In what may be the death knell for nascent L-band broadband provider LightSquared, nine federal agencies that have analysed the potential interference to… SAFETY

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The pilots of a 1995 Cessna Citation VII (N877G) that experienced severe roll control problems on departure from Fort Lauderdale Executive airport on the morning of 28 December used a combination of alternative control techniques to bring the twin-engine business jet, with eight people on board, back to the airport. SAFETY

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Investigators said on 6 January the crash of a Boeing 737-210C operated by First Air has now been classified as a controlled flight into terrain accident… SAFETY

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PPG Industries has developed a water-based corrosion protection primer that is applied to aircraft metal parts using an electrocoating dipping process, eliminating… SAFETY

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Hunters’ 60th anniversary The Hawker Hunter (Mk. 3) celebrated the 60th anniversary of its first flight on 20 July. This aircraft is now displayed at the Tangmere Military Aviation Museum, West Sussex. RIAT 40th Air Show The Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) marked its 40th anniversary with exceptional flying displays, involving aircraft from various nations. [...]

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ANA makes maiden 787 flight All Nippon Airways’ (ANA) first Boeing 787 took off from Tokyo’s Narita airport on its inaugural flight. The special charter service departed from Narita at about 12:40 loc SAFETY

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1. VIDEO: AIR France A380 hits CRJ while taxiing Video footage emerged showing an Air France Airbus A380 colliding with a Comair Bombardier CRJ700 during taxiing at New York JFK in April. The A380 “clipped the tail fin” of the parked Comair jet, causing only “material damage”. 2.

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