3:19 AM on May 13, 2013

  The first CSeries aircraft has received the Canadian tail number C-FBCS and was registered with Transport Canada on May 6th. As is common with Bombardier aircraft, the official de... Read More >>

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  British Airways 787 is first to roll at 'rate 7'

  Posted by Guy Norris 3:20 PM on May 09, 2013

  With deliveries of new 787s set to begin as early as next week, Boeing has hit the seven per month production rate which it says keeps the company on track for meeting its 10 per m... Read More >>

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