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Chinese are building Airbuses

September 28, 2008 by Mr. Plane  
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Chinese are building Airbuses

Well, part of the plane anyway. There is a final assembly line in Tiajin and it will be open from today officially.
All parts are transported from Europe to China via Hamburg according to Flightglobal.com.
Chinese are coming to aviation markets too like they have done it in many industrial scenes like paper production and clothing. I guess Airbus have noticed that the labor works there many times cheaper than in western countries.

India on airplane majors’ radar

September 27, 2008 by Mr. Plane  
Filed under Computers

India on airplane majors’ radar

Even as the domestic aviation sector is undergoing a financial crisis, world’s top plane makers are optimistic about the Indian civil aircraft market. Almost all top airplane makers, such as Boeing, Airbus, Bombardier, Gulfstream and Dassault, are expected to showcase their new products in Hyderabad next month. Eurocopter, Bell Helicopter and Cessna are also going to unveil some of their flying machines in the country’s first civil aviation airshow in the IT city.
 
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Unmanned Flight Record for QinetQ’s Zephyr

August 26, 2008 by Mr. Plane  
Filed under Computers

Unmanned Flight Record for QinetQ’s Zephyr

Unmanned flight record is set for Zephyr. It flew for 82 hours and 37 minutes from the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona.
The previous record for an unmanned flight was 30 hours and 24 minutes. A Northrop Grumman Global Hawk set that record in 2001.
Launched by hand, Zephyr is an ultra-lightweight carbon-fibre aircraft. By day it flies on solar power generated by amorphous silicon solar arrays no thicker than sheets of paper that cover the aircraft’s wings. By night it is powered by rechargeable lithium-sulphur batteries, supplied by SION Power Inc, which are recharged during the day using …read more

More Boeings to Azerbaijan Airlines

August 8, 2008 by Mr. Plane  
Filed under Computers

More Boeings to Azerbaijan Airlines

National airline of Azerbaijan and Boeing announced for new aircrafts to be delivered to Azerbaijan Airlines.

Boeing Next-Generation 737 Carbon Brakes Earn FAA Certification

August 5, 2008 by Mr. Plane  
Filed under Computers

Boeing Next-Generation 737 Carbon Brakes Earn FAA Certification

Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced that it earned certification last week from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration for its new carbon brakes designed for the Next-Generation 737.

The brakes, supplied by Messier-Bugatti, also entered service last week when Boeing delivered a Next-Generation 737-700 to Delta Air Lines — the first of 10 737-700s the airline will receive over the next several years.


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