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• Net Jets Cancels 90 Percent of HBC Order

  Created: Thursday, 17 December 2009 04:46 Author:

  NetJets Cancels 90 Percent Of HBC Order Wed, 16 Dec '09 Deliveries Were Not Scheduled Until 2011 The fractional jet company NetJets has cancelled 90 percent of its outstanding order with Hawker Beechcraft, HBC announced Tuesday. The move will ...

• Virgin Galactic Could Rule the Galaxy

  Created: Thursday, 17 December 2009 03:55 Author:

   SpaceShipTwo: How Virgin Galactic Could Rule the GalaxyThere's far more to Sir Richard Branson's new rocket-plane than a few thrill rides for wealthy adventurers. Burt Rutan's team may have just designed a new flight path for the entire aerospace indust...

• Cessna to Shutter Georgia Plant

  Created: Thursday, 17 December 2009 03:34 Author:

  Cessna to Shutter Georgia Plant Benet Wilson benet_wilson@aviationweek.comDec 2009 Cessna Aircraft said in an employee memo yesterday that will close its plant in Columbus, Ga., and move the work to plants in Independence, Kan. and Mexico in the next 24 m...

• B787 Finally Takes off!

  Created: Tuesday, 15 December 2009 11:07 Author:

   B787 Finally Takes off! At 10:28 a.m. on December 15, 2009, Boeing's 787 Dreamliner finally took air. It was the plane's first flight, more than two years after it was officially rolled out on July 8, 2007--07/08/07. (Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET) ...

• Boeing 787 First Flight Date is Set

  Created: Monday, 14 December 2009 02:04 Author:

  Boeing 787 First Flight Date is SetBoeing said Thursday evening that the first flight of its 787-8 long-range jet is set for 10 a.m., Dec. 15 in Everett, Wash. The first of six test airplanes, ZA001, is due to take off from Payne Field next to the airpla...

• G250 Completes First Test Flight

  Created: Monday, 14 December 2009 01:50 Author:

   G250 Completes First Test Flight  A little over two months after its rollout, the Gulfstream G250 completed its first flight today. The 3:21 hour flight took off from Ben Gurion International Airport at 8:16 a.m. local time. Pilots used the flight...

• United Places Major Order For B787, A350 XWB Aircraft

  Created: Friday, 11 December 2009 18:26 Author:

  United Places Major Order For B787, A350 XWB Aircraft   Tue, 08 Dec '09Company Awards 25 Firm Orders Each To Airbus and Boeing United Airlines appears to be pulling out the stops with the announcement Tuesday of a significant investment in the company's...

• SpaceX Hosts Initial Training For Dragon Spacecraft ISS Rendezvous

  Created: Friday, 11 December 2009 18:16 Author:

  SpaceX Hosts Initial Training For Dragon Spacecraft ISS RendezvousISS Astronauts Learn Station Berthing Techniques For Cargo Transport Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) recently conducted its first Dragon spacecraft operations training for a group o...

• Used Aircraft Sales, Flight Ops Improving

  Created: Friday, 11 December 2009 17:54 Author:

  Used Aircraft Sales, Flight Ops ImprovingDecember 10, 2009Key industry indicators such as used aircraft sales and flight operations are continuing to show positive signs, but the ongoing sluggishness in the market reaffirms the conclusion of many industry...

• Avatar!

  Created: Thursday, 10 December 2009 23:10 Author:

  Avatar!Written by Mark A. Gardner12/12/09 Released in Theaters Worldwide on December 18th, 2009 - Avatarmovie.com - James Cameron, the Director of Titanic, has spent over 1/2 Billion dollars developing the methods needed for this, about to released, 3...

• Stargate or Missile Test over Norway, You Decide?

  Created: Thursday, 10 December 2009 22:39 Author:

  Stargate or Missile Test over Norway, You Decide?     By now you have seen this story in the news; I have held off posting to Desert Falcon Rising because I felt some might think it too far out.Well, I guess I can post whatever I want here... Since i...

• Used Aircraft Sales, Flight Ops Improving

  Created: Tuesday, 08 December 2009 19:24 Author:

  Used Aircraft Sales, Flight Ops Improving  Key industry indicators such as used aircraft sales and flight operations are continuing to show positive signs, but the ongoing sluggishness in the market reaffirms the conclusion of many industry leaders t...

• U.S.-Japan Open Skies Within Reach

  Created: Tuesday, 08 December 2009 19:17 Author:

  U.S.-Japan Open Skies Within ReachDec 4, 2009 Adrian Schofield adrian_schofield@aviationweek.com U.S. negotiators believe they can overcome the remaining obstacles to a U.S.-Japan Open Skies deal next week, although the agreement will not enter force...

• American Eagle To Acquire 22 Bombardier CRJ700 Regional Jets

  Created: Tuesday, 08 December 2009 18:50 Author:

  American Eagle To Acquire 22 Bombardier CRJ700 Regional Jets Fri, 04 Dec '09Firm Order Contract Means Airline’s Fleet Will Grow To 47 CRJ700 Aircraft Bombardier Aerospace announced Thursday that AMR Eagle Holding Corporation, the parent company of Ameri...

• First Public SpaceShip to be unveiled today!

  Created: Monday, 07 December 2009 15:39 Author:

  First Public SpaceShip to be unveiled today!  MOJAVE, Calif. – It has been pre-sold as an "out of this world premiere" – and you can't get more off-world than unveiling a spaceliner built to whisk customers to the edge of space.SpaceShipTwo is making...

• Bombardier Deepens Layoffs

  Created: Monday, 07 December 2009 15:07 Author:

  Bombardier Deepens Layoffs Dec 1, 2009 By Darren Shannon    A dearth of orders has prompted Bombardier to proceed with a cut in regional jet production, a move that will also red...

• Controversy Flares Over Space-Based Solar Power Plans

  Created: Monday, 07 December 2009 14:47 Author:

     Controversy Flares Over Space-Based Solar Power Plans By Jeremy HsuSpecial to SPACE.composted: 02 December 200909:29 am ET   Space solar power advocates may soon get their day in the sun, as different projects aimed at beam...

• Apple updates Mac Pro with 3.33GHz chip option

  Created: Sunday, 06 December 2009 15:07 Author:

  Apple updates Mac Pro with 3.33GHz chip optionDecember 4, 2009 8:46 AM PST  Apple on Friday quietly updated its high-end Mac Pro computer with an option for a faster processor. (Credit: Apple) First noted by AppleInsider, the 3.33GHz quad-core ...

• Apple updates Mac Pro with 3.33GHz chip option

  Created: Sunday, 06 December 2009 15:01 Author:

  Apple updates Mac Pro with 3.33GHz chip option December 4, 2009 8:46 AM PST   by Jim Dalrymple  Apple on Friday quietly updated its high-end Mac Pro computer with an option for a faster processor. (Credit: Apple) First noted by AppleInsider...

• Gulfstream G650 Logs Some Hours, Passes Initial Flight Tests

  Created: Sunday, 06 December 2009 14:56 Author:

  Gulfstream G650 Logs Some Hours, Passes Initial Flight TestsGulfstream: 'Performs Flawlessly' During Nearly Two-Hour Flight Gulfstream is providing new details about the G650's successful completion of its first series of flight tests. During a 1-hour and...