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  Air Bagan Crash Turning Point For Fokker Aircraft

  Posted by Leithen Francis 9:38 PM on Dec 27, 2012

  If you could pin-point one particular event that was the turning point that marked the beginning of the end for Fokker aircraft in Asia, it would have to be the Air Bagan Fokker 10... Read More >>

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  2012 Video Highlights – Honeywell CV580 Takeoff

  Posted by John Croft 11:44 AM on Dec 27, 2012

  At year’s end, I like to review all the interesting pictures and video that I have stored on the SD card in my Nikon D3100 camera (and failed to download during the year). T... Read More >>

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  Southwest Turn Times: 1982-2012

  Posted by Andrew Compart 3:26 PM on Dec 21, 2012

  As I wrote in this AWIN-subscriber only article, Southwest Airlines is struggling a bit with its vaunted turn times, which it has long highlighted as the shortest in the business. ... Read More >>

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  Airlines To Watch In 2013

  Posted by Rupa Haria 7:33 AM on Dec 21, 2012

  In the Dec. 17 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology, our commercial editorial team rounds up the 25 airlines that they believe will act as catalysts for change in the airl... Read More >>

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  ATR's Last -500 Turboprop Goes To Indonesia's Wings Air

  Posted by Leithen Francis 10:05 PM on Dec 20, 2012

    ATR delivered on Friday 14th December its very last -500 aircraft. It was an ATR 72-500 for Lion Air’s Wings Air, ATR’s spokesman told me in an email yeste... Read More >>

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  Lessons from Jakarta – Time for Assisted Recovery?

  Posted by John Croft 3:47 PM on Dec 20, 2012

  The combination of the best technology available and the most experienced pilots possible was not enough to overcome human frailties in the case of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 demo... Read More >>

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  Small World

  Posted by Guy Norris 12:00 PM on Dec 20, 2012

  This Finnair-owned Embraer 170 was a recent rare visitor to Boeing Field, Seattle. Spotted by Joe Walker, it is conducting modular avionics upgrade testing for Honeywell to which i... Read More >>

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  CSeries Ahead Of The E-Jet...Sort Of

  Posted by BRIAN BOSTICK 11:10 AM on Dec 20, 2012

  When Embraer's first E-Jet, the Embraer 170, took to the skies for the first time in February 2002, the program had accumulated 112 orders. With the first flight of the CS100 still... Read More >>

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  Historic Filton Airfield Closes - Birthplace of Concorde

  Posted by Nigel Howarth 10:43 AM on Dec 20, 2012

  One of the UK's most historic airfields closes for business this week. Bristol's Filton airport ceases to be an operational airfield from Dec. 21, 2012.  For those unfamiliar... Read More >>

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  CSeries Gets its Wings

  Posted by Graham Warwick 3:58 PM on Dec 19, 2012

  Bombardier's announcement that an "air carrier in the Americas" has signed a letter of intent for 12 CSeries includes an update on the first flight-test vehicle (FTV), which until ... Read More >>

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