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SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE RELEASES REPORT ON COUNTERFEIT ELECTRONIC PARTS
May 22, 2012
The following information was released by Michigan Senator Carl M. Levin:
A Senate Armed Services Committee investigation discovered counterfeit electronic parts from China in the Air Forces largest cargo plane...
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Florida Leaders, Kaman Workers Warn Against More Cuts to Aerospace and Defense
May 22, 2012
39,246 Florida jobs at stake
Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-Fla.) and Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll addressed more than 400 workers today at the Kaman Aerostructures facility in Jacksonville to warn about the threat to U.S...
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Boeing delivers C-17 to RAF
May 22, 2012
Boeing reports that Britain's Royal Air Force took formal delivery late last week in the United States of its eight C-17 Globemaster IIIs. |
LiveTV Receives First Iridium OpenPort® STC for Commercial Aircraft; STC Certification of Iridium OpenPort-Aero(SM) for A320 aircraft is the first for commercial aviation
May 22, 2012
LiveTV, a wholly-owned subsidiary of JetBlue Airways, has received Supplemental Type Certification (STC) for the first commercial aircraft to install the Iridium OpenPort-Aero(SM) high-speed communications platform....
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Pentastar Aviation announces new chief pilot
May 22, 2012
Kip Catlin has joined Pentastar Aviation as Chief Pilot for the organization. With over 12,500 flight hours, Catlin was most recently a captain at Northern Jet Management, flying Citation Bravo and Lear 40/45 aircra...
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Active Duty, Reserve Tests Combat Readiness In Exercise Polar Force 12-4
May 22, 2012
The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news release:
The 3rd Wing launched more than a dozen aircraft Saturday morning as part of exercise Polar Force 12-4, an operational readiness exercise de...
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Texas Inventor Develops Patent for Aircraft Landing Gear Compression Rate Monitor and Method to Increase Aircraft Landing Weight Limitation
May 22, 2012
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22 -- C. Kirk Nance, Keller, Texas, has developed a patent (8,180,504) for an "aircraft landing gear compression rate monitor and method to increase aircraft landing weight limitation." |
SKY BRONCOS FINISH FOURTH IN NATIONAL COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIP
May 22, 2012
KALAMAZOO, Mich., May 21 -- Western Michigan University issued the following press release:
Western Michigan University's precision flight team, the Sky Broncos, took fourth place in this year's National Interc...
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Medevac copter pilot dodges military jets
May 21, 2012
By Sarah Bruyn Jones
The Roanoke Times
ROANOKE
A medical transport helicopter had a close call with three military jets Thursday night in Rockbridge County, just north of Lexington.
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P&WC Begins Compressor Demo for Next Generation Regional Turboprop Engine
May 21, 2012
RAA - MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA--(Marketwire - May 21, 2012) - Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has begun testing of the compressor for the next generation regional turboprop engine, a key step in the company's techno...
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Pratt & Whitney Canada Signs 5-Year Service Agreement with Pacific Royale Airways
May 21, 2012
RAA - MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA--(Marketwire - May 21, 2012) - Pratt & Whitney Canada SEA (P&WC SEA), located in Singapore, has signed a five-year Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) agreement with Pacific Royal...
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P&WC Sees Regional Turboprop Demand Flying High for Next Decade
May 21, 2012
RAA - MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA--(Marketwire - May 21, 2012) - Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) continues to see a sustained demand for regional turboprop aircraft and estimates a market for 3,000 regional turboprop a...
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Carilion chopper evades military jets
May 21, 2012
One of Carilion Clinic's Life-Guard helicopters had a near miss with three military jets Thursday night. The near midair crash occurred as Carilion's newest helicopter approached its home base in Rockbridge County, ...
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REPORT DEPICTS CHINA'S MILITARY PROGRESS, STRATEGIC THINKING
May 21, 2012
WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's American Forces Press Service issued the following press release:
The Defense Department's 2012 Military and Security Developments Involving the People's R...
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Air India crisis enters 13th day, losses at Rs.230 crore
May 21, 2012
New Delhi/Mumbai, May 20 -- The crisis in Air India raged on for the 13th day Sunday and the national carrier's losses mounted to Rs.230 crore as the impasse between agitating pilots and the management continued.
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