Canberra team wins UAV challenge - Australian Aviation [feedly]

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Canberra team wins UAV challenge - Australian Aviation
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Australian Aviation

Canberra team wins UAV challenge
Australian Aviation
How glad lost tourist Outback Joe must have been when an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) dropped a 500ml water bottle within 2.6 metres of his desperate grasp near Kingaroy Airport in outback Queensland. The almost centimetre perfect drop – the next ...
Tech-savvy hobbyists make UAV history

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India Develops Long-Endurance, Low-Altitute UAV - The Diplomat [feedly]

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India Develops Long-Endurance, Low-Altitute UAV - The Diplomat
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The Diplomat

India Develops Long-Endurance, Low-Altitute UAV
The Diplomat
Indian scientists have developed the country's first low-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The UAV, known as the P1, is expected to have a flying time of over 10 hours with a maximum altitude of 5,000 feet and an operating radius ...

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Air China takes delivery of first Boeing 747-8I [feedly]

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Air China takes delivery of first Boeing 747-8I
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Air China has taken delivery of the first of seven Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental aircraft, making it the first Asian carrier to introduce the type on international routes.

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The SSJ100 Marks 1 year of Operations with Interjet [feedly]

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The SSJ100 Marks 1 year of Operations with Interjet
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Barcelona, ERA General Assembly – October 1, 2014

The Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft celebrates its first anniversary of operations with Interjet. On September
18, 2013 the first SSJ100 entered into service with the Mexican airline.
Up to the anniversary date, the Interjet fleet logged more than 12.000 flight hours and 11.400 flight cycles.
The maximum utilization in a day was over 11 flight hours.
Starting from the EIS, the Interjet SSJ100 fleet has confirmed outstanding results in terms of
performance in the typical high-altitude environment of Mexico.
According to the airline's operational reliability report, the SSJ100 is showing a technical dispatch
reliability's average of 99%. In 1 year of operations, the Interjet SSJ100 fleet hasn't logged any
cancellations due to technical reasons.
The current fleet of nine SSJ100 aircraft in service is operated from Mexico City to various Mexican
destinations, such as Torreon, Tijuana, Puerto Escondido and Acapulco. The longest flight performed
was Mexico City(MEX) – Tijuana(TIJ) of 3 flight hours and 09 minutes.
The fleet leader is the first delivered SSJ100 (MSN 95023), which logged more than 2400 FH and 2300
FC starting from the EIS in September 18, 2013.
"We are very proud of these operational results – states Nazario Cauceglia, CEO of SuperJet
International – they confirm that the SSJ100 is a competitive product and offers in today's market the

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Aeroflot transfers defunct Dobrolet assets to new airline [feedly]

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Aeroflot transfers defunct Dobrolet assets to new airline
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Russia's Aeroflot has begun to transfer the assets of its defunct low-cost startup Dobrolet to a new subsidiary, Byudzhetny Perevozchik, Interfax agency reported quoting Aeroflot CEO Vitaly Saveliev.

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Airbus aims to line-fit A350 with lithium battery from 2016 [feedly]

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Airbus aims to line-fit A350 with lithium battery from 2016
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Airbus is to work towards offering a lithium battery as the line-fit standard for its A350-900 from 2016, following certification of the type with nickel-cadmium cells.
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Hexcel to build new composites plant for Airbus and CFM contracts [feedly]

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Hexcel to build new composites plant for Airbus and CFM contracts
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Carbonfibre materials specialist Hexcel is to cement its relationship with Airbus via a $250 million investment in production and quality control facilities at Roussillon in France.
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