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Ukraine: rebels shoot down plane carrying 49
Armed forces suffer heaviest loss since rebellion began when Ilyushin-76 transport plane is destroyed near the eastern city of Luhansk
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The Jumbo Jets Boeing and Airbus Turn Into Posh Private Planes
The $65 million Gulfstream G650 may be the pinnacle of the private jet market, but it just doesn’t do the job for billionaires who prefer to fly with more than a dozen or so passengers. For that, the uber wealthy turn to Airbus and Boeing, who are more than happy to customize their jets — even the widebodies that can carry hundreds of people — for private use.
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Longer flights to curb vapour trails
Large condensation trails in the sky caused by aircraft could be eliminated by re-routing flight paths, say scientists.
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Asiana pilots switched off system that might have averted crash: NTSB
A federal safety panel on Tuesday concluded that the pilots flying the Asiana Airlines jet that crashed in San Francisco on July 6, 2013, mismanaged their landing approach and inadvertently shut off an automatic speed control system that might have prevented the accident.
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747: The World’s Airliner
The first jumbo jet has transported the equivalent of 80 percent of the human race.
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Planes seconds from disaster at Barcelona airport
A plane spotter has captured the moment two aeroplanes almost collided at a Barcelona airport. An Airbus 340 is shown crossing the runway at El Prat Airport as a flight from Moscow is coming in to land. Seeing the Airbus in its path, the pilot of the Boeing 767 from Russia aborts the landing.The plane then lands safely on the runway shortly afterwards.
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Turkish F16 Really Low Approach
Turkish F16 Really Low Approach (3 different angle)
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Airbus wants to patent the most uncomfortable plane seats ever
As if it weren't already a complete joy, air travel is now poised to become even more comfortable — with a new kind of seat that'll encourage you to get, um, real friendly with your neighbors. Airbus has filed a seat patent that appears to pack people in without all the clunky cushions and awkward folding tables, in an apparent bid to save valuable space on its aircraft.
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Pentagon’s big budget F-35 fighter ‘can’t turn, can’t climb, can’t run’
The F-35 is extraordinarily heavy for a single-engine plane, 35 tons with a full fuel load. The older F-15 fighter weighs 40 tons -- but has two engines.
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Of Planes and Proxies: Who Shot Down Malaysia Air Flight 17?
A day after a Malaysia Airlines jet was brought down over eastern Ukraine, President Obama placed the blame squarely on the area’s Russian-backed separatists. “We don’t have time for propaganda,” he said. “We don’t have time for games.”
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US says recordings of Ukraine rebels admitting MH17 downing ‘authentic’
Alleged intercepted phone conversations released by Ukraine’s security service of pro-Russian rebels discussing how they shot down Malaysian airliner MH17 are genuine, the US embassy in Kiev said Sunday. Ukraine’s SBU security agency on Thursday released recordings of what it claimed were phone talks involving rebels and a Russian military intelligence officer admitting that they had hit the passenger jet after mistaking it for a military aircraft.
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Pilots Continued Flying Over Ukrainian War Zone Because It Was The Fastest And Cheapest Route
Air operators around the world last night imposed a no fly-zone over Ukraine as questions grew over why passenger jets were still flying over the war zone three months after pilots were warned to avoid it. Flights were urgently re-routed around the region potentially putting hours onto scheduled journeys and causing delays. However, aviation safety authorities in the United States and Europe warned pilots in April about potential risks flying in or near Ukraine airspace.
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Why Boeing's Design For A 747 Full Of Cruise Missiles Makes Total Sense
After the Carter Administration's cancellation of the B-1A program due to fiscal concerns, the rise of air-launched cruise missiles and the possibility of developing a stealth bomber, Boeing put forward a low-risk, relatively cheap, cruise missile delivery vehicle alternative based on the mighty 747. It was called the Cruise Missile Carrier Aircraft, or CMCA for short.
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Teen Pilot Dies In Around-The-World Record Bid
A US teenager who was attempting to set an around-the-world flight record has died in a crash over the Pacific Ocean, and his father is missing. Haris Suleman's plane went down shortly after take-off from American Samoa on Tuesday night.
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B-52H Dropping 45xM117s on FDM
B-52H Dropping 45xM117s on FDM
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Malaysia Airlines jet forced to abandon take-off to avoid collision
Flight MH136 was forced to abandon a take-off at Adelaide Airport yesterday after learning it was on a collision course with another jet, two weeks after MH17 was shot down over Ukraine.
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US Spy Plane Has Brush With Russian Military, Crosses Sweden in Escape
The Swedish government recently summoned U.S. officials to get some answers after an American spy plane on the run from Russian aircraft stumbled into the European nation’s airspace last month. A spokesperson for the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs told ABC News today that representatives “from the embassy in question” had been summoned “to call attention to the violation and the importance of respecting Swedish access provisions,” in reference to the July 18 “violation.”
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Bigger isn't better: Why the Airbus A380 superjumbo is struggling to take off
To get a sense of the Airbus A380's size and ambition, walk up the grand staircase of an Emirates version of the aircraft, go past the showers and the first-class suites and then pass by endless rows in business class to reach the bar at the back of the upper deck. This sleek semicircle, alluringly underlit and fully stocked with pricey spirits like Grey Goose vodka, is undoubtedly one of the defining features of this aircraft, which can hold more than 500 passengers.
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First African military aircraft takes to the skies, making aviation history
Billed as Africa’s first home-grown military aircraft, the Advanced High-Performance Reconnaissance Light Aircraft (AHRLAC) made its first test flight in South Africa this week, marking a milestone in the continent’s aviation history.
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Is Your Airline Poisoning You?
Ever since the dawn of the jet age, there have been worries about chemicals leaking into pressurized cabin air. A new study shows that such fears may be warranted.
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