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Lufthansa orders 40 state-of-the-art Boeing 787-9 and Airbus A350-900 long-haul aircraft

Lufthansa orders 40 state-of-the-art Boeing 787-9 and Airbus A350-900 long-haul aircraft

•Two-engine jets will primarily be replacing four-engine aircraft •Investment pays off: more comfort for passengers, less noise and fuel consumption, significant reduction in operating cost •Sale of six Airbus A380 aircraft in 2022/2023 Lufthansa Group is consistently forging ahead with the modernization of its l ... Continue reading

NHTSA Technical Service Bulletins 1962 - Present For All Cars Sold In United States

NHTSA Technical Service Bulletins 1962 - Present For All Cars Sold In United States

This Technical Service Bulletins Search Engine will allow searches of summaries of the Manufacturers' Technical Service Bulletins by single year, make and model. An optional item of Vehicle Component may be selected to help narrow the focus of the search. ... Continue reading

Surefly: Up, Up and Away

Surefly: Up, Up and Away

By Maureen McDonald Senior Editor Michigan Bureau The Auto Channel Detroit January 14, 2019; It’s a bird, it’s a helicopter, it’s a drone – this is the Surefly Aero, a helicopter designed to relieve urban congestion and long country commutes with an affordable, easy-to-operate machine. The hybrid electric vehic ... Continue reading

Honda Aircraft Company Announces Performance Package for the HondaJet HA-420

Honda Aircraft Company Announces Performance Package for the HondaJet HA-420

HondaJet and HondaJet Elite Receive India Type Certification Oct 17, 2018 - ORLANDO, Fla.; Honda Aircraft Company announced the addition of a performance package for the HondaJet HA-420. The company's new Advanced Performance Modification Group (APMG) engineered the upgrade, enabling existing HondaJet owners to enhance ... Continue reading

Gulfstream G500 Earns Both Type And Production Certificates From FAA

Gulfstream G500 Earns Both Type And Production Certificates From FAA

These certifications pave the way for the first completed G500 delivery to a customer as planned later this year. "Receiving the type certification and production certificate on the same day speaks to the rigor inherent in the G500 program and the commitment to excellence of the entire Gulfstream team," said Mark Burns ... Continue reading

China's Juneyao Airlines Unveils Design For Their Boeing 787's

China's Juneyao Airlines Unveils Design For Their Boeing 787's

According to the delivery schedule announced by the airline and the aircraft manufacturer, Juneyao's first Boeing.</p> Chinese carrier Juneyao Airlines Co. Ltd. ... Continue reading

Coverage Set for Departure of US Cargo Ship from International Space Station

Coverage Set for Departure of US Cargo Ship from International Space Station

July 11, 2018; Nearly two months after Orbital ATK, now part of Northrop Grumman, delivered several tons of supplies and scientific experiments to the International Space Station aboard its Cygnus cargo spacecraft, the spacecraft is set to depart the orbiting laboratory Sunday, July 15. Live coverage of unberthing and ... Continue reading

USA Approved Ultralight All-Electric Personal VTOL Aircraft Launched By Opener +VIDEO

USA Approved Ultralight All-Electric Personal VTOL Aircraft Launched By Opener +VIDEO

PALO ALTO, Calif., July 12, 2018; OPENER, Inc., a pioneer of aero vehicles for consumer travel, today revealed BlackFly; the world’s first ultralight all-electric fixed-wing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. BlackFly is a single-seat Personal Aerial Vehicle (PAV) designed and built for a new world of thr ... Continue reading

The Auto Channel Launches 24 Hour TV Network on Amazon Prime and Roku +VIDEO

The Auto Channel Launches 24 Hour TV Network on Amazon Prime and Roku +VIDEO

LAS VEGAS, NV – The Auto Channel (TACH), the original automotive television network, has launched its 24/7 channel on Amazon Prime and Roku. TACH chose leading OTT and connected TV monetization experts, Vidillion, to create its Roku app and to monetize its content. ... Continue reading

World's First Flying Car Production Model Makes Its Aviation Debut at Farnborough Airshow +VIDEO

World's First Flying Car Production Model Makes Its Aviation Debut at Farnborough Airshow +VIDEO

RAAMSDONKVEER, Netherlands, July 4, 2018 -- From the 16th until the 22nd of July the PAL-V Liberty will have its aviation debut at the Farnborough International Airshow. Between the 16th and 20th of July the PAL-V can be found in hall 4 at stand 4100. ... Continue reading

New Air Services Added to Palm Springs International Airport (PSP)

New Air Services Added to Palm Springs International Airport (PSP)

Visitors to the Greater Palm Springs area can now choose from a variety of new air services when flying to and from Palm Springs International Airport (PSP). Delta Air Lines is adding new, seasonal nonstop air service between Atlanta and Palm Springs beginning Winter 2018. The flights will be offered between December 2 ... Continue reading

NASA Flies Large Unmanned Aircraft in Public Airspace Without Chase Plane for First Time

NASA Flies Large Unmanned Aircraft in Public Airspace Without Chase Plane for First Time

NASA’s remotely-piloted Ikhana aircraft, based at the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, successfully flew its first mission in the National Airspace System without a safety chase aircraft on Tuesday. This historic flight moves the United States one step closer to normalizing unmanned ... Continue reading

NASA to Hold Media Teleconference on Martian Dust Storm, Mars Opportunity Rover

NASA to Hold Media Teleconference on Martian Dust Storm, Mars Opportunity Rover

WASHINGTON, June 12, 2018 NASA will host a media teleconference at 1:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, June 13, to discuss a massive Martian dust storm affecting operations of the agency's Opportunity rover and what scientists can learn from the various missions studying this unprecedented event. The storm is one of the most inte ... Continue reading

All-systems-go for Swoop's June 20 Inaugural Flight

All-systems-go for Swoop's June 20 Inaugural Flight

Swoop receives air operators certificate approval from Transport Canada CALGARY, June 12, 2018 Today, Swoop has officially been granted its air operating certificate (AOC) approval by Transportation Canada. With just over a week to go until Swoop's inaugural flight from Hamilton, ON to Abbotsford, BC the coming days ar ... Continue reading

Canadian UAVs approved to conduct first Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) pipeline monitoring in Canadian civil airspace

Canadian UAVs approved to conduct first Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) pipeline monitoring in Canadian civil airspace

CALGARY, June 12, 2018 Canadian UAVs (CUAVS), Canada's leading unmanned aviation solutions provider for enterprise and military applications, is proud to announce its approval issued by Transport Canada to inspect remote oil and gas assets 'beyond line of sight' for environmental integrity in civilian airspace. The pro ... Continue reading

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